All the Rated Companies have been allowed 3 years’ time to regularise their excess deposits by repayment or otherwise. During this period, while a company can accept fresh deposits and renew such maturing deposits subject to reducing the excess holding of public deposits by one-third at the end of every calendar year beginning December 1998. However in such a case, the company should not exceed the level of public deposits outstanding as at the close of business on January 1, 1998. The unrated and underrated NBFCs are not entitled to accept fresh deposits.

All aspects concerning renewal of overdue deposits may be decided by individual banks subject to their Board laying down a transparent policy in this regard and the customers being notified of the terms and conditions of renewal including interest rate, at the time of acceptance of deposit. The policy should be non-discretionary and non-discriminatory.

Ans: Shares issued by reporting entities to non-resident on non-repatriable basis should not be considered as foreign investment; therefore, entities which have issued the shares to non-resident only on non-repatriable basis, is not required to submit the FLA return.

Yes, apart from ECB raised for refinancing where the proposed ECB amount may not be taken into account to avoid double counting.

Yes. You can continue to use your FASTag to pay toll upto the available balance. However, no further funding or top ups will be allowed in the FASTags issued by Paytm Payments Bank after March 15, 2024. It is suggested that you procure a new FASTag issued by another bank before March 15, 2024 to avoid any inconvenience

In case your data does not exist in the CKYC database, you will have to opt for the video KYC method.

Yes. Resident Indians are eligible for certain tax benefits on both principal and interest components of a loan under the Income Tax Act, 1961. Under the current laws, you are entitled to an income tax rebate for interest repayment up to Rs. 1,50,000 /- per annum. Moreover, you can get added tax benefits under Section 80 C on repayment of principal amount up to Rs. 1,00,000 /- per annum.

Ans: Banks can submit their request for exercising the repayment option till October 28, 2020. On repayment of funds availed under TLTRO/ TLTRO 2.0, the associated securities shall be shifted out of the HTM category. The shifting of the TLTRO/ TLTRO 2.0 investments out of HTM shall be in addition to the shifting of investments permitted at the beginning of the accounting year and subject to adherence to the guidelines contained in the Master Circular – Prudential Norms for Classification, Valuation and Operation of Investment Portfolio by Banks dated July 1, 2015. These investments under TLTRO/ TLTRO 2.0 against which funds are being repaid will not be exempted from reckoning under the large exposure framework (LEF) and computation of adjusted non-food bank credit (ANBC) for the purpose of determining priority sector targets/sub-targets.

As part of regulatory framework prescribed by the Reserve Bank for NBFCs, the Reserve Bank prescribes prudential regulations viz., capital adequacy/ leverage, provisioning, corporate governance framework, etc.; conduct of business regulations viz., KYC/ AML regulations, fair practices code, etc.; and other miscellaneous regulations to ensure that NBFCs are financially sound and follow transparency in their operations. The regulations for NBFCs are contained in various master directions and notifications/ circulars issued from time to time, and are available on the website of the Reserve Bank (www.rbi.org.in) under ‘notifications’.

Ans: A holding company not meeting the criteria for a CIC laid down in para 2 of  Master Direction DoR(NBFC).PD.003/03.10.119/2016-17 dated August 25, 2016 would require to register as an NBFC. However, if such company wishes to register as CIC/ be exempted as CIC, it will have to apply to RBI with an action plan achievable within the specific period to reorganize its business as CIC. If it is not able to do so, it would need to comply with NBFC requirements and prudential norms.