The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs. 5.00 lakh (Rupees five lakh only) on The Nagrik Sahakari Bank Ltd., Indore (Madhya Pradesh), in exercise of the powers vested in it under the provisions of Section 47A(1)(b) read with Section 46(4) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (As Applicable to Co-operative Societies), for violation of RBI directive and section 36(1) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (AACS) relating to loans and advances to directors and their relatives and the firms/concerns in which they are interested and operational instructions issued to the bank by RBI respectively.

The Reserve Bank of India has penalised the bank after issuing a show cause notice and examining its written reply.

Ajit Prasad

Assistant General Manager

Related-party lending violations prompt regulatory penalty for breach of banking norms restricting loans to directors and relatives. Violation concerns related party lending restrictions and breach of RBI operational instructions governing loans and advances to directors, their relatives and firms/concerns in which they are interested. The Reserve Bank exercised its statutory supervisory powers under the Banking Regulation Act to impose a monetary penalty after issuing a show cause notice and considering the bank's written reply.