RBI slaps Rs 7-crore penalty on SBI for violating various regulatory norms

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs 7 crore on State Bank of India (SBI) for non-compliance with regulatory norms such as income recognition and asset classification (IRAC) and sharing information. This is one of the highest penalty amounts on any bank in the recent past.
 
SBI, the country’s biggest bank, also failed to comply with directions on opening and operating current accounts, reporting of data to the Central Repository of Information on Large Credits (CRILC), and reporting of frauds. The RBI had carried out the statutory inspection to assess SBI’s financial position on