RBI/2018-2019/208 DPSS (CO) RPPD No.2557/04.03.01/2018-19 June 11, 2019 The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer of member banks participating in RTGS and / or NEFT Madam / Sir National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) and Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) systems – Waiver of charges Please refer to paragraph No. 8 of the Second Bi-monthly Monetary PolicyStatement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies for 2019-20 dated June 06, 2019on the above subject...

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RBI/2018-19/206 DBR.LEG.BC.No.47/09.07.005/2018-19 June 10, 2019 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (including RRBs) All Payments Banks All Small Finance Banks All Local Area Banks Dear Sir/ Madam Financial Inclusion- Access to Banking Services – Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account (BSBDA) Please refer to ourcircular DBOD.No.Leg.BC.35/09.07.005/2012-13 dated August 10, 2012on the captioned subject. 2. The Basic Savings Bank Deposit (BSBD) Account was designed as a savings ...

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RBI/2018-19/205 DCBR.BPD.(PCB) Cir.No.10/16.20.000/2018-19 June 10, 2019 The Chief Executive Officers of All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Sale of Securities held in Held to Maturity (HTM) Category - Accounting treatment Please refer to Para 16.2 ofMaster Circular DCBR.BPD.(PCB).MC.No.4/16.20.000/2015-16 dated July 01, 2015on Investments by Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs) indicating that securities acquired by banks with the intention to hold the...

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RBI/2018-19/204 DBR.No.BP.BC.46/21.04.141/2018-19 June 10, 2019 All Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir/Madam Prudential Norms for Classification, Valuation and Operation of Investment Portfolio by Banks - Sale of investments held under Held to Maturity (HTM) category Please refer to ourcircular DBR No BP.BC.6/21.04.141/2015-16 dated July 1, 2015, advising banks that if the value of sales and transfer of securities to / from HTM category exceeds 5 per cent of the book val...

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RBI/2018-19/200 REF.No.MPD.BC.387/07.01.279/2018-19 June 06, 2019 All Primary Dealers, Standing Liquidity Facility for Primary Dealers In theSecond Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2019-20 of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of June 06, 2019, the policy repo rate under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) has been reduced by 25 basis points to 5.75 per cent from 6.00 per cent with immediate ...

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RBI/2018-19/199 DBR.No.Ret.BC.44/12.01.001/2018-19 June 06, 2019 The Chairperson / CEOs of all Scheduled and Non Scheduled Banks Dear Sir / Madam, Change in Bank Rate Please refer to ourcircular DBR.No.Ret.BC.33/12.01.001/2018-19 dated April 04, 2019on the captioned subject. 2. As announced in theSecond Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2019-20 of June 06, 2019, the Bank Rate is revised downwards by 25 basis points from 6.25 per cent to 6.00 per cent with immediate effect. ...

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RBI/2018-2019/198 FMOD.MAOG. No.133/01.18.001/2018-19 June 6, 2019 All Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) participants Madam/Sir, Marginal Standing Facility As announced in theSecond Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2019-20, today, it has been decided by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to reduce the policy Repo rate under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) by 25 basis points from 6.00 per cent to5.75 per centwith immediate effect. 2. Consequently, the Marginal Stan...

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RBI/2018-2019/197 FMOD.MAOG.No.132/01.01.001/2018-19 June 6, 2019 All Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) participants Madam/Sir, Liquidity Adjustment Facility – Repo and Reverse Repo Rates As announced in theSecond Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2019-20, today, it has been decided by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to reduce the policy Repo rate under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) by 25 basis points from 6.00 per cent to5.75 per centwith immediate effe...

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Government of India Ministry of Finance Central Board of Direct Taxes Directorate of Income Tax (Systems) Notification No. 10/2019 New Delhi, 04, June, 2019 Procedure for online submission of statement of deduction of tax under sub-section (3) of section 200 and statement of collection of tax under proviso to sub-section (3) of section 206C of the Income-tax Act, 1961 read with rule 31A(5) and rule 31AA(5) of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 respectively 1. The provisions relating t...

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RBI vide itsPress Release dated June 29, 2018had put in place an enforcement action framework in respect of statutory auditors for the lapses in the statutory audit of commercial banks. In terms of the aforesaid enforcement action framework, on account of the lapses identified in a statutory audit assignment carried out by the firm, M/s S.R.Batliboi & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants (ICAI Firm Registration Number: 301003E), it has been decided that RBI will not approve the said firm for c...

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THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 4th May, 2019 (CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS) No.1-CA.(7)/191/2019.—TheCouncil of the Institute of the Chartered Accountants of India at its meeting held on 25.03.2019 has approved to change the names of following Branches of Regional Councils of ICAI set up by the Council from time to time:— S.No. Old Name New Name 1 Allahabad Branch of CIRC of ICAI Pr...

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F .No.275/38/2017 -IT(B) Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Direct Taxes North Block, New Delhi 3rd June 2019 ORDER UNDER SECTION 119 OF THE INCOME-TAX ACT. 1961 With a view to redress genuine hardship of deductors in timely filing of TDS statement in Form 24Q on account of revision of its formal and consequent updating of the File Validation Utility for its online filing, the Central Board of Direct Taxes, in exercise of its powers...

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RBI/2018-19/194 DBR.RRB.BL.BC.No.40/31.01.002/2018-19 May 31, 2019 The Chairman All Regional Rural Banks Madam/Dear Sir, Rationalisation of Branch Authorisation Policy- Revision of Guidelines Please refer to theMaster Circular DBR.CO.RRB.BL.BC.No.17/31.01.002/2015-16 dated July 01, 2015consolidating instructions/guidelines issued to Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) on Branch Licensing till June 30...

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MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 30th May, 2019 G.S.R.390(E).-In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 467 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), the Central Government hereby makes the following further amendments to Schedule VII of the said Act, namely:- In the said Schedule VII, after item (xi) and the entries relating thereto, the following item and entries shall be inserted, namely:- “(xii) disaster management, inclu...

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RBI/2018-19/193 IDMD.CDD.No.3391/14.04.050/2018-19 May 30, 2019 The Chairman & Managing Director All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs) Designated Post Offices Stock Holding Corporation of India ltd.(SHCIL) National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. & Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd. Dear Sir/Madam, Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2019-20 - Series I/II/III/IV - Operational...

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RBI/2018-19/192 IDMD.CDD.No.3392/14.04.050/2018-19 May 30, 2019 The Chairman & Managing Director All Scheduled Commercial Banks, (Excluding RRBs) Designated Post Offices Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd. (SHCIL) National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. & Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd. Dear Sir/Madam, Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme (SGB) 2019-20- Series I/II/III/IV ...

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RBI/2018-19/190 DBR.AML.BC.No.39/14.01.001/2018-19 May 29, 2019 The Chairpersons/ CEOs of all the Regulated Entities Dear Sir/Madam, Amendment to Master Direction (MD) on KYC Government of India, vide Gazette Notification G.S.R. 108(E) dated February 13, 2019, has notified amendments to the Prevention of Money-laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules, 2005. Further, an Ordinance, “Aadhaar and other Laws (amendment) Ordinance, 2019”, has been notified by the Governmen...

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RBI/2018-19/191 DNBR (PD) CC. No. 100/03.10.001/2018-19 May 29, 2019 All NBFCs Madam/Sir, Extension of relaxation on the guidelines to NBFCs on securitisation transactions Please refer to thecircular DNBR (PD) CC.No.95/03.10.001/2018-19 dated November 29, 2018on “Relaxation on the guidelines to NBFCs on securitisation transactions”. 2. On a review, it has been decided to extend the dispensation provided therein till December 31, 2019. Yours faithfully, (Manor...

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RBI/2018-19/189 DPSS (CO) RTGS No. 2488/04.04.016/2018-19 May 28, 2019 The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer of member banks participating in RTGS Madam / Dear Sir, Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) System – Extension of Timings for Customer Transactions A reference is invited tocircular DPSS (CO) RTGS No.492/04.04.002/2015-16 dated September 1, 2015on ‘Changes in RTGS time window’ andcircular DPSS (CO) RTGS No.1926/04.04.002/2015-16 dated ...

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RBI/2018-19/187 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.34 May 24, 2019 To All Authorized Persons Madam / Sir ‘Voluntary Retention Route’ (VRR) for Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) investment in debt Attention of Authorised Dealer Category-I (AD Category-I) banks is invited to the following regulations, as amended from time to time, and the relevant directions issued under these regulations. Foreign Exchange Management (Permissible Capital Accounts Transactions) R...

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G.S.R. _.- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (10) of section 132 read with section 469 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely:...

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G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 26, sub-section (1) of section 27, section 28, section 29, sub-section (2) of section 31. sub-sections (3) and (4) of section 39, sub-section (6) of section 40 and section 42 read with section 469 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to-amend the Companies (Prospectus and Allotment of Securities Rules, 2014, namely –...

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With a view to redress genuine hardship faced by the deductors due to the severe disruption of normal life and breakdown of communication systems caused by cyclone "Fani" hitting the state of Odisha on 3rd of May, 2019, the Central Board of Direct Taxes, in exercise of its powers under section 119 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 , hereby-...

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RBI/2018-19/186 DCM (Plg.) No.2845/10.25.007/2018-19 May 23, 2019 The Chairman & Managing Director Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer All Banks having Currency Chests Dear Sir/Madam, Incentive for improving service to non-chest branches Please refer to ourcircular RBI/2015-16/293 DCM (NPD) No.2564/09.40.02/2015-16 dated January 21, 2016on the captioned subject. It has been ...

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Section 12A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) provides for conditions for applicability of sections 11 and 12 of the Act. One such condition under clause (b) of subsection (1) thereof is that where the total income of the trust or institution computed without giving effect to section 11 and 12 exceeds the maximum amount not chargeable to income-tax in any previous year, its accounts for that year have been audited by an accountant as defined in the Explanation below sub-section (2) of sectio...

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G.S.R. 375(E),— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1C) of section 197A read with section 295 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962, namely:___...

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RBI/2018-19/184 DNBR (PD) CC. No.099/03.10.001/2018-19 May 16, 2019 Non-Banking Financial Company– Investment and Credit Companies, Infrastructure Finance Companies, Micro Finance Institutions, Factors and Infrastructure Debt Funds Madam / Dear Sir, Risk Management System – Appointment of Chief Risk Officer (CRO) for NBFCs With the increasing role of NBFCs in direct credit intermediation, there is a need for NBFCs to augment risk management practices. While Boards of...

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The Reserve Bank of India has today placed on its website the “Payment and Settlement Systems in India: Vision 2019 – 2021”. The Payment Systems Vision 2021 with its core theme of ‘Empowering Exceptional (E)payment Experience’ aims atempowering every Indian with access to a bouquet of e-payment options that is safe, secure, convenient, quick and affordable. The Payment Systems Vision 2021 has been formalised based on inputs from various stakeholders and guidanc...

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RBI/2018-19/183 DCM (Plg) No.2746/10.25.07/2018-19 May 14, 2019 The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Outsourcing of Cash Management – Reconciliation of Transactions As stated in para 15 of themonetary policy statement dated October 04, 2016, the Bank had constituted a Committee on Currency Movement [Chair: Shri D.K. Mohanty, Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India] to review the entire gamut of security of the treasure i...

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Section 44AB of the Income-tax Act, 1961 ('the Act') read with rule 6G of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 ('the Rules') requires specified persons to furnish the Tax Audit Report along with the prescribed particulars in Form No. 3CD. The existing Form No. 3CD was amended vide notification no. GSR 666(E) dated 20th July, 2018 with effect from 20th August, 2018. However, the reporting under clause 30C and clause 44 of the Tax Audit Report was kept in abeyance till 31st March, 2019 vide ...

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