Banking Awareness of 7, 8 and 9 August 2022
Main Headlines:
- 1. Inderjit Camotra has been appointed as MD & CEO of Unity Small Finance Bank.
- 2. RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2.33 crore on Spandana Sphoorty Financial.
- 3. PFRDA has decided to discontinue the facility of payment of contributions via credit card in the Tier-II account of NPS.
- 4. RBI has said that all scheduled SFBs will be eligible for AD Category-I licence after completion of at least two years of operations as AD Category-II.
- 5. Lok Sabha has passed Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022.
- 6. Ranjit Rath has been appointed as Oil India Limited's (OIL) new chairman and managing director (CMD).
- 7. India’s good exports in July 2022 declined marginally by 0.76% (year-on-year) to $35.24 billion.
- 8. Government capex (capital expenditure) increased by 72% to over ₹80,000 crore in the road sector in the April-June quarter of current fiscal.
Topic: Appointments
1. Inderjit Camotra has been appointed as MD & CEO of Unity Small Finance Bank.
- Both RBI and Unity Bank’s Board has approved his appointment.
- Prior to this appointment he was interim CEO of the Bank.
- Unity Small Finance Bank (USFB) commenced operations in November 2021, with a capital infusion of about ₹1,100 crore.
- With effect from 25 January 2022, scam-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank was merged with USFB.
Topic: RBI
2. RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2.33 crore on Spandana Sphoorty Financial.
- RBI has imposed the penalty because it failed to adhere to pricing of credit guidelines for Non-Banking Financial Company - Micro Finance Institutions (NBFC-MFIs).
- EBI has imposed the penalty in exercise of powers vested in it under the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
- Spandana Sphoorty Financial Ltd is Hyderabad based NBFC-MFI registered with RBI.
Topic: Regulatory Bodies/Financial Institutions
3. PFRDA has decided to discontinue the facility of payment of contributions via credit card in the Tier-II account of NPS.
- A Tier-II account is a voluntary savings account. Only a Tier-I NPS account holder can open a Tier-II NPS account.
- Tier-II NPS account has flexible exit and withdrawal rules against Tier-I NPS account, which is a long-term one.
- In case of Tier-I NPS account, amount cannot be withdrawn until retirement.
- In case of Tier-II account, money can be withdrawn at any time. No minimum balance is needed in an NPS Tier-II account.
- As per PFRDA, pension asset under management (AUM) are expected to increase by 62% to ₹2 lakh crore in the FY23.
- Active subscribers in the non-government sector may increase 35% to 50 lakh subscribers by the end of FY23.
- PFRDA has now increased the maximum age of membership under the NPS-Private sector from the current 65 years to 70 years. The exit age has been increased to 75 years.
- Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) was established in October 2003. Its Chairman is Supratim Bandyopadhyay. Its head office is in New Delhi.
Topic: RBI
4. RBI has said that all scheduled SFBs will be eligible for AD Category-I licence after completion of at least two years of operations as AD Category-II.
- This step aims to provide small finance banks (SFBs) flexibility to meet their customers’ foreign exchange business requirement.
- Authorised dealer (AD) category-I licence is subject to certain eligibility norms. Some of them are given below.
- Minimum net worth of ₹500 crore
- Capital to risk-weighted assets ratio should not be less than 15 percent
- Net non-performing assets should not exceed 6 percent during previous four quarters
- Should have made profit in the preceding two years
- Other eligibility criteria include SFB should not have defaulted in maintenance of cash reserve ratio/ statutory liquidity ratio during previous two years.
Topic: Infrastructure and Energy
5. Lok Sabha has passed Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022.
- The bill aims to tap the $800-billion global carbon market. It seeks to amend the Energy Conservation Act, 2001.
- The bill makes it mandatory for buildings with a minimum connected load of 100 KW to meet their energy requirements from renewable sources.
- Through the bill, government wants to enhance the scope of Energy Conservation Building Code.
- Through the bill, government also wants to increase members in the Governing Council of Bureau of Energy Efficiency.
- The government aims to save an estimated 300 billion units of electricity by 2030.
- Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE):
- It is a statutory body that was formed as per the Energy Conservation Act, 2001.
- It was formed in 2002 and comes under the Ministry of Power.
Topic: Appointments
6. Ranjit Rath has been appointed as Oil India Limited's (OIL) new chairman and managing director (CMD).
- He received the prestigious National Geosciences Award from the President of India in 2016.
- Nallathamby Kalaiselvi has been appointed as the first woman director general of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR).
- Oil India Limited is a Navratna Company under the administrative control of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
Topic: Indian Economy/Financial Market
7. India’s good exports in July 2022 declined marginally by 0.76% (year-on-year) to $35.24 billion.
- The exports declined for the first time in over a year. Trade deficit in July 2022 increased three times to reach at $31.02 billion.
- This is because imports during July 2022 increased 43.59% to $66.26 billion.
- The rise in imports is led by sectors like petroleum, electronic goods, and coal and coke, according to preliminary trade estimates for July 2022 released by Commerce & Industry Ministry.
- India’s goods exports in 2021–22 reached an all-time high of $420 billion.
- In April-July 2022, India’s goods exports increased 19.35% to $156.41 billion. Goods imports during the same period was 48.12% higher at $256.43 billion.
- Trade deficit during the period was $100 billion, which is more than double of the trade deficit of $42 billion in the same period last fiscal.
Topic: Indian Economy/Financial Market
8. Government capex (capital expenditure) increased by 72% to over ₹80,000 crore in the road sector in the April-June quarter of current fiscal.
- The capex increased by 80% to over ₹46,000 crore in railways in the April-June quarter of the current fiscal.
- The overall government capital expenditure during this period remained at 57%.
- The government has budgeted around ₹7.50-lakh crore of capital expenditure during the current fiscal.
- Out of this, government spent over ₹1.75-lakh crore in the first three months.
- The capital outlay on defence services recorded 20% growth. It remained around ₹24,800 crore.
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