The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed, by an order dated September 16, 2022, a monetary penalty of ₹1.00 lakh (Rupees One lakh solely) on Ravi Commercial Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd., Nagpur (the financial institution) for contravention of/ non-compliance with the instructions issued by the RBI to Urban Co-operative Banks on Exposure Norms & Statutory/ Other Restrictions-UCBs and Reserve Bank of India (Co-operative Banks – Interest Rate on Deposits) Directions, 2016. This penalty has been imposed in train of powers vested in RBI beneath the provisions of Section 47 A (1) (c) learn with Section 46 (4) (i) and Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, considering the failure of the financial institution to stick to the aforesaid instructions issued by RBI. This motion relies on deficiencies in regulatory compliance and isn’t supposed to pronounce upon the validity of any transaction or settlement entered into by the financial institution with its clients. Background The Risk Assessment Report of the financial institution primarily based on its monetary place as on March 31, 2021, revealed, inter alia, that the financial institution had (i) not complied with the instructions on prudential inter-bank gross publicity restrict and (ii) didn’t pay curiosity on time period deposits which remained unclaimed after maturity, for the interval after maturity, whereas making reimbursement of those deposits, in contravention of/ non-compliance with the aforesaid instructions issued by RBI. Based on the identical, a Notice was issued to the financial institution advising it to indicate trigger as to why penalty shouldn’t be imposed for non-compliance with the instructions. After contemplating the financial institution’s replies and oral submissions made throughout private listening to, RBI got here to the conclusion that the aforesaid costs of non-compliance with RBI instructions have been substantiated and warranted imposition of monetary penalty. (Yogesh Dayal) Press Release: 2022-2023/890 |