the action taken or proposed to be taken against the banks which have violated the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines issued from time to time during the last three years?
the action taken or proposed to be taken against the banks which have violated the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines issued from time to time during the last three years?
The Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance (Shri S. S. Palanimanickam)
There are a number of extant Government of India Acts and Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) guidelines issued from time to time, which are to be followed by all
the Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs), Regional Rural Banks, Cooperative Banks
regulated by RBI and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).
The guidelines relate to defaulting in the maintenance of Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)
and Statutory Liquidity Ratio, failing in achieving the mandatory targets of lending
to priority/agriculture sector by SCBs, inspection/scrutiny of concerned bank,
foreign exchange regulations including Know Your Customer (KYC)/Anti Money Laundering
(AML), etc.
In case of violation of any such Act / guideline by the banks, RBI imposes
various penalties e.g. monetory penalty including penal interest, criminal action
against the Board of Directors, supercession of Board of Directors, etc depending
upon the parameters of such Acts / guidelines. In some cases of minor violations,
RBI even issued advisories, letter of displeasures, etc.