The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated February 6, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹63.30 lakh (Rupees Sixty-Three Lakh and Thirty Thousand only) on Bombay Mercantile Co-operative Bank Ltd. (the bank) for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on ‘Exposure Norms and Statutory / Other Restrictions – UCBs’, ‘Gold Loan – Bullet Repayment - UCBs’ and ‘Unclaimed Deposits and Inoperative/ Dormant Accounts in UCBs’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under section 47A(1)(c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated February 6, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹43.30 lakh (Rupees Forty-Three Lakh and Thirty Thousand only) on Zoroastrian Co-operative Bank Ltd. (the bank) for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on ‘Maintenance of Deposit Accounts’, ‘Interest Rate on Deposits’ and ‘Frauds in UCBs: Changes in Monitoring and Reporting mechanism’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under section 47A(1)(c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed, by an order dated February 03, 2024, a monetary penalty of ₹6.00 lakh (Rupees Six lakh only) on The Nakodar Hindu Urban Cooperative Bank Ltd., Nakodar (the bank) for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on Income Recognition, Asset Classification, Provisioning and Other Related Matters (IRAC Norms) and specific directions issued by RBI under Supervisory Action Framework (SAF). This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of section 47A(1)(c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated February 6, 2024 imposed a monetary penalty of ₹8.80 lakh (Rupees Eight lakh eighty thousand only) on Power Finance Corporation Limited, New Delhi (the company) for non-compliance with certain provisions of the RBI’s directions on ‘Liquidity Risk Management Framework for Non-Banking Financial Companies and Core Investment Companies’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 58G read with clause (aa) of sub-section (5) of section 58B of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (RBI Act).

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated January 29, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹5.00 lakh (Rupees Five lakh only) on Bajaj Housing Finance Limited, Pune (the company) for non-compliance with certain provisions of the ‘Non-Banking Financial Company - Housing Finance Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2021’ issued by the RBI. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI under the provisions of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 52A read with clause (aa) of sub-section (3) of section 49 of the National Housing Bank Act, 1987.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has imposed, by an order dated January 18, 2024, a monetary penalty of ₹2.00 lakh (Rupees Two Lakh only) on The Shirpur Peoples Co-operative Bank Ltd., Dhule (Maharashtra) (the bank) for non-compliance with directions issued by RBI on Exposure Norms & Statutory Other Restrictions- UCBs and Board of Directors-UCBs. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in the RBI under the provisions of section 47A (1)(c) read with sections 46 (4)(i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has, by an order dated January 19, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹50,000 (Rupees Fifty thousand only) on Janata Sahakari Bank Limited, Amravati (the bank) for contravention of provisions of section 26A read with section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act). This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of section 47A(1)(c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the BR Act.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has imposed, by an order dated January 25, 2024, a monetary penalty of ₹1.00 lakh (Rupees One lakh only) on Nagrik Sahakari Bank Maryadit, Shivpuri (Madhya Pradesh) (the bank) for non-compliance with directions issued by RBI on Exposure Norms & Statutory/Other Restrictions on UCBs and Know Your Customer (KYC). This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in the RBI under the provisions of section 47A (1)(c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has imposed, by an order dated January 18, 2024, a monetary penalty of ₹1.00 lakh (Rupees One lakh only) on Nashik Zilha Sarkari & Parishad Karmachari Sahakari Bank Niyamit, Nashik (Maharashtra) (the bank) for non-compliance with directions issued by RBI on Know Your Customer (KYC). This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of section 47A (1)(c) read with sections 46 (4)(i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has, by an order dated January 08, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹50,000/- (Rupees Fifty thousand only) on Mula Sahakari Bank Ltd., Sonai, Dist. Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) (the bank) for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on ‘Exposure Norms and Statutory/Other Restrictions - UCBs’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of section 47A(1)(c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.