-Outlook Describing the government's ambitious direct cash transfer scheme as a "powerful tool", Reserve Bank Deputy Governor K C Chakrabarty has said the initiative will help reduce fiscal deficit, which in turn will also bring down inflation if implemented well. "The direct cash transfer scheme will reduce the fiscal deficit, which in turn will facilitate inflation control," Chakrabarty, the senior-most of the four deputy governors at the Mint Road, told PTI in...
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The "Aadhaar" of Direct Cash Transfer is more of assumptions, less of ground-level realities-MS Sriram
-The Economic Times On November 9, 2012, the government announced that from January 2013, 51 districts of the country would be subjected to Aadhaar- based direct cash transfers (DCT). We need some basic answers before we get to term the initiative as a game-changer. Aadhaar and the link with bank accounts: The Reserve Bank of India, initially having notified that Aadhaar number as valid for opening a bank account for know-your-customer norms,...
More »RBI’s KYC guidelines: You can now open a bank account with just one document-Vivek Sharma
-MoneyLife.in The latest RBI KYC guidelines for opening new bank accounts make it a lot easier for common man as only one document would suffice as proof of identity and proof of residence The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has come with modifications in KYC (Know Your Customer) guidelines. These modifications have been introduced as per the circular date 10 December 2012 (RBI/2012-13/322 DBOD.AML.BC. No. 65/14.01.001/2012-13). It is important to note that...
More »Multiple LPG connections without KYC will entail cancellation
-The Indian Express Cooking gas (LPG) consumers with multiple connections who do not submit Know Your Customer (KYC) forms by month end will lose subsidised LPG supply and will be charged commercial rates, the government said today. "The LPG gas connection of those multiple LPG connections holder who fail to furnish the KYC forms by the prescribed date, will be suo moto converted into Non-Domestic Exempted Categories (NDEC) rate connections," Minister of...
More »Six-cylinder annual LPG cap under review: Veerappa Moily
-The Times of India The government is looking into demands for raising the six-cylinder annual cap on supply of subsidized cooking gas refills to each family, oil minister M Veerappa Moily told the Lok Sabha in a written reply on Friday. Separately, minister of state for petroleum Panabaaka Lakshmi told the House that state-run fuel retailers have issued more than 10 lakh new cooking gas connections since the government capped the supply...
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