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Archive 2026

This is an archive of the articles published on this blog in the descending order of the date of publication.

Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) and Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2026/08/cash-reserve-ratio-crr-and-statutory.html




Deposits between a person resident in India and a person resident outside India - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2026/07/deposits-between-person-resident-in.html

Payment of Agency Commission to Agency Banks (ABs) and Disbursement of Government Pension by ABs - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2026/07/payment-of-agency-commission-to-agency.html






Credit Facilities – Lending to REITs and InvITs and Acquisition Finance - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2026/06/credit-facilities-lending-to-reits-and.html



Highlights of RBI Annual Report 2025-26 – Chapter 6 (Part II) - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2026/06/highlights-of-rbi-annual-report-2025-26_091254324.html



Highlights of RBI Annual Report 2025-26 – Chapter 1 to 3 - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2026/06/highlights-of-rbi-annual-report-2025-26.html


Credit Facilities – Loans against Financial Assets - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2026/06/credit-facilities-loans-against.html


Credit Facilities – Finance to Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2026/05/credit-facilities-finance-to-non.html



Credit Facilities – Lending against Gold and Silver Collateral - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2026/05/credit-facilities-lending-against-gold.html








Guidelines to facilitate faster cross-border inward payments - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2026/04/guidelines-to-facilitate-faster-cross.html

FEMA - Borrowing and Lending [including External Commercial Borrowing (ECB) and Trade Credit (TC)] - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2026/03/fema-borrowing-and-lending-including.html

Unique Transaction Identifier (UTI) for OTC Derivative Transactions - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2026/03/unique-transaction-identifier-uti-for.html

Lending to Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Sector - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2026/03/lending-to-micro-small-medium.html


Interest Subvention for Pre and Post Shipment Export Credit under Export Promotion Mission (EPM) – Niryat Prothsahan - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2026/03/interest-subvention-for-pre-and-post.html



Modified Interest Subvention Scheme for Agricultural Loans - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2026/02/modified-interest-subvention-scheme-for.html

Internal Ombudsman for Regulated Entities (Banks, NBFCs, PPI Issuers and CICs) - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2026/02/internal-ombudsman-for-regulated.html

Reserve Bank - Integrated Ombudsman Scheme, 2026 (RB-IOS, 2026) - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2026/02/reserve-bank-integrated-ombudsman.html

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