Yes. At the instance of the investor, subsequent conversion to the physical form is allowed.

Yes. The banks may announce different PLRs for credit limits over Rs. 2 lakhs for different maturities provided the transparency and uniformity of treatment originally envisaged continues to be maintained. The banks, which have moved over to declaration of tenor-linked PLRs should always indicate the specific tenor for which the declared PLR is applicable. Banks may announce a separate Prime Term Lending Rate (PTLR) for term loans of three years and above. Banks may also prescribe separate PLRs and spreads over PLRs for loan component and cash credit component.

Proposals under the normal route are approved by the Special Committee on Indian Direct Investment Abroad, which consists of the representatives of the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Commerce of the Government of India and the Reserve Bank of India.

The Primary Member being responsible for the settlement of the trades done by the GAH on the NDS OM Web Based Module, will have a view of the Orders placed by the GAH as well as the trades done by the GAH.

In terms of sub-section 4, of Section (6) of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, a person resident in India is free to hold, own, transfer or invest in foreign currency, foreign security or any immovable property situated outside India if such currency, security or property was acquired, held or owned by such person when he was resident outside India or inherited from a person who was resident outside India. (Please also refer to the Liberalised Remittance Facility of USD 25,000 discussed below).

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.

TDS is not applicable on the bond. However, it is the responsibility of the bond holder to comply with the tax laws.

Yes.   A fee of Rupees twenty is payable for renewal, conversion or sub-division of Government security and a fee of Rupees One hundred is payable for issue of a duplicate Government security. However, no fee is payable for conversion of GPN into SC and SGL/CSGL or SC into SGL/CSGL, consolidation of Government securities and renewals due to filling up of interest cages at the back of the GPN or filling up of transfer endorsement cages at the back of the SC.

In case the RE does not comply with the decision of the RBI Ombudsman within a reasonable time as may be decided by the RBI Ombudsman, the Ombudsman can pass an Award, if there are obvious deficiencies in service. An Award has to be complied with by the RE, unless appealed, within 30 days of the complainant accepting the Award.

Ans. The customer shall exercise utmost caution before clicking links embedded in such SMS/ email as these may be suspicious/ fraudulent. The public is advised not to fall prey to frauds being perpetrated in the name of KYC updation. Please refer to the Press Release dated September 13, 2021 on RBI cautions against frauds in the name of KYC updation.

Yes, requests for direct investment outside India in a JV/WOS by way of share swap arrangement are considered under the Normal Route.

Ans. The PSS Act, 2007 lays down the duties of the system provider. The system provider is required to operate the payment system in accordance with the provisions of the Act and the Regulations, the terms and conditions of authorization and the directions given by the Reserve Bank from time to time. The system provider is also required to act in accordance with the contract governing the relationship among the system participants and the rules and regulations which deal with the operation of the payment system. The Act requires the system provider to disclose the terms and conditions including the charges, limitations of liability etc., under the payment system to the system participants. The Act also requires the system provider to provide copies of all the rules and regulations governing the operation of the payment system and other relevant documents to the system participants. The system provider is required to keep the documents and its contents, provided to it by the system participants, as confidential and is prohibited from disclosing the same, except in accordance with the provisions of law.(Sections 20 to 22 of the Act)

This is a new facility extended to all resident individuals under which they may freely remit upto USD 25,000 per calendar year for any permissible current or capital account transaction or a combination of both.

RBI will issue the securities to the bank or PD that has bid on behalf of non-competitive bidder against payment made by the bank or PD on the date of issue itself.The non-competitive bidder will make payment to the bank or the PD through which he has put the bid and receive his securities from them.In other words, the RBI will issue securities to the bank or the PD against payment received from the bank or the PD on the date of issue irrespective of whether the bank or the PD has received payment from their clients.

The banks have freedom to offer all loans on fixed or floating rates subject to conformity to Asset Liability Management (ALM) Guidelines. However, they should ensure that the PLR stipulations as applicable are complied with. The nature of alignment with PLR i.e. whether it is at the time of sanction or disbursement of the loan, should be made explicit at the time of sanction of the loan. However, for small loans upto Rs. 2 lakhs, the stipulation of 'not exceeding PLR' (for relevant maturity) would be applicable.

On the NDS-OM Web Module, the GAH has access to real time quotes on various securities as available on the main NDS-OM system. The GAH is able to view the best bid/offer (Market Watch) in various securities as well as the best 10 bid and offers (Market By Price / Market By Order). The GAH also has access to the total Trade information (Trade Watch) as well as half hourly movement of each security. (Market Movement). Further details are available in the User Manual.

ಉತ್ತರ. ಪಿಪಿಐ ನೀಡಿಕೆದಾರರು ಉಪಕರಣವನ್ನು ನೀಡುವಾಗ ಪಿಪಿಐದಾರರಿಗೆ ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟವಾಗಿ ಹಾಗೂ ಸರಳ ಭಾಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ನಿಯಮಗಳು ಹಾಗೂ ನಿಬಂಧನೆಗಳನ್ನು ಬಹಿರಂಗ ಪಡಿಸಬೇಕು. ಈ ಪ್ರಕಟಣೆಗಳು ಈ ಕೆಳಗಿನವುಗಳನ್ನು ಒಳಗೊಂಡಿರುತ್ತದೆ;

1. ಉಪಕರಣದ ಬಳಕೆಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ವೆಚ್ಚಗಳು ಹಾಗೂ ಶುಲ್ಕಗಳು
2. ಮುಕ್ತಾಯದ ಅವಧಿ ಹಾಗೂ ಉಪಕರಣದ ಮುಕ್ತಾಯಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ ನಿಯಮಗಳು ಹಾಗೂ ನಿಬಂಧನೆಗಳು .

 

Yes.  The liability of the Government in respect of any interest payment due on a Government security shall terminate on the expiry of six years from the date on which the amount due by way of interest became payable, i.e., investors are expected to claim interest on their Government security within six years from the date it becomes payable and Government may refuse to pay such unclaimed interest payment after six years. However, Government may allow a bonafide claim for payment of interest even after the expiry of the limitation period of six years.

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 issuing banks/SHCIL offices/Post Offices/Designated stock exchanges/agents through which these securities have been purchased will provide other customer services such as change of address, early redemption, nomination, grievance redressal, transfer applications etc.

Cases that look similar prima-facie may vary in terms of facts and circumstances. However, to bring greater consistency in decisions, deliberations among Ombudsmen are held regularly.

Ans. Demand Draft/ Payment Order/ Travellers Cheques for amount less than ₹50,000 can be purchased against cash. However, such instrument for ₹50,000 and above can be issued only by way of debiting the customer’s account or against cheques.

ಉತ್ತರ. ಪಿಪಿಐ ನೀಡಿಕೆದಾರರು, ತಮ್ಮ ಏಜಂಟರುಗಳನ್ನು ಒಳಗೊಂಡು, ಇತರ ಪಿಪಿಐಗಳು/ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಖಾತೆಗಳಿಗೆ ನಗದು-ಆಧಾರಿತ ಹಣರವಾನೆಗಾಗಿ, ಪ್ರತಿ ಸಲ ಹೊಸ ಪಿಪಿಐಗಳನ್ನು ರಚಿಸಬಾರದು. ಅದೇ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಹಿಂದಿನ ಹಣರವಾನೆಗಾಗಿ ರಚಿಸಿರುವ ಪಿಪಿಐಗಳನ್ನು ಬಳಸಬಹುದು.

Yes, there is a specific scheme, which permits acquisition by an eligible entity of shares of a foreign company engaged in a similar activity in exchange of issue of its own ADR/GDRs to the latter on an automatic basis.

The GAH has an online view of the various orders placed by him which are outstanding, the orders which got executed, the net funds position as well an activity log which provides an audit trail of each order placed by the GAH. The transactional user will be able to view his own orders/trades whereas the View User will be able to view orders/trades done by various transactional users under the same client.

The facility is available to resident individuals only.

Ans. The Act lays down an elaborate mechanism for settlement of disputes between system participants in a payment system, between system participant and system provider and between system providers. The Act requires the system provider to make provision in its rules or regulations for creation of a panel to decide disputes between system participants. Where any system participant is dissatisfied with the decision of the panel, or where disputes arise between system participant and system provider or between system providers, such disputes are required to be referred to the Reserve Bank for adjudication, whose decision shall be final and binding on the parties. In cases where the Reserve Bank, in its capacity either as a system participant or system provider, is itself a party to the dispute, then there is a provision for referring such cases to the Central Government for adjudication. (Section 24 of Act)

The bank or the PD can recover upto six paise per Rs.100 as commission for rendering this service to their clients.

Yes. The banks are required to invariably incorporate following proviso in the loan agreements in the case of all advances, including term loans, enabling banks to charge the applicable interest rate in conformity with the directives issued by RBI, except in case of Fixed Rate Loans."Provided that the interest payable by the borrower shall be subject to the changes in interest rates made by the Reserve Bank from time to time."

As per clause (iv) of Section 193 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, no tax shall be deducted from any interest payable on any security of the Central Government or a State Government effective from June 1, 1997. However, as per Finance Act, 2007 and Government of India Notification No. F.4(10)-W&M/2003 dated May 31, 2007, tax has to be deducted at source on the interest exceeding Rupees ten thousand payable during a financial year on 8% Savings (Taxable) Bonds, 2003 with effect from June 1, 2007.

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.

Payment can be made through cash (upto ₹ 20000)/cheques/demand draft/electronic fund transfer.

Ans. Payment of cheque/ draft/ pay order/ banker’s cheque, if presented beyond the period of three months from the date of issuance of such instrument, shall not be made by RE.

Yes, the RB-IOS, 2021 provides for an appellate mechanism for the complainant as well as the RE for complaints closed under appealable Clauses of the Scheme. Any person aggrieved by an Award (except the RE in respect of Awards issued for non-furnishing of appropriate and satisfactory information within the stipulated time) or rejection of a complaint under an appealable clause, i.e. Sub-clauses (c) to (f) of Clause 16(2) of the Scheme, can file an appeal before the Appellate Authority in RBI, within 30 days of the date of receipt of communication of the Award (or acceptance of the award by the complainant¹ in case of RE) or rejection of the complaint.

The powers of Appellate Authority are vested with the Executive Director-in-charge of Department of RBI implementing the Scheme. The address of the Appellate Authority is:

The Appellate Authority
Reserve Bank - Integrated Ombudsman Scheme, 2021
Consumer Education and Protection Department
Reserve Bank of India
First Floor, Amar Building, Fort, Mumbai 400 001.

An appeal can be filed through the CMS Portal (https://cms.rbi.org.in) for a closed complaint. Alternatively, the appeal can also be sent vide e-mail at aaos@rbi.org.in.

Further, if the complainant is not satisfied with the resolution provided by the Ombudsman, he/she is at liberty to explore other recourses and/or remedies available, as per law.

ಉತ್ತರ. ಹೌದು. ಪಿಪಿಐ ನೀಡಿಕೆದಾರರಿಂದ ಏಕವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ ಆಧಾರದ ಮೇಲೆ ಅಥವಾ ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ಘಟಕದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸಹಬ್ರ್ಯಾಂಡೆಡ್ ಆಧಾರದ ಮೇಲೆ ಪಿಪಿಐಗಳನ್ನು ನೀಡಬಹುದು.

Ans. Under the PSS Act, 2007, dishonour of an electronic fund transfer instruction due to insufficiency of funds in the account etc., is an offence punishable with imprisonment or with fine or both, similar to the dishonour of a cheque under the Negotiable Instruments Act 1881. Subject to complying with the procedures laid down under the PSS Act, 2007, criminal prosecution of defaulter can be initiated in such cases. This provision was introduced to discourage dishonour of electronic payment instructions. (Section 25 of the Act)

Resident individuals can avail of the remittance facility under the Scheme once in a calendar year.

The bank or the PD can build this cost into the sale price or it can recover separately from the clients.

No. Charging a rate of interest below prevailing PLR where a bank has not contracted a fixed rate loan, to any borrower at any time would be deemed as violation of our directives. It would not be in order to provide rebate resulting into actual interest rates charged to any borrower working out lower than the PLR. However, there is no objection to allowing a rebate, as long as the effective interest rate is not below the PLR. The spirit behind the advice to banks to declare PLR with the approval of their ALCO/Board is to make it applicable uniformly at all branches and to impart transparency in the matter of lending rates.

The norms for investment under the ADR/GDR stock swap scheme are as follows:the Indian party has already made an ADR and/or GDR issue and such ADRs/GDRs are currently listed on any stock exchange outside India;such investment by the Indian party does not exceed the higher of the following amounts, namely: -amount equivalent of US$ 100 mn. oramount equivalent to 10 times the export earnings of the Indian party during the preceding financial year as reflected in its audited balance sheet, inclusive of all investments made under the automatic route in the same financial year.the ADR and/or GDR issue for the purpose of acquisition is backed by underlying fresh equity shares issued by the Indian party;the total holding in the Indian party by persons resident outside India in the expanded capital base, after the new ADR and/or GDR issue, does not exceed the sectoral cap prescribed under the relevant regulations for such investment;the valuation of the shares of the foreign company is made: -as per the recommendations of the Investment Banker if the shares are not listed on any stock exchange; orbased on the current market capitalisation of the foreign company arrived at on the basis of monthly average price on any stock exchange abroad for the three months preceding the month in which the acquisition is committed and over and above, the premium, if any, as recommended by the Investment Banker in its due diligence report in other cases.

There is no change in the settlement current settlement procedure. The trades concluded by GAH on the NDS-OM Web Module will flow directly in an STP manner to CCIL for settlement. The Primary Member will continue to be responsible for the settlement of such trades as well as maintenance of adequate margins with CCIL in respect of such trades.

Yes.  RBI or its agent may permit grant of information or inspection of document relating to Government security on being satisfied that the security in question has stood in the name of the applicant or of a person in whom the applicant has a representative/bonafide interest.

All regulated financial services entities of the Promoters/Promoter Group in which the Promoters/Promoter Group has ‘significant influence’ or ‘control’ (as defined in Accounting Standard 23) have to be held by a NOFHC. Regarding financial groups setting up banks, the existing NBFC must transfer all regulated financial services business to a new company and shares in that new company must be held by the NOFHC. Conversion of the NBFC into a non operating holding company would enable meeting the requirement of para 2(C)(iii) of the guidelines provided the listed non operating holding company meets the requirement of para(C)(ii)(b) of the guidelines i.e. the public hold not less than 51 percent voting equity shares in the company.

Yes, nomination facility is available as per the provisions of the Government Securities Act 2006 and Government Securities Regulations, 2007. A nomination form is available along with Application form. An individual Non - resident Indian may get the security transferred in his name on account of his being a nominee of a deceased investor provided that:

1. the Non-Resident investor shall need to hold the security till early redemption or till maturity; and

2. the interest and maturity proceeds of the investment shall not be repatriable.

No. Residuary Non-Banking Company cannot forfeit any amount deposited by the depositor, or any interest, premium, bonus or other advantage accrued thereon.

Ans. In case of any change in the OVDs such as change in demographic information or address or other documents submitted by a customer at the time of establishing account-based relationship, the customer shall submit the updated OVD/ other documents to the RE within 30 days of the update/ change/ modification in the documents for the purpose of updating the records at RE’s end. In such case, the RE shall acknowledge the receipt of the KYC documents to the customer.

ಉತ್ತರ. ಸಹ-ಬ್ರ್ಯಾಂಡಿಂಗ್ ಪಾಲುದಾರರು ಭಾರತದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಯೋಜಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ ಹಾಗೂ ಕಂಪನೀಸ್ ಆ್ಯಕ್ಟ್,1956/ಕಂಪನೀಸ್ ಆ್ಯಕ್ಟ್,2013 ಅಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಂದಾಯಿತ ಕಂಪನಿಯಾಗಿರಬೇಕು. ಸಹ-ಬ್ರ್ಯಾಂಡಿಂಗ್ ಪಾಲುದಾರರು ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಆಗಿದ್ದ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ, ಅದಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಆರ್ಬಿಐನಿಂದ ಪರವಾನಗಿ ಪಡೆದ ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಆಗಿರಬೇಕು. ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಹಾಗೂ ಬ್ಯಾಂಕೇತರ ಘಟಕದ ನಡುವೆ ಸಹ-ಬ್ರ್ಯಾಂಡಿಂಗ್ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಯ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ, ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಪಿಪಿಐ ನೀಡಿಕೆದಾರರಾಗಿರಬೇಕು. ಎರಡೂ ಘಟಕಗಳು ಬ್ಯಾಂಕೇತರರಾಗಿದ್ದರೆ, ಮುಂಗಡವಾಗಿ, ತಮ್ಮ ನಡುವೆ ನೀಡಿಕೆದಾರರ ಪಾತ್ರವಹಿಸಲು ,ಅವುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದನ್ನು ಮೊದಲೇ ನಿಯೋಜಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.

An applicant company satisfying the above norms may make such investment on an automatic basis and subsequently report the same in form ODG to the Reserve Bank.

Ans. Under the PSS Act, 2007, operating a payment system without authorization, failure to comply with the terms of authorization, failure to produce statements, returns information or documents or providing false statement or information, disclosing prohibited information, non-compliance of directions of Reserve Bank violations of any of the provisions of the Act, Regulations, order, directions etc., are offences punishable for which Reserve Bank can initiate criminal prosecution. Reserve Bank is also empowered to impose fine for certain contraventions under the Act. (Sections 26 and 30 of the PSS Act, 2007).

This facility is available for making remittance/s for any permissible current or capital account transaction or a combination of both. It is not available for purposes specifically prohibited (Schedule I) or regulated by the Government of India (Schedule II) of Foreign Exchange Management (Current Account Transactions) Rules, 2000.