The RBI was thus far overseeing the banks' capital adequacy, risk control and lending norms, while management responsibilities were entrusted to the Registrar of Cooperative Societies of the state
Co-operative banks need intervention at multiple levels
UCBs' outstanding loans to MSMEs amount to Rs 82,000 crore
It may be time to link the higher deposit insurance cover and the way co-operative banks and select non-banks raise retail resources, writes Raghu Mohan
Senior officials in UCBs say the central bank has not been practical in its approach
A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobe and justices B R Gavai and Surya Kant took note of the appeal of the Reserve Bank of India against the Bombay High Court order
Responding to an RTI query, the central bank said a total of 181 fraud cases involving Rs 127.7 crore were noticed during 2018-19
The move comes in the backdrop of the scam in Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank causing distress to over 9 lakh depositors
These UCBs must obtain prior approval of the RBI for appointing the CEO
The RBI-regulated entities have to amend their contracts at the earliest or at the time of renewal, in any case not later than March 31, 2020
The BoM will be constituted by the Board of Directors (BoD) of the UCBs concerned within one year, the RBI said
UCBs' target for priority-sector lending has been proposed at 75 per cent of their credit from 40 per cent now
The sector faces increasing competition from not only scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) but also from small finance banks and payments banks.
These entities will have to reveal divergence in provisioning during auditing
The only conversion to date of an urban co-operative bank into a commercial bank is DCB Bank in 1996, which was however not a forced one
Changing the regulatory structure alone won't be enough
In the revised scheme, the inspection of the UCBs solely under the Banking Regulation Act will be done by the central bank
The RBI said it would amend the guidelines for UCBs to reduce concentration risk in exposures
R Gandhi and Y H Malegam report to be the bedrock of new guidelines
It is not clear as to where PMC Bank stands in the pecking order for recovery of its dues from HDIL, worth Rs 6,500 crore