The legal tender character of the bank notes in denominations of ₹ 500 and ₹ 1000 issued by the Reserve Bank of India till November 8, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as Specified Bank Notes) stands withdrawn. In consequence thereof these Bank Notes cannot be used for transacting business and/or store of value for future usage. The Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) were allowed to be exchanged for value at RBI Offices till December 30, 2016 and till November 25, 2016 at bank branches/Post Offices and deposited at any of the bank branches of commercial banks/Regional Rural Banks/Co-operative banks (only Urban Co-operative Banks and State Co-operative Banks) or at any Head Post Office or Sub-Post Office during the period from November 10, 2016 to December 30, 2016.

Ans. NBFC- Factor means a non-banking financial company fulfilling the Principal business criteria i.e. whose financial assets in the factoring business constitute at least 75 percent of its total assets and income derived from factoring business is not less than 75 percent of its gross income, has Net Owned Funds of Rs. 5 crore and has been granted a certificate of registration by RBI under section 3 of the Factoring Regulation Act, 2011.

• Only retail investors would be eligible to invest in these securities. The retail investors would include individuals, Hindu Undivided Family (HUF), charitable institutions registered under section 25 of the Indian Companies Act and Universities incorporated by Central, State or Provincial Act or declared to be a university under section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956).

The swap is in the nature of a simple buy/sell foreign exchange swap from the RBI side covering just the principal portion of the deposits and not the interest component.

MHP & MRR requirements are not applicable to the transactions under the PCG Scheme.

All categories of foreign exchange earners, such as individuals, companies, etc., who are resident in India, may open EEFC accounts.

Ans. The PSS Act, 2007 provides for the regulation and supervision of payment systems in India and designates the Reserve Bank of India (Reserve Bank) as the authority for that purpose and all related matters. The Reserve Bank is authorized under the Act to constitute a Committee of its Central Board known as the Board for Regulation and Supervision of Payment and Settlement Systems (BPSS), to exercise its powers and perform its functions and discharge its duties under this statute. The Act also provides the legal basis for “netting” and “settlement finality”. This is of great importance, as in India, other than the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system all other payment systems function on a net settlement basis.

ADF seeks to ensure submission of correct and consistent data from the banks straight from their systems to Reserve Bank without any manual intervention.

As the disincentive mechanism will be applicable from the FY succeeding the FY in which a borrower becomes a ‘specified borrower’, the disincentive mechanism will be applicable from April 1, 2017 for any borrowing from the banking system beyond the NPLL.

Since floating rate loans are subject to periodic resets, the tenor premium will be the appropriate premium for the residual period up to the next reset date.

Ans: Electronic Platforms that assist only banks, NBFCs and other regulated AIFIs to identify borrowers are not to be treated as P2P platforms. However, in cases where, apart from banks or NBFCs or AIFIs, other retail lenders use the platform for lending, the platform will have to register separately as an NBFC-P2P.

As on date, four NBFC Ombudsman have been appointed with their offices located at Chennai, Kolkata, New Delhi and Mumbai. The addresses, contact details and territorial jurisdiction of the Ombudsman is provided in the Annex I of the Scheme.

Ans. No, if an LO/BO wants to open more than one account it has to obtain prior permission of the Reserve Bank through its AD Category I bank justifying the reason for additional account.

Ans. The directions require assessment of income and indebtedness at household level. There is no requirement of treating all members of the household as applicants/ borrowers of a loan which can be provided to an individual member. Board-approved policies of REs may include the methodologies/ operational frameworks to assess income and indebtedness of all members of the household.

Yes. Foreign nationals resident in India can open and maintain resident Rupee account in India.

Ans. Sellers, buyers and financiers are the participants on a TReDS platform.

A. For Debit to SNRR A/c (for onward credit domestically)

In case of receipt of Export proceeds by an Indian party by debit to SNRR account of the overseas buyer:

• As in case of any inward remittance received for export payment, the AD bank handling the export documents shall ensure compliance with all export related rules/regulation/ guidelines prescribed under FEMA.

• The AD bank maintaining SNRR account shall be responsible for performing due diligence of the overseas client and related FEMA compliances. Further, it shall, while transferring the funds to the AD bank of the Indian exporter (beneficiary’s bank), provide complete KYC details of the account holder (Name, address, country etc.), purpose of remittance, currency and amount of remittance, name and account number of the beneficiary etc. so as to enable the latter to close the entries in EDPMS with the respective remittance.

B. For Credit to SNRR A/c (received from a domestic account)

In case of payment for Imports by an Indian party by credit to the SNRR account of the overseas seller:

• As in case of any outward remittance sent for import payment, the AD bank handling import documents and remitting funds (Importer’s Bank) shall ensure compliance with all related import rules/regulations/guidelines prescribed under FEMA.

• It shall also communicate all details related to the importer as required by the AD bank maintaining the SNRR account of the overseas client.

C. Similarly, in case of ECB, Trade credits, foreign investments, etc., the designated AD bank maintaining the resident customer’s A/c will be responsible for ensuring compliance with FEMA provisions, including issuance of FIRC, wherever applicable, on the same lines as it would have done in case of money received in freely convertible currency through an inward remittance. Further, the banks involved in the transaction shall be responsible for sharing of the details of the transactions on similar lines as above.

Ans. All single payment transactions of ₹50 crore and above undertaken by entities (non-individuals) should include remitter and beneficiary LEI information. This is applicable to transactions undertaken through the NEFT and RTGS payment systems.

In case of RTGS, both customer payment and inter-bank transactions meeting the above criterion should include LEI information.

As on date, 21 Ombudsman for Digital Transactions have been appointed with their offices located mostly in state capitals. The addresses and contact details of the offices of the Ombudsman for Digital Transactions is provided under Annex I of the Scheme.

Ans. Yes. Under this facility, a cardholder can withdraw cash up to ₹2,000 per transaction within an overall monthly limit of ₹10,000.