Marching ahead with Responsibility and Growth - Keynote Address[Contributions by RBI colleague Shri Mohammed Majidullah, General Manager] delivered by...
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Unauthorised Aadhaar credential use triggers blacklisting and procurement debarment following alleged post-termination enrolment and update transactions. Alleged unauthorised use of Aadhaar Registrar/EA Code credentials after termination of an operational engagement led the Delhi Construction and Other Workers Welfare Board to blacklist MDS Solution Pvt Ltd. UIDAI communication indicated that Aadhaar-related activity allegedly continued after cancellation through the Board's credentials. The Board lodged a police complaint, barred the firm from its tenders, procurement processes, empanelment and contract awards, and recommended consideration of action under applicable rules and policies.
FCNR(B) deposits strengthen foreign-exchange liquidity and support rupee appreciation alongside foreign portfolio inflows into government securities. Foreign-currency inflows through FCNR(B) deposits, overseas foreign-currency borrowings and external commercial borrowings strengthened foreign-exchange liquidity and supported appreciation of the rupee against the US dollar. Foreign portfolio investment in government securities was linked to the abolition of withholding tax and long-term capital gains tax on such investment. Currency-market conditions were also influenced by foreign institutional equity purchases, global risk appetite, crude-oil prices and geopolitical tensions.
Electric vehicle adoption can reduce transport import dependence while domestic battery manufacturing increases projected long-term savings. Electric-vehicle adoption across road-transport segments is projected to reduce dependence on imported petrol and diesel, notwithstanding continuing battery imports. Accelerated electrification could reduce vehicle-related import expenditure substantially by 2050 because reduced oil imports are expected to exceed battery-import costs. Domestic cell-manufacturing capacity may further increase savings by combining rapid vehicle electrification with battery localisation.
Women's livelihood credit access will extend beyond self-help groups through standardised loan formalities and coordinated banking support. Women's access to credit for livelihood expansion is to extend beyond Self-Help Groups to individual women members. Loan accessibility concerns include distance from bank branches, repeated visits to complete formalities, and inconsistent banking procedures. Regular State Rural Livelihood Mission meetings, bank participation, training, helplines, process improvements and coordination with bankers are intended to reduce barriers. Loan formalities are to be standardised across banks through a uniform process involving RBI and NABARD.
Industrial development facilitation prioritises infrastructure, services, policy utilisation, and dry-port trade connectivity for businesses and agro-based farmers. Industrial development facilitation extends beyond allocation of industrial plots to infrastructure development, services, and a favourable business environment. Industry-support policies seek to encourage participation by entrepreneurs, promote growth across sectors, and improve investment conditions without distinction between small and large enterprises. Dry-port infrastructure strengthens national and international trade connectivity, supporting import and export expansion for industrial and agro-based businesses.
Regulated fintech infrastructure recognition highlights integrated payment, identity and collections capabilities across embedded financial product delivery. Decentro operates an integrated fintech infrastructure platform combining payment acceptance, identity verification, banking and AI-led collections through a unified integration layer. It holds Payment Aggregator authorisations for online and physical payments, a Payment Service Provider licence through its GIFT City entity, and certification for offline identity-verification workflows. These capabilities support embedded financial products, payment acceptance, lending collections and related financial workflows for enterprise users.
Debenture trusteeship fee fixing constitutes cartelisation by constraining independent pricing and restricting service availability in the market. Collective minimum-fee fixing for debenture trusteeship services prevented trustees from making independent commercial pricing decisions and constituted cartelisation. Prescription of a benchmark fee limited and controlled the supply or market for such services by directing association members and non-members not to serve debenture issuers below that fee. The conduct contravened Section 3(3)(a) and Section 3(3)(b) read with Section 3(1) of the Competition Act, 2002.
Digital textile printing enables flexible industrial production, shorter lead times, reduced screen dependency and sustainability-focused manufacturing for export markets. Digital textile printing is presented as an industrial alternative to conventional screen printing, allowing direct production from digital design files with faster design changes, shorter lead times and flexibility across varying order quantities. Single-pass systems support high-volume production through fixed printing units and continuous fabric movement, while multipass platforms provide flexible production across natural, synthetic and specialised textiles. Digital production is associated with printing closer to demand, eliminating physical screens, reducing unnecessary production, and addressing wastewater reduction, chemical compliance, traceability and responsible manufacturing expectations.
Economic growth and infrastructure investment were presented as supporting exports, skilled employment, connectivity, and long-term development. Economic growth, export expansion and infrastructure investment are presented as interconnected drivers of India's development, global standing and employment opportunities. Infrastructure expenditure, railway expansion and improved transport connectivity are identified as measures intended to facilitate movement, simplify transportation, support trade and exports, and strengthen industrial and commercial activity. These measures are associated with the objective of a developed India by 2047 and enhanced employment, business and growth opportunities.
Co-location and dark fibre settlement addressed allegations of preferential market-data access and speed advantages in trading. SEBI's co-location and dark fibre matters involving NSE concerned allegations that certain stockbrokers obtained unfair preferential speed advantages to access market data and execute trades ahead of other investors. NSE pursued settlement applications covering both matters, and revised settlement terms increased the cumulative amount. Payments made by NSE together completed the agreed settlement amount.
Preferential tariff treatment remains the condition for finalising the bilateral trade agreement and improving Indian export competitiveness. Finalisation of the India-US Bilateral Trade Agreement is contingent on the United States extending preferential tariff treatment to India relative to competing supplier countries. Further negotiations are required following changes in the United States tariff environment. A comparative tariff advantage is intended to improve the price competitiveness of Indian goods in the United States market, particularly against competitors benefiting from lower duties under least-developed-country preferences or trade agreements.
MSME secured lending equity capital, subject to regulatory approval, supports expansion without management-control change in operations. Business Nextgen Finance Private Limited, a non-deposit taking non-banking financial company registered with the Reserve Bank of India, has raised Rs 215 crore in equity capital to expand secured credit for micro, small and medium enterprises. The transaction received prior Reserve Bank of India approval. The capital base will support secured lending scale-up, geographic expansion, technology investment and wider access to formal credit in underserved markets. The investment does not involve a change in management or day-to-day control.
Money-laundering probes into narcotics trafficking rely on predicate police and narcotics cases and examine cross-border linkages. Money-laundering investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act involves coordinated searches in connection with multiple narcotics-trafficking matters. The investigation is founded on police and Narcotics Control Bureau FIRs and linked chargesheets concerning separate drug-trafficking allegations, including alleged trafficking in methamphetamine, marijuana and MDMA with suspected cross-border linkages.
Conversational AI account management enables businesses to access payment information, settlement support, refunds, and payment links through WhatsApp. RAY is a conversational AI account manager on WhatsApp that enables businesses to access payment information, support, and operational actions through messages or voice notes. It can provide payment summaries, analyse payment activity, monitor settlement status, generate payment links, and issue refunds. The AI assistant is designed to proactively identify payment-health issues, flag settlement events, recommend actions, and use merchant-specific context to support payment management without dashboard navigation.
Portfolio management services distribution enables certified mutual fund distributors to digitally onboard and report for eligible high-net-worth clients through AssetPlus. AssetPlus has launched Portfolio Management Services for certified Mutual Fund Distributor partners to digitally onboard, track, manage and report PMS investments for eligible high-net-worth clients. PMS distribution requires NISM Series-XXI-A certification and operates within the APRN distributor-registration framework. PMS comprises individually managed portfolios run by SEBI-registered Portfolio Managers and held in clients' demat accounts. The minimum investment is Rs. 50 lakh, and offerings are governed by the SEBI (Portfolio Managers) Regulations, 2020. The platform provides daily reconciliation of holdings, performance and valuations.
NPOP-certified ethnic rice exports strengthen organic producer access to international markets through certification, traceability, and organised export production. NPOP-certified ethnic rice exports from Tripura to Austria and the Netherlands connect local farmers and Farmer Producer Companies with international markets through organised, export-oriented production. The initiative emphasises certification, traceability, food safety and quality as requirements for access to markets for certified organic products. Buyer-seller linkages support export opportunities, while coordinated organic value-chain engagement strengthens certification and quality systems and supports producers in meeting international standards.
Gated residential community launch combines smart-home villas, extensive lifestyle amenities and planned expansion into future residential developments. VR LIVIN Ventures LLP launched 'THE FIRST', an 83-villa gated residential community in Madhavaram, North Chennai, which recorded sales of 20 villas during its first two launch days. The development includes smart-home villas and more than 50 lifestyle amenities, with access to nearby metro connectivity and social infrastructure. It forms part of the company's intended expansion of residential projects in Chennai and other South Indian locations.
GST rationalisation for amusement park admissions could lower ticket prices, stimulate consumer demand, and support investment without input tax credit. GST rationalisation for amusement park, water park and indoor entertainment admission tickets is sought through a flat 5% GST rate without Input Tax Credit. The proposed rate is intended to reduce ticket prices, improve affordability and increase customer demand in a capital-intensive tourism and entertainment sector. Many smaller and mid-sized operators report limited ability to offset GST liability through ITC. Lower taxation is projected to support facility expansion, revenue growth, new investment, employment and reinvestment in recreational services.
Money laundering linked to hybrid ganja smuggling involves alleged illicit cross-border transfers and foreign-exchange violations. Enforcement Directorate searches form part of a money-laundering investigation into alleged hybrid ganja smuggling from Thailand. A case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act concerns suspected laundering of drug-trafficking proceeds and transfer of funds to Thailand through illegal channels. The inquiry also examines possible foreign-exchange violations and an alleged arrangement involving carriers, visas and funds for transporting narcotic substances.
CBI in its press release has stated that it has arrested CEO of LIC Housing Finance Limited(LICHFL), Mumbai, Secretary (Investment), LIC, Mumbai, General Manager, Bank of India, Mumbai, Director (Chartered Accountant), Central Bank of India, New Delhi, DGM, Punjab National Bank, New Delhi, Chairman & Managing Director and other officials of a Mumbai-based private financial services company in a bribery case.
CBI has further said that it has busted a racket wherein a private financial services company, its CMD and other associates were allegedly bribing senior officials of public sector banks and financial institutions for facilitating large scale corporate loans. They were also gathering confidential business information from Financial Institutions. Officers of top and middle management of PSBs and FIs viz. Bank of India, Central Bank of India, Punjab National Bank and LIC Housing Finance Limited were receiving illegal gratification from the private financial services company who were acting as mediators and facilitators for corporate loans and other facilities. Searches were conducted by CBI at Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Jaipur, Kolkata and Jalandhar and five separate cases have been registered by CBI and investigations are in progress.
Reports have been called by Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance from these institutions and the details as made available are as under:
LIC of India : The CEO of LICHFL Shri Nair and Shri Naresh Chopra, Secretary (Investment), LIC have been arrested. Senior executives of a financial services company private limited have also been arrested in this case. LICHFL has issued a press release assuring its investors, customers and business associates that all necessary steps would be taken to ensure that interests of various stake holders are fully protected. It has also said that all procedures and due diligences consistent with Board approved guidelines have been adhered to in approving the loans by the competent authority. It has also indicated that all loans have been secured by underlying assets to the full satisfaction of the appropriate authority.
Bank of India: The CBI at Chennai had enquired about particulars of Shri Tayal, General Manager, Mumbai Large Corporate Branch who was earlier working in Chennai Large Corporate Branch and sought information on three accounts viz. OPG Power, BGR Energy and Ashapura Minechem, Mumbai. Of these three accounts, Bank of India has reported that only one is at present NPA on account of derivative losses. Shri Tayal was interrogated by CBI in Delhi on 23.11.2010 on the above three accounts. He has been arrested by CBI.
Central Bank of India : The Chartered Accountant, Director on the Board of the Bank Shri M.S. Johar has been arrested by CBI in this case. No official of the bank has been arrested. CMD, Central Bank has confirmed that as per information available there is no impact of the above development on asset quality
Punjab National Bank: Shri V.K. Gujjal, DGM of the Bank has been arrested. Mr. Gujjal is working as Chief Operating Officer of PNB Investment Services Limited, a merchant banking subsidiary set up by the Bank and headquartered in Delhi. Prior to this he was working as DGM in-charge of Large Corporate Branch, Delhi from 30th May, 2009 to 22nd May, 2010. CMD of PNB has said that there is no information linking the above incidence to any loan account of the bank.
Bribery allegations prompt institutional inquiries; reports sought as arrests and investigations target loan facilitation and confidential information misuse.
Allegations of systemic bribery by a private financial services company involve payments to officers of public sector banks and financial institutions to facilitate large corporate loans; multiple arrests and coordinated CBI searches have led to five cases and ongoing investigations. The Ministry of Finance has sought reports from affected institutions, which have asserted adherence to board-approved procedures and due diligence in loan approvals and reported no confirmed impact on asset quality to date.
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