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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday injected Rs 81,590 crore transient liquidity into the banking system through a three-day variable rate repo (VRR) auction. Transient liquidity is temporary cash flow fluctuations in a financial or banking system, while a Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auction is a monetary tool used by the RBI to inject short-term liquidity into the banking system. In a release the RBI said the funds were infused at a 5.26 per cent cut-off rate. The demand for funds still remained lower than the notified amount of Rs 1 lakh crore despite the sharp drop in liquidity surplus in the banking system. However, in comparison with the previous auction conducted on May 21, the demand is higher from banks in Friday's auction. Currently, the liquidity in the banking system is estimated to be in surplus of around Rs 58,876.29 crore as on May 21, as compared to Rs 1.51 lakh crore as on May 20. The tightness in the liquidity surplus has led to a sharp uptick in the overnight
Mumbai Police have registered an FIR against former Yes Bank MD and CEO Rana Kapoor and others for alleged illegal transfer of mortgaged property worth Rs 1,000 crore, an official said on Friday. The bank transferred a loan of Rs 150 crore to an asset reconstruction company without classifying it as a Non-Performing Asset, the complainant alleged. The First Information Report was registered at Worli police station against Kapoor, Sudhir Walia, and other bank officials on a complaint filed by Lakhminder Dayal Singh, associated with Saffair Land Development, a sister concern of HDIL. As per the FIR, another HDIL group company, Privilege Power and Infrastructure, had taken a loan of Rs 300 crore from the Worli branch of Yes Bank in 2015. Due to a financial crisis, Saffair Land Development sought a loan of Rs 150 crore, which was sanctioned by the bank in 2016. Properties valued at Rs 1,000 crore of HDIL and its group companies were mortgaged with the bank for securing the loan, which
Financial Services Secretary M Nagaraju on Friday said the High-Level Committee on Banking for Viksit Bharat announced in this year's Budget will look into public sector banks'balance sheet constraints, so that they can leverage their capital. The government is expected to announce the terms of reference for the panel. "This committee is expected to review the banking sector with a focus on making it more effective, more inclusive, and better aligned with India's growth needs, while maintaining financial stability," he said at the ICPP Growth Conference here. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had proposed setting up a high-level committee on banking to comprehensively review the banking sector. "I propose setting up a 'High Level Committee on Banking for Viksit Bharat' to comprehensively review the sector and align it with India's next phase of growth, while safeguarding financial stability, inclusion and consumer protection," she had said in the Budget speech on February 1, ...