The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs. 5.00 lakh (Rupees Five lakh only) on the Adarsh Mahila Mercantile Co-operative Bank Ltd., Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, in exercise of the powers vested in it under the provisions of Section 47 A (1) (b) read with Section 46 (4) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (As Applicable to Co-operative Societies) for the following violations:

1. Violation of exposure norms on single and group borrowers.
2. Violation of regulatory restrictions on advances to directors/ their relatives.

The Reserve Bank of India had issued a show cause notice to the bank, in response to which the bank submitted its written reply and requested for personal hearing with the Regional Director. After considering the facts of the case and the bank’s reply and submissions in the matter, the Reserve Bank of India came to the conclusion that the violations were substantiated and warranted imposition of penalty.

P.B. Lombar

Assistant Manager

Monetary penalty for regulatory breaches after substantiated violations of exposure norms and director lending restrictions. The Reserve Bank imposed a monetary penalty on a cooperative bank after issuing a show cause notice, considering the bank's written reply and hearing request, and finding substantiated breaches of exposure norms on single and group borrowers and regulatory restrictions on advances to directors and relatives under its statutory enforcement powers.