Ans. The salient features of ‘Full-KYC’ PPIs are as follows:

1. Reloadable in nature;

2. The amount outstanding shall not exceed ₹2,00,000/- at any point of time;

3. There are no limits prescribed for total credits or debits during a month; and

4. They can be used for purchase of goods and services, cash withdrawal and funds transfer.

Ans: A timeline of two hours from the batch settlement can be expected, within which beneficiary’s account should be credited.

No. The Resolution Framework does not require any resolution plan in any form to be submitted to the lending institutions at the time of request for invocation. Rather, for invocation, the borrowers are required to merely submit a request to the lending institutions for being considered under the Resolution Framework. Thereafter, the lending institutions will take an in-principle decision – as per their Board approved policy – on invoking the Resolution Framework. After such invocation, the specific contours of resolution plan to be implemented may be decided by the lending institutions, in consultation with the borrower. While for personal loans the resolution plan is to be implemented within 90 days from the date of invocation, for all other loans a period of 180 days from the date of invocation has been prescribed.

Yes. A customer can apply online through the website of the listed scheduled commercial banks. The issue price of the Gold Bonds will be ₹ 50 per gram less than the nominal value to those investors applying online and the payment against the application is made through digital mode.

One can file appeal against the award or the decision of the NBFC Ombudsman rejecting the complaint, within 30 days of the date of receipt of communication of Award or rejection of the complaint. The Appellate Authority may, if he/ she is satisfied that the applicant had sufficient cause for not making an application for appeal within time, also allow a further period not exceeding 30 days.

MSME advances not covered under the Framework for Revival and Rehabilitation of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises may be restructured by banks as per the instructions contained in the circular DBR.No.BP.BC.45/21.04.048/2018-19 dated June 7, 2019, on ‘Prudential Framework for Resolution of Stressed Assets’, as updated from time to time.

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Balance enquiry through ATMs should not be counted in the four withdrawals allowed free of charge at ATMs.

Any person resident in India can remit upto USD 5,000 in any one year as a gift to a person residing outside India or as donation to a charitable/educational/religious/ cultural organisation outside India. Remittances exceeding the limit require prior permission from the Reserve Bank.

ECS Debit transaction can be initiated by any institution (called ECS Debit User) which has to receive / collect amounts towards telephone / electricity / water dues, cess / tax collections, loan installment repayments, periodic investments in mutual funds, insurance premium etc. It is a Scheme under which an account holder with a bank branch can authorise an ECS User to recover an amount at a prescribed frequency by raising a debit to his / her bank account. The User institution has to first register with an ECS Centre. The User institution has to also obtain the authorization (mandate) from its customers for debiting their account along with their bank account particulars prior to participation in the ECS Debit scheme. The mandate has to be duly verified by the beneficiary’s bank. A copy of the mandate should be available on record with the destination bank where the customer has a bank account.

At the time of making applications, the Promoters/Promoter Group will have to furnish a road map and methodologies they would adopt to comply with all the requirements of the corporate structure indicated in para 2 (C)(ii) and (iii) of the guidelines and realign the business between the entities to be held under the NOFHC [para 2(C)(iv) of the guidelines] within a period of 18 months. After the ‘in-principle approval’ is accorded by RBI for setting up of the bank, the actual setting up of NOFHC and the bank, re-organization of the Promoter Group entities to bring the regulated financial services entities under the NOFHC as well as realignment of business among the entities under the NOFHC have to be completed within a period of 18 months from the date of in-principle approval or before commencement of banking business, whichever is earlier.

The banks through which the deposit into this scheme was made will provide other customer services such as change of bank account details, cancellation of nominee etc.

• Transferability is allowed to the nominee(s) only for individual investors on death of holder.

• Transferability is not allowed for other investors

Response: Yes. Designated banks are allowed to lend gold mobilized under the Scheme to other designated banks for similar use as prescribed under the scheme.

Ans. No

One can file appeal against the Award or the decision of the Ombudsman rejecting the complaint, within 30 days of the date of receipt of communication of Award or rejection of the complaint. The Appellate Authority may, if satisfied that the applicant had sufficient cause for not making an appeal within prescribed time, may allow a further period not exceeding 30 days.

In such cases where a nomination in respect of a Government security has been made in favour of two or more persons and either or any of the nominees is dead, the surviving nominee or nominees will be entitled to the Government security and payment thereon.

Board of Directors of banks have been empowered to authorise the Asset-Liability Management Committee to fix interest rates on deposits and advances.

Since the aggregator or facilitator has to make payment on the date of issue itself, in case payment is made by the client after date of issue of the security, the consideration amount payable by the client to the aggregator or facilitator would include accrued interest.

• Yes, issuance of IIBs would be within the Govt market borrowing programme of about Rs. 579,000 crore for 2013-14.

Answer: Balance of one Special Rupee Vostro Account (SRVA) can be transferred to SRVA of another bank of the same country only. Transfer from SRVA to Rupee Vostro account of same country is allowed but not vice-versa.