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Archive 2022

This is an archive of the articles published on this blog during the year 2022 in the descending order of the date of publication.

What is the payments fraud reporting platform for banks? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/12/what-is-payments-fraud-reporting.html

Guidelines on opening of Current accounts and CC / OD accounts by banks - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/12/guidelines-on-opening-of-current.html

Small Value Digital Payments in Offline Mode - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/12/small-value-digital-payments-in-offline.html?m=1

What are Negotiable Instruments? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/12/what-are-negotiable-instruments.html?m=1

Net-worth / NOF requirements for RBI regulated entities - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/12/net-worth-nof-requirements-for-rbi.html?m=1

Pilot launch of Retail Digital Rupee (e₹-R) in India - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/12/pilot-launch-of-retail-digital-rupee-e.html?m=1

SLR holdings in HTM category - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/11/slr-holdings-in-htm-category.html?m=1

Interoperable Card-less Cash Withdrawal (ICCW) at ATMs - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/11/interoperable-card-less-cash-withdrawal.html?m=1

What is Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS)? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/11/what-is-liberalised-remittance-scheme.html?m=1

What are restrictions on storage of actual card data? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/11/what-are-restrictions-on-storage-of.html

What is tokenisation of card transactions? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/11/what-is-tokenisation-of-card.html

What are SOPs for Interoperable Regulatory Sandbox? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/11/what-are-sops-for-interoperable.html

What are eligibility criteria for offering Internet Banking facility by RRBs? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/11/what-are-eligibility-criteria-for.html

What are prudential norms on asset classification and provisioning? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/11/what-are-prudential-norms-on-asset.html

What is Scale Based Regulation (SBR) for NBFCs? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/11/what-is-scale-based-regulation-sbr-for.html

Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 – Part-X – Section 58B to 58G - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/11/reserve-bank-of-india-act-1934-part-x.html

Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 – Part-IX – Section 46 to 58A - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/11/reserve-bank-of-india-act-1934-part-ix.html

Pilot launch of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in India - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/11/pilot-launch-of-central-bank-digital.html

Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 – Part-VIII – Section 45Z to 45ZO - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/11/reserve-bank-of-india-act-1934-part.html

What is Standing Deposit Facility (SDF)? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/10/what-is-standing-deposit-facility-sdf.html

Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 – Part-VII – Section 45S to 45Y - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/10/reserve-bank-of-india-act-1934-part-vii.html

Requirement of prior RBI approval for non-bank PSOs - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/10/requirement-of-prior-rbi-approval-by.html

Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 – Part-VI – Section 45K to 45QB - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/10/reserve-bank-of-india-act-1934-part-vi.html

Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 – Part-V – Section 45B to 45JA - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/10/reserve-bank-of-india-act-1934-part-v.html

MoU between Reserve Bank of India and Bank Indonesia - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/10/mou-between-reserve-bank-of-india-and.html

Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 – Part-IV – Section 42 to 45 - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/10/reserve-bank-of-india-act-1934-part-iv.html

Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 – Part-III – Section 20 to 40 - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/10/reserve-bank-of-india-act-1934-part-iii.html

Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 – Part-II – Section 17 to 19 - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/10/reserve-bank-of-india-act-1934-section.html

Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 – Part-I – Preamble and Section 1 to 13 - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/10/reserve-bank-of-india-act-1934-preamble.html

What are Digital Banking Units (DBUs)? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/10/what-are-digital-banking-units-dbus.html

What is Asian Clearing Union (ACU)? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/10/what-is-asian-clearing-union-acu.html

What is Financial Action Task Force (FATF)? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/10/what-is-financial-action-task-force-fatf.html

Guidelines on credit facilities to minority communities - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/10/guidelines-on-credit-facilities-to.html

Late submission fee for reporting delays under FEMA - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/10/late-submission-fee-for-reporting.html

Highlights of Concept Note on Central Bank Digital Currency - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/10/highlights-of-concept-note-on-central.html

Which Small Finance Banks can obtain AD Category-I license? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/10/which-small-finance-banks-can-obtain-ad.html

What is Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/10/what-is-legal-entity-identifier-lei.html

What is Reserve Bank of India – Digital Payments Index (RBI-DPI)? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/10/what-is-reserve-bank-of-india-digital.html

Who is responsible for the actions of recovery agents? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/10/what-are-responsibilities-of-regulated.html

What is Ways and Means Advances (WMA)? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/10/what-is-ways-and-means-advances-wma.html

What is Rupee Drawing Arrangement (RDA)? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/10/what-is-rupee-drawing-arrangement-rda.html

RBI’s Monetary Policy (September 30, 2022): In A Nutshell - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/09/rbis-monetary-policy-september-30-2022.html

What is Financial Inclusion (FI) Index? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/09/what-is-financial-inclusion-fi-index.html

What are the motifs on banknotes? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/09/what-are-motifs-on-banknotes.html

What is Regulatory Sandbox (RS)? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/09/what-is-regulatory-sandbox-rs.html

What is Mobile Aided Note Identifier (MANI) App? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/09/what-is-mobile-aided-note-identifier.html

How much value does torn / cut note carry? What are Note Refund Rules? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/09/how-much-value-does-torn-cut-note-carry.html

When are NBFCs placed under PCA? What are its implications? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/09/when-are-nbfcs-placed-under-pca-what.html

When are banks placed under PCA? What are its implications? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/09/when-are-banks-placed-under-pca-what.html

Who bears the loss of fraudulent financial transactions? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/09/who-bears-loss-of-fraudulent-financial.html

Are your ATM transactions free? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/09/are-your-atm-transactions-free.html

What happens to inoperative deposit accounts? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/09/what-happens-to-inoperative-deposit.html

What is Certificate of Deposits (CDs)? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/09/what-is-certificate-of-deposits-cds.html

Sovereign Gold Bonds vs Gold Monetization Scheme - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/09/sovereign-gold-bonds-vs-gold.html

What is Gold Monetization Scheme? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/09/what-is-gold-monetization-scheme.html

What are Sovereign Gold Bonds? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/09/what-are-sovereign-gold-bonds.html

What is inflation targeting by RBI? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/09/is-inflation-targeting-by-rbi.html

What is inflation? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/08/what-is-inflation.html

How is GDP calculated in India? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/08/how-is-economic-growth-calculated.html

RBI’s Monetary Policy (August 05, 2022): In A Nutshell - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/08/monetary-policy-august-05-2022-in.html

Which are the monetary policy instruments used by RBI? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/08/are-monetary-policy-instruments-used-by.html

Had a failed financial transaction? By when shall bank reverse the amount? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/08/had-failed-financial-transaction-by.html

Filing your ITR? Have you checked AIS and TIS? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/07/filing-your-itr-have-you-checked-ais.html

Are banks deposits insured? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/07/are-your-deposits-with-banks-insured.html

What is KYC? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/07/what-are-kyc-norms.html

What is Retail Direct Gilt Account? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/07/what-is-retail-direct-gilt-account.html

What is Tax Credit Statement (Form 26AS)? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/07/a-taxpayer-pays-taxes-on-income-by-way.html

How change in repo rate affects inflation and growth? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/07/how-changing-repo-rate-affects.html

RBI’s Monetary Policy (April 08, 2022): In A Nutshell - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/04/rbis-monetary-policy-april-08-2022-in.html

Which deductions can be claimed from total income? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/03/which-deductions-can-be-claimed-from.html

How to pay self-assessment tax? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/03/how-to-pay-self-assessment-tax.html

How to transfer shares from one Demat account to another? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/03/how-to-transfer-shares-from-one-demat.html

How to file Income Tax Return (ITR–1)? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/03/how-to-file-income-tax-return-itr1.html

Got salary arrears? Have you claimed relief u/s 89 of Income Tax Act, 1961? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/03/got-salary-arrears-have-you-claimed.html

What is Credit Score? Why is it important? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/03/what-is-credit-score-why-is-it-important.html

Earning income other than Salary? Have you paid your Advance Tax? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/03/earning-income-other-than-salary-have.html

Tax slabs for individuals for the assessment years 2022-23 and 2023-24 - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/03/calculating-tax-liability-of.html

Tracking rise and fall of Sensex? But how is Sensex calculated? - https://inquisitivemind5.blogspot.com/2022/03/tracking-rise-and-fall-of-sensex-but.html


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