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Government Securities Market in India – A Primer
D. Definition of deposits, Eligible / Ineligible Institutions to accept deposits and Related Matters
Domestic Deposits
III. Advances
Core Investment Companies
Core Investment Companies (CICs)
Ans: The Directions on CIC-ND-SIs have not restricted them from making overseas investment. Such investment will be governed by the provisions of Chapter VII of Master Direction-Core Investment Companies (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2016. Similarly, presently CIC-ND-SIs can raise funds through ECB. The same would be governed by the instructions contained in the ECB Policy issued by Foreign Exchange Department of the Reserve Bank. Lending to NBFCs/ CICs by banks will be governed by the provisions as applicable to banks and specifically contained in the instructions on ‘bank finance to NBFCs’ issued by Department of Banking Regulation of the Reserve Bank.
Retail Direct Scheme
Investment and Account holdings related queries
For dated G-Sec, T-Bills and SDLs, the amount per unit will be based on the indicative price of the security, the accrued interest and a mark-up.
For SGBs, the funding will be based on the Issue Price declared by RBI for that particular issue.
Indian Currency
D) Soiled and Mutilated Banknotes
The details are available on our website at the following link: www.rbi.org.in>>Issuer of currency>>Notifications
A summary of the old (2009) and amended NRR (2018) is as under:
Note Refund Rules - Amended
Sr. No. | As per Old NRR (2009) | As per Amended NRR (2018) |
1 | Notes up to ₹20 denominations i) area of single largest undivided piece of the note > 50% - Full value ii) area of largest undivided piece of the note =/< 50% - Reject |
No change |
2 | Notes of ₹50/- and above denominations |
Notes of ₹50/- & above denominations i) If area is less than 40% - Reject ii) If the area is more than or equal to 40% and less than or equal to 80% - Half value iii) If the area of the single largest undivided pieces is more than 80% - Full value |
All you wanted to know about NBFCs
D. Definition of deposits, Eligible / Ineligible Institutions to accept deposits and Related Matters
All NBFCs are not entitled to accept public deposits. Only those NBFCs to which the Bank had given a specific authorisation and have an investment grade rating are allowed to accept/ hold public deposits to a limit of 1.5 times of its Net Owned Funds. All existing unrated AFCs that have been allowed to accept deposits shall have to get themselves rated by March 31, 2016. Those AFCs that do not get an investment grade rating by March 31, 2016, will not be allowed to renew existing or accept fresh deposits thereafter. In the intervening period, i.e. till March 31, 2016, unrated AFCs or those with a sub-investment grade rating can only renew existing deposits on maturity, and not accept fresh deposits, till they obtain an investment grade rating.
However, as a matter of public policy, Reserve Bank has decided that only banks should be allowed to accept public deposits and as such has since 1997 not issued any Certificate of Registration (CoR) to new NBFCs for acceptance of public deposits.
Presently, the maximum rate of interest an NBFC can offer is 12.5%. The interest may be paid or compounded at rests not shorter than monthly rests. The NBFCs are allowed to accept/renew public deposits for a minimum period of 12 months and maximum period of 60 months. They cannot accept deposits repayable on demand.
FAQs on Non-Banking Financial Companies
Liquid Asset requirement
Core Investment Companies
Core Investment Companies (CICs)
Ans: As already clarified in the FAQs, a CIC that does not access public funds is exempt from registration irrespective of having other CICs in the Group that access public funds. Illustratively, if A is a CIC and B and C are also CICs and Group Companies of A provided A does not access any form of public funds including any funds from any Group Company including B and C, it would not require to register as a CIC. If A, B and C do not access public funds in any form none of them would be required to register as a CIC.