Monday, 7 October 2019

5 TIPS TO CRACK JAIIB-CAIIB IN 1st ATTEMPT.

If you've just joined the Banking Industry, you must have applied for JAIIB/CAIIB or If not, you'll be applying room & 1 thing everyone wants to know is how to pass JAIIB/CAIIB is get an extra increment. So sooner you pass the Exam, earlier you get an extra increment. If you've as Officer JMGS-I (PO), your initial basic salary would be ₹.23700. If You Clear JAIIB/CAIIB, you get 2 increments & your basic salary increase by ₹.1940. So if you miss it 1st time, your Increment gets delayed by 6months. That means loss of ₹.11640+DA. So it becomes important to clear JAIIB/CAIIB Exam in 1st attempt itself.
Around JAIIB 1.50lacs & CAIIB 1lac candidates appear for the Exam. Only 22-25% candidates are able to clear the exam each time. So does it mean that JAIIB/CAIIB is difficult to crack? What should be the Strategy to clear the Exam in 1st Attempt? How 1 should prepare for Exam?
Passing marks for JAIIB are 50% aggregate & 45% in each Subject. If aggregate marks less than 50% or Marks in a particular paper less than 45%, but you score 50%/more in any other 2 sub. You don't qualify the exam but need not give that particular paper in 2nd,3rd,4th attempt, in which you score 50%/more. The best part of Exam is that result of each paper is shown to you immediately after submit your online Exam.

Simple 5 Steps to Prepare for the JAIIB/CAIIB Exam:
Take off the burden from your mind, you're required to score only 50% which's not very difficult & the Good thing is that there's No NEGATIVE (-) Marking.
Here is a simple step by step guide which will help the Bankers to be prepared for JAIIB/CAIIB.
If you come from Commerce/Finance background  (BBA/MBA), It's relatively easy to break the JAIIB/CAIIB. Because you would have studied atleast 65% of topics covered. If you're not from Commerce/Finance backgroue you need to make little Extra Efforts.
1. GET THE RIGHT BOOKS: After reg. for JAIIB/CAIIB, 1st thing you should do is to get the Books for all 3 Subjects. Best books available for JAIIB/CAIIB are by McMillan, which IIBF also suggest. these Books are available on Amazon:
-JAIIB (PPB-AFB-LRAB)
-CAIIB (ABM-BFM-OPTIONAL SUB).
These Books might seem bulky but has covered the entire syllabus & has everything you need to know. The Book is designed in a way that 1can easily be prepared by just reading the definition & summary. the MCQs will give you a fair Idea of level of preparations.
If you don't have enough time & don't want to study IIBF Books, you can by the Books JAIIB/CAIIB by N.S.Toor, which are in QA format.
2. KNOW YOUR SYLLABUS: As a Banker it's likely that there will not be a lot of time left for studies after a hectic day of work. Hence it's best to start early. the Idea is to plan for the Syllabus & Time them so that the Level of Preparedness is High. Knowing your syllabus will give Idea, how much time need to prepare.
If you've been a Commerce student, you'll find the AFB & some part of LRAB, you've already covered during your studies earlier. So 60% of your Job is already done. You can mark these topics & focus on those topics which you've not studied earlier.
If You've been Arts/Science & Engg Student, everything is New for you & need to prepare for everything..

3. MAKE A STRATEGY FOR STUDYING: ( I've already posted about JAIIB-CAIIB Study Strategy & Study Plan a Month Ago, You must keep follow them out of action).

4. PRACTICE & ATTEMPT SOME MOCK TESTS: Another great step is to find out previous 3years Question Papers. Prepare them all leaving 1 which will work as a model test before you actually face the Exam. the Idea is to practice a lot of question type compared to cramming. You can attempt in JAIIB-CAIIB Forum, Blogs website 'Free Mock Tests for JAIIB-CAIIB', which will give you an Idea how the actual exam is held. attempting Mock Test help you practice the actual Exam conditions.
5. ON THE ACTUAL TEST DAY: Choose the easy questions 1st as they will give you an estimate of the Score. then come back to the Questions which were missed. Also, there's No NEGATIVE (-) Marking, so attempt all Questions. If you stuck in a question, leave that by Marking & Go ahead..

ALL THE VERY BEST.
WISH YOU GOOD LUCK...

Sunday, 6 October 2019

DIFFERENT KINDS OF RISKS RELATED TO FOREX TRANSACTIONS

Foreign exchange operations face large no. of different type of risk due to a variety of reasons such as location of forex

markets without any single location, markets existing in different time zones, frequent fluctuations in the foreign currency

rates, effect of policies of the government and central banks of the related country etc.

Foreign exchange exposure: The exposure can be classified into 3 categories:

1. Transaction exposure : This arises on account of normal business operation. A transaction in foreign exchange can

exposure a firm to currency risk, when compared to the value in home currency.

2. Translation exposure : It arises on valuation of assts and liabilities created through foreign exchange and receivables or

payable in home currency, at the end of accounting period. These are notional and not actual.

3. Operating exposure : These are the factor external to a firm such as change in competition, reduction in import duty,

reduction in prices by other country exporters etc.

Exchange rate risk : Even the major currencies may experience substantial exchange rate movements over relatively short

periods of time. These can alter the balance sheet of a bank if the bank has assets or liabilities domiciled in those currencies.

An adverse movement of the rate can alter the value of the foreign exchange holdings, if not covered properly. The dealers

have to cover the position immediately.

Positions in a foreign currency : When the assets and the outstanding contracts to purchase that currency are more than the

liabilities plus and the outstanding contracts to sell that currency.

 Long or overbought position : When the purchases (and outstanding contracts to purchase) are more than the sale (the

outstanding contracts to sell).

 Short position or oversold position : When the purchases (and outstanding contracts to

purchase) are less than the sale (the outstanding contracts to sell).

Overbought or oversold position : It is called open position

Covering of position risk : The position is covered by fixing suitable limits (such as daylight position limit, overnight position limit,

single deal limit, gap-for-ward mismatch limits).

Prudent limit prescribed by RBI for open position : RBI has given discretion to bank Boards to fix their own open position limits

according to their own requirement, expertise and other related considerations.

Pre-settlement risk : It is the risk of failure of the counter party, due to bankruptcy or closure or other risk, before maturity of the

contract. This may force the bank to cover the contract at the ongoing market rates resulting into loss due to difference prevailing

between the contracted rate and rate at which the contract covered.

Settlement risk: Payment/delivery of one currency and received of other currency by both the parties. Settlement risk is the

risk of failure of the counter party during the course of settlement due to time zone differences between the two currencies

which are to be exchanged. For example, if a bank in the earlier time zone (say in Australia) performs its obligation and

delivers the currency and a bank in a later time zone (say USA) fails to deliver or delivers with delay, the loss may be caused to

the bank in the earlier time zone.

Foreign exchange settlement risk is also called temporal risk or Herstatt risk (named after failure of Bankhaus Herstatt in Germany)

The settlement risk can be taken care of by operating the system on a single time basis and also on real time gross settlement

(RTGS) basis.

Liquidity risk: The liquidity risk is where a market does not have the capacity to handle, at least without significant adverse

impact on the price, the volume of whatever the borrower buys or sells at the time he want to deal. Inability to meet debt

when they fall due could be another form of such risk.

For example, if there is deal of UK Pound purchase against the rupee and the party selling the UK Pound is short of pound in its

NOSTRO account, it may default in payment or it may meet its commitment by borrowing at a very high cost.

Country risk: It is the risk that arises when a counter party abroad, is unable to fulfill its obligation due to reasons other than the

normal risk related to lending or investment.

For example, a counter party is willing and capable to meet its obligation but due to restrictions imposed by the govt. of the

country or change in the polices of the govt., say on remittances etc. is unable to meet its repayment / remittance capacity.

Country risk can be very high in case of those countries that are having foreign exchange reserve problem.

Banks control country risk by putting restrictions on overall exposure, country exposure.

Country risk is in addition to normal credit risk. While the normal credit risk is due to failure on meeting obligation on the part of

counterparty on its own, the country risk arises due to actions initiated by the Govt. of that country due to which counterparty is not

able to perform its part.

Sovereign risk : It is larger than country risk. It arises when the counterparty is a foreign govt. or its agency and enjoys sovereign

immunity under law of that country. Due to this reason, legal action cannot be taken against that counterparty. This risk can be

reduced through disclaimers and by imposing 3,d country jurisdictions.

Interest rate risk: The potential cost of adverse movement of interest rates that the bank faces on its deposits and other

liabilities or currency swaps, forward contracts etc. is called interest rate risk. This risk arises on account of adverse

movement of interest rates or due to interest rate differentials. The bank may face adverse cost on its deposit or adverse

earning impact on its lending and investments due to such change in interest rates.

Interest rate can be managed by determining the interest rate scenario, undertaking appropriate sensitivity exercise to estimate the

potential profit or losses based on interest rate projections.

Gap risk : Banks on certain occasions are not able to match their forward purchase and sales, borrowing and lending which

creates a mismatch position, which is called gap risk. The gaps are required to be filled by paying or receiving the forward

differential. These differentials are the function of interest rates.

The gap risk can be managed by using derivative products such as interest rate swaps, currency

swaps, forward rate agreements.

Fledging risk: This occurs when one fails to achieve a satisfactory hedge for one's exposure, either because it could not be

arranged or as the result of an error. One may also be exposed to basic risk where the available hedging instrument closely

matches but does not exactly mirror or track the risk being hedged.

Operational risk : It is a potential catch that includes human errors or defalcations, loss of documents and records, ineffective

systems or controls and security breaches, how often do one consider the disaster scenario.

Legal, jurisdiction, litigation and documentation risks including netting agreements and cross border insolvency. Which country's

laws regulate individual contracts and the arbitration of disputes ? Could a plaintiff take action against a borrower in an

overseas court where they have better prospects of success or of higher awards ? There is a growing and widespread belief

that, whatever goes wrong, someone else must pay. The compensation culture whatever its justification or cause, is becoming

a big problem for many businesses.

Saturday, 5 October 2019

Letter of credit

JAIIB LEGAL:

Letter of Credit
Applicant-Buyer-Importer-Opener : He is the person who applies to bank for Letter of
Credit

Issuing Bank : The bank which opens the Letter Of Credit on the request of
applicant/Buyer.
Beneficiary-Exporter-Seller : The person who is entitled to receive the benefit under
Letter of Credit.
Advising Bank / Notifying Bank : The bank in the Beneficiary/Exporters Country through
which the letter of credit is advised to the beneficiary.
Negotiating Bank : The bank in the Beneficiary/Exporters Country which negotiate the
bills (i.e. make payments on the bills drawn by the seller and accepts the documents.) If
the LC specifies a bank then that bank is the Negotiating Bank and is also called the
Nominated Bank / Paying Bank. If the LC however does not specify the bank, than any
bank can be negotiating bank.
Confirming Bank : The advising bank is only required to advise the credit to the
beneficiary. If however in addition to advising the credit the advising bank were to
confirm it, then the advising bank will also become confirming Bank.
Reimbursing Bank : It is the bank which is appointed by the Issuing Bank to make
reimbursement to the Negotiating, Paying or confirming Bank.

Wednesday, 2 October 2019

ACTION POINTS PROCEEDINGS UNDER SECTION-138 OF N.I.ACT,1881

ACTION POINTS
PROCEEDINGS UNDER SECTION-138 OF N.I.ACT,1881
IN CASE OF POST DATED CHEQUE (PDC)TAKEN AS SECURITY FOR LOAN
1. Branch should present the Cheque for payment within its validity.
2. If the Cheque is dishonored, please ensure following steps before initiating legal action.
a. First, the Branch has to send a Demand Notice to the drawer of the cheque within a
period of 30 days from the date of receiving the information from the Branch/Bank
regarding the return of the cheque as unpaid.
b. The Demand Notice should contain all the relevant facts, such as:-
(1). The nature of transaction. (2). Amount of Cheque. (3). Date of depositing the cheque
in the Branch/Bank. (4). Date of dishonoring of the cheque. (5). The drawer has to be
advised to pay the cheque amount within 15 days.
3. In case the notice could not be served for any reason within a period of 30 days, the
Branch/Bank has to re-submit the Cheque for payment within the period of validity of the
Cheque. If the Cheque is dishonored again, the procedure as laid down above, to be
followed.
4. The drawer of the Cheque need to make payment within a period of 15 days from the
days of receipt of notice. If the borrower fails to make payment within 15 days from the
date of receipt, the Branch/Bank can file a complaint in the Judicial Magistrate First Class
Court. The complaint should be filed within a period of 1 month from the date of
expiry of above mentioned 15 days period.
5. If the Branch/Bank fails to file the complaint within the period of 1 month, the same will
become time-barred and hence, may not be entertained by the court.
6. On receiving complaint, along with an affidavit and relevant papers, the court will issue
summons and hear the matter.
7. If the court finds the Drawer guilty, the court may award punishment which may extend to
two years imprisonment or with fine which may extend to twice the amount of Cheque or
with both.
8. In view of the above, when any Branch/Bank keeping PDC for any loan, it is required that
the concerned Branch should maintain proper records / registers in respect of the dates of
validity of the Cheques, notice in proper time, evidences of service of notice on the
drawer of the Cheque etc.

Sunday, 29 September 2019

Individual elements of Balance sheet and their analysis

Most important topic forever useful::

Individual Elements of Balance Sheet
and Their Analysis:::

Liabilities
 Current Liabilities
 Term Liabilities
 Debentures
 Public Deposits
 Capital
 Reserves (including
Revaluation reserve)

Assets
 Current Assets
 ICDs/Loans
 Fixed Assets
 Capital Work-in-
Progress
 Investments
 Other Non-Current
Assets
 Fictitious & Intangible
Assets

Current Liabilities
 Current liabilities are the liabilities, including bank
borrowings, which are payable within next 12 months.
Thus, the following items are treated as current
liabilities:
 Sundry creditors for raw material supplies and other
expenses
 Advance payment received
 Dividend payable
 Instalments of term loans/deposits/DPGs/debentures
due within one year
 Any other liability which will fall due in next 12 months

Term Liabilities
 Term liabilities include loans taken from
banks or Financial Institutions for long-term
usage, which are repayable over a longer
time period. While instalment payable in next
12 months is classified as current liabilities,
the remaining instalment amount that is due
for payment after a year is classified as term
liabilities.

Debentures
 The features of debentures are:
 They are essentially in the nature of loans - much like
long-term loans granted by banks / financial
Institutions
 Companies raise them from general public and
institutions, to be repaid within a specific time frame
 Companies pay interest at a specified rate to
debenture holders from whom they raise debentures,
till they repay the principal sum
 They come in the form of certificates issued by a
company under its common seal, which is also an
acknowledgement of the company's indebtedness to
the debenture holder

Public Deposits'
 Care to be Exercised by Lending Banker
Should take care, particularly, in cases where
the company has defaulted in repaying such
public deposits
 May treat all such public deposits which have
become due for repayment, and the portion of
small investments (regardless of the age of
such deposits), as current liability

Capital
 Capital of a business enterprise is an item of
liability by virtue of:
 The entity concept used in the preparation of
financial statements, which treats capital as a
liability.
 The principles of accountancy, according to
which the enterprise owes this sum to the
owner(s) and therefore carries a liability to
pay back the capital fund with or without any
profit earned on it

Reserves
 A Reserve
 Consists of the portion of the earnings and
receipts.
 Does not serve as a provision against a
known liability or any diminution in the value
of fixed assets (i.e. accumulated depreciation)
etc., in contradistinction to Reserves which is
part of net worth of the company

Surplus
 A Surplus
 Represents credit balance in the profit and
loss account, after the dividend and reserves
etc. are provided for, appropriated or
transferred.

Assets - Current Assets
 Current assets are those assets, which: Are expected
to be converted into cash e.g. raw material, stock-in-
process, finished goods etc. in next 12 months, and
Pertain to the company's main activity
 However, in respect of receivables, the treatment is
different. Receivables are treated:
 As current assets only for a period of 6 months
 As non-current assets, if they are more than 6
months old

Fixed Assets
Fixed assets are the assets:A credit analyst
should:
 Held for use in production or providing goods,
services etc. over a long period of time
 Not meant for sale in the normal course of
business
 That are producers of merchandise and not
merchandise themselves

Assets - Investments
 Investments made by a company, appearing in the
balance sheet of a company:
 Is a very important item, appearing in the assets side,
from the point of view of a credit analyst
 Normally indicates deployment of funds in securities
or assets, which may not be directly related to the
main activities of the companyMay refer to the
surplus funds of enterprises, which they decided to
invest in short-term securities for earning profit/short-
term gainsMay also refer to, funds invested in the
shares/securities of another enterprise in which the
investor company is interested on a long-term basis.
E.g.: Investment made in subsidiaries.

Assets - Other Non-Current Assets
 Other non-current assets include:
 Advances to suppliers of capital goods (plant,
machinery etc.)
 Deferred receivables (maturity after 1 year)
 Receivables more than 6 months old
 Non-consumable stores and spares
 Dues from directors et

Assets - Fictitious & Intangible
Assets
 Fictitious Assets
 Companies incur certain expenses, which are
not charged to the profit & loss account either
fully or in part during the same year in which
they are incurred. These expenses figure on
the asset side of a balance sheet, as though
they are real assets. Such assets are known
as fictitious assets.

Assets - Fictitious & Intangible
Assets
 Intangible Assets
 Assets that may not represent any real or
tangible asset are called as intangible
assets.Intangible assets represent monetary
values of different rights enjoyed by the
business enterprise, and are therefore
considered as assets. This category of items
include goodwill, patents, copyrights,
trademark rights etc. that appear on the asset
side of a balance sheet.

IT security recollected on 27.09.2019


Some of the recalled questions/topics are as following...

2-3 questions on Escrow
Security governance
Cert in
Major change from it act to it amendment act
BC DRP steps
2 questions on firewall
RTO
RPO
CISO reports to whom
Who are responsible for IT security
Maker checker difference
Spyware
VoIP
Black/white box testing
Salami attack
ISMS
PDC and DRC
2 questions on fault tolerant systems
Disadvantage of check list audit
2-4 questions on physical security
ITAM 2 questions
What cant be disclosed under RTI act 2005
Schema
Modem
Green server
Telnet uses which port
2-3 questions on security standards
E wastes
2-3 questions related to software development
COBIT
Threat vector
DoS
SQL
Cross site scripting
Steganography
Cryptography
Beta testing
Multiplexers
CAPTCHA
Dual core processor

Certified credit professional yesterday's exam review 28.09.2019


Certified credit professional yesterday's exam review 28.09.2019

Forfaiting ,factoring- 5Marks
IRR,NPV 5 Marks
Sarfaesi 1Mark
Cersai 2Marks
IBC 5Marks
LC MBPF 5Marks
Ratio 4 Marks

annual imports 2200 lakhs

fixed costs 70 lakhs
insurance 30 lakhs
customs duty 200 lakhs

EOQ 500 LAKHS

LEAD TIME 2 MONTHS
USANCE 5 MONTHS

CALCULATE NO OF LC'S REQUIRED
LC FREQUENCY
LC AMOUNT

GIVE ME SOLUTION PLS.
This question in today exam 5 Marks


Please read thoroughly Macmillan Book Bankers Hand Book on credit management and cover the follow topic:
Factoring and forfaiting,
CP, PSL, PSLC certificate,
5 marks on LC on EOQ based, numerical on ANBC, Ratio analysis, NPV, Payback period, NPV, IRR, Questions related to wc management, CR, Activity Ratio, CERSAI, MSME act, MSME Rehabilitation, credit monitoring, NCLT, CAP, IBC, Treds, margin on HL, etc..

Certified treasury professional yesterday's exam review 28.09.2019

Certified treasury professional yesterday's exam review 28.09.2019
Cleared treasury operations today first stage ,second stage training programme is pending but few things I want to illustrate:
1.I prepared from MC Millan book only but some things were from Fabozzi book also
2.Make sure read and learn bond valuation must because about 10-15 questions from bond
3.one case study from FRA WAS THERE IN EXAM BUT SIMPLE ONE
4.FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES MEANS WHEN AND HOW TO APPLY
5.READ EXAMPLES AT BACK OF BOOK MOST IMPORTANT 
6.HAVE THOROUGH READING OF LAST CHAPTERS BECAUSE MOST OF QUESTIONS WERE REGARDING STRATEGY U OPT WHEN U ARE IN TREASURY

PAPER WAS TOUGH I PERSONALLY FELT
Cleared treasury professional today , paper was tough main topics were FRA, FOREX,BOND MOST IMPORTANT . Read treasury management book line by line


Saturday, 28 September 2019

Types of Endorsements:-


Types of Endorsements:-

1)     Blank Endorsements: section 16(1) it means endorser only signs his name with adding any words or directions this endorsement makes the instrument payable to bearer.
2)     Endorsement in Full: - The endorser added the name of endorsee specifically.
3)     Conditional Endorsement: Here the endorser puts some conditions for endorsee Here the binding of conditions is between endorsee and endorser only. 
4)     San recourse Endorsement: - Endorser added the words without recourse to me.
5)     Facultative Endorsement: - Where an endorser waives the condition of notice of dishonour.
6)     Endorsement on Bearer Cheque: - The endorsement on bearer cheque is meaning less as the cheque once bearer is always bear.

Crossing:-

General Crossing (Sec.123): Two parallel transverse lines on the face of instruments with or without word ‘Not negotiable’. It is direction to the paying bank that do not pay the cheque across the counter.
Special Crossing (Sec.124): In addition of general crossing the cheque bears the name of collecting bank either with or without the words ‘Not negotiable’.

Collection of cheques:-

Section 131: a banker who has in good faith and without negligence received payment for a customer of a cheque (not available for B/E and P/N) crossed generally or specially.  The present section gives protection provided following conditions are fulfilled…

a)    The bank must have acted in good faith and without negligence.
b)    Bank has received the payment as an agent for collection.
c)     Bank has collected the cheque in the duly introduced account of customer only.
d)    The cheque collected must be crossed.

Payment of cheques:-

Liability of drawee (paying banker): It is obligation of the banker to honour the cheques of a customer provided there is sufficient balance and the cheque is otherwise in order.  Section 31 of NI act provides that “The Drawee of a cheque:

a)    Must have sufficient funds in the account.
b)    Properly applicable to the payment of such cheque.
c)     Must pay the cheque when duly required to do so.
d)    In default of such payment, must compensate the drawer for any loss or damage.

Protection for paying banker in case of cheque:-

Regularity of endorsement Section 85(1): Paying banker’s liability is to ensure the regularity of the endorsement and is not concerned with genuineness of endorsement.  The genuineness of endorsement is the liability of collecting banker.  Therefore, protection is available to the paying banker in case of forged endorsements.

Payment in due course (Section-10):-

a)    In accordance with the apparent tenor of the instrument.
b)    In good faith and without negligence.
c)     To the person in possession of the instrument.
d)    Under the circumstances which do not afford a reasonable ground for believing that he is not entitled to receive the payment of the amount mentioned therein.

When bank should not pay:-

a)    The death of the drawer in case of individual’s account terminates the contractual relationship.
b)    Insane customers: in case of insanity.
c)     Insolvent drawers: The bank should stop the operation of such account as if drawer adjudged insolvent and balance in the account vested with official receiver/assignee.
d)    Countermanded by drawer: on receipt of valid stop payment instruction by the drawer.
e)     Others: when a cheque is post dated, with insufficient balance in the account, cheque is of doubtful legality, or cheque is irregular, ambiguous, materially altered or stale etc.

Dishonour of cheques (Sec. 138-147):-

The payee or holder in due course should give notice to drawer within 30 days of return of cheque with the reason “Insufficient balance” and demanding payment within 15 days of his receiving information of dishonour. Drawee can make payment within 15 days of the receipt of notice and only if he fails to do so prosecution could take place.  The complaint is to be made with in one month of the cause of action arising that is expiry of the notice period.

Punishments:

a)    Summary proceedings: fine up to Rs. 5000/- and imprisonment up to one year or both.
b)    Regular proceedings: fine up to the double the amount of cheque or imprisonment up to 2 years or both.


Types of accounts & deposits for NRIs

Types of accounts & deposits for NRIs
NRIs / PIOs / OCIs can open account in either of Indian Rupees or foreign currency, as per the following table:

Non Resident External (NRE) (INR) &  Non Resident Ordinary (NRO) (INR)

 Savings Bank Account
 Current Account
 Term Deposit (TDR)
 Special Term Deposit (STDR)
 Recurring Deposit (RD)



Foreign Currency Non Resident (Bank) {FCNR(B)} (FC)  & Resident Foreign Currency Account (RFC) (FC)

 Term Deposit (TDR)
 Special Term Deposit (STDR)


FCNB Premium Account (FC)
 Special Term Deposit (STDR) with Forward contract on maturity

Person of Indian Origin (PIO) / Overseas Citizen of India (OCI)

Person of Indian Origin (PIO) / Overseas Citizen of India (OCI)
A ‘Person of Indian Origin (PIO)’ means a foreign citizen not being a citizen of Bangladesh, Pakistan or other countries as may be specified by the Central Government from time to time if:
 He/she at any time held an Indian passport
Or
 He/she or either of their parents / grand-parents / great grand-parents was born and permanently resident in India as defined in Government of India Act, 1935 and other territories that became part of India thereafter provided neither was at any time a citizen of any of the aforesaid countries (as referred above)
Or
 He/she is a spouse of a citizen of India or a PIO
An Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) means any foreign national who was eligible to become citizen of India on 26th January 1950 or was a citizen of India on or at anytime after 26th January 1950 or belong to a territory that became part of India after 15th August 1947 is eligible for registration as OCI. Minor children of such person are also eligible for OCI. However, if the applicant has ever been a citizen of Pakistan of Bangladesh, he/she will not be eligible for OCI.
Explanation: PIO will include an ‘Overseas Citizen of India’ cardholder within the meaning of Section 7(A) of the Citizenship Act, 1955.
Please refer to guidelines issued by Ministry of Home Affairs vide their Gazette Notification no 25024/9/2014-F.I. dated 09.1.2015 and 26011/01/2014-IC.I. dated 09.01.2015, regarding merger of PIO into OCI, the relevant excerpts of the notification are appended below for reference :
“all the existing Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) cardholders registered as such under notification of the Government Of India in the Ministry of Home affairs number 26011/4/98- F.I. dated the 19th August, 2002, shall be deemed to be Overseas Citizens of India cardholders (OCI).”

NRI

Non-resident Indian (NRI)
As per Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999
In terms of Regulation 2 of FEMA Notification No.13 dated May 3, 2000, Non-Resident Indian (NRI) means a person resident outside India who is a citizen of India.
A person who has gone out of India or who stays outside India, in either case-
(a) for or on taking up employment outside India, or
(b) for carrying on outside India a business or vacation outside India, or
(c) for any other purpose, in such circumstances as would indicate his intention to stay outside India for an uncertain period;
Students going abroad for studies are treated as Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and are eligible for all the facilities available to NRIs under FEMA, 1999.
As per Indian Income Tax Laws
Non-resident Indian is an individual who is a citizen of India or a person of Indian origin and who is not a resident of India. Thus, in order to determine whether an Individual is a non-resident Indian or not, his residential status is required to be determined under Section 6. As per section 6 of the Income-tax Act, an Individual is said to be non-resident in India if he is not a resident in India and an individual is deemed to be resident in India in any previous year;
if he satisfies any of the following conditions:
1. If he is in India for a period of 182 days or more during the previous year: or
2. If he is in India for a period of 60 days or more during the previous year and 365 days or more during 4 years immediately preceding the previous year.
However, condition No.2 does not apply where an individual being citizen of India or a person of Indian origin, who being outside India, comes on a visit to India during the previous year. A person shall be deemed to be of Indian origin if he, or either of his parents or any of his grand-parents, was born in undivided India.

Friday, 27 September 2019

Msme recollected on 25th August 2019

   MSME recalled questions :  Exam Date 25-Aug-2019
1) CLCSS subsidy
2) In TReds : what are the instruments
3) UNIDO’S programmes
4) Maximum money that can be sanctioned under turnover method : 500 Lakhs
5) Which is not involved in launching cluster development project
6) Maximum time for completion of one cluster
7) SIDBI’s MAHILA VIKHAS NIDHI
8) SFURTI is applicable to which item (Traditional industries)
9) Location of ITCOT ?
10) Current ratio is 1.33:1; If CA increased by  10%; CL increased by 5%; what is current ratio ?
11) Find out Debit equity ratio
12) MSME limitations
13) In partnership firm within how many months minor has to give notice after becoming Major
14) Which type of A/c’s not covered in CGTMSE
15) After sanctioned a loan with hypothecation within how many days charge has to be created ?
16) What are the precautions to be made by a banker in case of joint Hindu Family; in JHF Minor became major ?
17) ISO9000 : max benefit amount
18) To start industrial unit with whom permission to be obtained ?
19) Under the composite loan scheme what is the max amt eligible ?
20) Functions of NABARAD
21) Duration for Loan disbursement
22) Rating agency for MSME  - SMERA
23) One question from Pre-Shipment advances (packing credit advances)
24) One question from Red clause LC
25) One question from Factoring
26) 4-5 questions from CGTMSE
27) 1 question on DIC – District Industries centre
28) 4 questions from MUDRA
29) 1 question from TUFS & TEQUP
30) 3 questions from investment in P&M, Equipment
31) 1 question from re-construction of P-ship firm
32) 1 question on rights & liabilities of directors & shareholders in Pvt ltd. Co & Public ltd. Companies ?
33) 3 questions on women entrpeneur enterprise => How much share and categories of women enterprises, supportive measures for women entrepenuer activities.
34) 1st question in 1st chapter (asked differently)
35) 4-5 questions on CGTMSE
36) 1 question on DIC  - Direct Industries Centre
37) NSIC schemes
38) Find our Debt equity ratio
39) Max amt for sanction in (Nayak committee) Turnover method (page 142)
40) MSME rating agencies : 147 page
41) EDP training – PMEGP : 164 page
42) 4Th question in 6th chapter
43) Sick unit definition : 239 page
44) Guidelines for rehabilitation of sick MSME’s : 253 page
45) Wilful defaulters : 257 page
46) Benefits of ARC : 266 page
47) Microfinance institutions : 273 page
48) 2 questions on MUDRA
49) One question on relationship Banking
50) One question from WTO
51) One question Basal 2 & 3

Monday, 23 September 2019

Fedai

CAIIB-BFM (TOPIC: FEDAI).

FEDAI (Foreign Exchange Dealers Association of India) is registered under Companies Act 1956 & was incorporated in the Year 1958. The Associaton has been recognized by RBI, as well as GOI. The main functions of FEDAI are to lay down uniform rules & guidelines to be observed by all dealers in India.
Some of Its functions are:
1. Maintaining a close liaison with RBI & GOI.
2. Maintaining a liaison with International Chamber of Commerce & Other World bodies related to Foreign Trade & Business.
3. To Circulate various policies matters & decisions related to FOREX business amongst the members.
4. Represents Indian FOREX dealers on policy matters related to FOREX dealings.
5. Maintaining of FEDAI rules regarding Transit Period, Crystallization, Forward Covers etc.. that govern all the members.
6. Other functions include approving FOREX brokers.

IMPORTANT FEDAI RULES:
1. All cancellations shall be bu Bank's opposite TT rates, TT selling rate for purchase contract & TT buying rate for sale contract.
2. In the event of delay in Payment of Interbank Foreign currency funds, Interest 2% above the prime rate of the currency of the specified Banks shall be paid by the seller Bank.
3. In event of delay in Payment of ₹. Settlement funds, Interest for delayed period 2% above NSE MIBOR ruling on each day.
4. FEDAI, also prescribes code of conduct for FOREX dealers as also guidelines with regard to dealings with FOREX brokers.

MORE IMPORTANT FEDAI RULES:
-HOURS OF BUSINESS: Left at the descretion of the Banks now. Extended business hours for dealers, if any, should be approved by respective Management.
RATES: ADs will quote exchange rates in direct terms.
All Currencies to be quoted -- /Unit of Foreign Currency = INR.
(while JPY to be quoted as 100Units of JPY=INR).
-EXPORT BILLS FOR COLLECTION: In the event of ADs delay of Payment to exporter, they will pay Interest form date of realization to the date of Actual Payment. ADs may utilize 1-3 claim to release Payment depending upon the distance/location of Branch where Payment has to be remitted.

-CRYSTALLIZATION: Unpaid Export bills should be crystallized at TT selling rate. Earlier FEDAI rule made it mandatory to crystallize unpaid demand bills 30days after the the transit & Usance Bills, 30days after the due date. However FEDAI has given the authorized dealers the freedom to decide-on the period for crystallization which may be linked to Risk Factors like Credit perception of different types of exporter clients, operational aspects etc. In case the bills are realized after crystallization, TT Buying rate is to be applied.
-IMPORTS: Unpaid Foreign Currency bills drawn under L/C will be crystallized on delay from due date at Bills Selling Rates or Contracted Rates.
-INWARD REMITTANCES: All Foreign Currency inward remittances equivalent to ₹.1 Lac should immediately be converted in Indian Rupees. Inward remittance for more than ₹.1 Lac may be converted at the request of the customer but with the permissible period. If the Payment of inward remittance is delayed, ADs will Pay Interest @ 2% over the applicable to SB A/c's after a period of 10days, for remittances up to ₹.1 Lac & for 3days after remittances for more than ₹.1 Lac..

Friday, 20 September 2019

Money laundering stages

Three Stages in the Money Laundering Cycle::



Money laundering often involves a complex series of transactions
that are usually difficult to separate. However, we generally
consider three phases of money laundering:
􀂄 Step One: Placement — The physical disposal of cash or
other assets derived from criminal activity.
During this initial phase, the money launderer introduces
the illegal proceeds into the financial system. Often, this is
accomplished by placing the funds into circulation through
financial institutions, casinos, shops and other businesses,
both domestic and international. This phase can involve
transactions such as:
􀂉 Breaking up large amounts of cash into smaller sums and
depositing them directly into a bank account.
􀂉 Transporting cash across borders to deposit in foreign
financial institutions, or to buy high-value goods — such as
artwork, antiques, and precious metals and stones — that
can then be resold for payment by check or bank transfer.

􀂄 Step Two: Layering — The separation of illicit proceeds from
their source by layers of financial transactions intended to
conceal the origin of the proceeds.
This second stage involves converting the proceeds of the
crime into another form and creating complex layers of
financial transactions to disguise the audit trail, source and
ownership of funds.
This phase can involve transactions such as:
􀂉 Sending wire transfers of funds from one account to
another, sometimes to or from other institutions or
jurisdictions.
􀂉 Converting deposited cash into monetary instruments (e.g.
traveler’s checks).
􀂉 Reselling high-value goods and prepaid access/stored
value products.
􀂉 Investing in real estate and legitimate businesses.
􀂉 Placing money in investments such as stocks, bonds or life
insurance

􀂉 Using shell companies or other structures whose primary
intended business purpose is to obscure the ownership of
assets.

􀂄 Step Three: Integration — Supplying apparent legitimacy to
illicit wealth through the re-entry of the funds into the
economy in what appears to be normal business or personal
transactions.
This stage entails using laundered proceeds in seemingly
normal transactions to create the perception of legitimacy. The
launderer, for instance, might choose to invest the funds in real
estate, financial ventures or luxury assets. By the integration
stage, it is exceedingly difficult to distinguish between legal and
illegal wealth. This stage provides a launderer the opportunity
to increase his wealth with the proceeds of crime. Integration
is generally difficult to spot unless there are great disparities
between a person’s or company’s legitimate employment,
business or investment ventures and a person’s wealth or a
company’s income or assets.

Wednesday, 18 September 2019

Difference between company and partnership

Partnership and Company are the most familiar terms for the people who are pursuing business education or commerce education. Besides being very familiar, many of us can’t able to correctly differentiate these two forms of business. This article presents you the top differences between Partnership Firms and Companies.

PARTNERSHIP

Indian Partnership Act, 1932 defines Partnership as ” Partnership is a relationship between two or more persons who have agreed to share the profits of a business carried on by all partners or any one partner acting for all”. The members of the Partnership firm are called as Partners. There are different types of partners such as Active partner, Sleeping partner, Nominal partner, Minor partner, Etc.

Partnership Frim is created by agreement between two or more people by registering the partnership firm with Registrar of Firms according to Indian Partnership Act, 1936.

Registration of a partnership firm is very simple process and Application for registration of firm must contain the following details

✔ Name of the firm

✔ Names of the partners and their addresses

✔ location where the business is carried on.

✔ Partnership tenure between the partners

✔ The main office of the firm, etc.

COMPANY

Indian Companies Act, 2013 defines Company as ” A Company formed and registered under this Companies Act or under any previous company law”. A company is defined easily as an association of two or more persons which is formed for doing business collectively and registered with Registrar of Companies according to Indian Companies Act, 2013.There are different types of companies like One Person Company, Private company and Public Company, etc.

To get registered with Registrar of Companies, the promoters are required to submit the copies of Articles of Association and Memorandum of Association which consists of various information relating to internal management and external management of the company.

The company exhibits certain special characteristics, such as

✔ It have a Separate Legal Entity

✔ It contains Common Seal under its name

✔ It has limited liability

✔ It acts as an artificial person, Etc.

COMPARISON

PARTNERSHIP COMPANY

The members of the Partnership firm are called as Partners. The members of the company are called as shareholders of a company.

 Enacted by

Partnership Form of business is governed by "The Indian Partnership Act, 1932." Company Form of business is governed by "The Indian Companies Act, 2013”.

 Number of Members

Partnership firm must have Minimum of 2 partners and maximum of 20 partners. A Company must have Minimum of 2 and maximum of 200 in the case of private company. Minimum 7 and maximum is unlimited number of members in case of public company

 Created by

Partnership Firm is Created by Contract between two or more people. Company Firm is Created by Law i.e created by incorporation of a company under company law.

 Regulation Authority

It is regulated by the Registrar of Firms which comes under State Government. It is regulated by the Registrar of Companies which comes under Central Government.

 Registration procedure

The registration of a Partnership firm is Not Mandatory. The registration of Company with Registrar of Companies is Mandatory.

 Documents Required

Partnership Deed(Agreement Document) is the mandatory document for creation of a Partnership Firm. Memorandum of Association(MoA) and Articles of Association(AoA) are the main documents to the incorporation of the company.

 Separate Legal Entity

Partnership firm is not a separate legal entity from partners. The Partners of the firm are collectively referred as a Partnership firm. A company is a separate legal entity, It is a separate entity from its members, directors, promoters, etc.

 Liability of Members

The partners have Unlimited Liability in all the matters relating to Partnership Firm. The Shareholders and promoters have Limited liability to Capital of the company.

 Accounts and Audit

Partnership Firm has to maintain accounts as per the conditions stated in partnership deed. A Company should maintain accounts and auditing of accounts by certified Chartered Accountant are Compulsory.

 Common Seal

A Common Seal is not required for Partnership Firm. A Common Seal in the form of a stamp is required for the company for legal and functional purposes.

 Management

Management of the activities of a Partnership Firm is usually done by the working partners. Management of the activities of a Company is done by Board of Directors.

 Change of Name

The name of the Partnership Firm can be changed easily by having a discussion between partners. The name of the company cannot be changed easily and a prior approval of Central Government is required to change the name.

CONCLUSION

The Indian Partnership Act, 1932 laid down certain rules and regulations on matters relating to Rights of partners, Liabilities of Partners, Duties of Partners, etc. Indian Companies Act, 2013 laid down various principles relating to the functioning of companies to protect the shareholders and investors of companies. Both Partnership and Company form of businesses is very prevalent in the world.