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Significant gap in bank fraud occurrence and detection: RBI report

Agencies
June 28, 2019

New Delhi, Jun 28: Terming timely recognition an important aspect that can reduce the economic costs of frauds, the Reserve Bank of India on Thursday said that the country has seen a "significant" gap between occurrence and detection of bank frauds.

"The amount involved in frauds that occurred between 2000-01 and 2017-18 formed 90.6 per cent of those reported in 2018-19," the central bank said in its Financial Stability Report (FSR).

Giving further insight on the data, the RBI said that the systemic and comprehensive checking of legacy stock of NPAs of public sector banks (PSBs) for fraud during 2018-19 has helped unearth frauds perpetrated over a number of years.

"..and this is getting reflected in increased number of reported incidents of frauds in recent years compared to previous years," it added.

The RBI said that the recognition of date of occurrence is not uniform across banks and to ensure timely and assured detection of frauds in large accounts, the government issued a direction in February 2018 to all PSBs to examine all NPA accounts exceeding Rs 0.5 billion from the angle of possible fraud.

The FSR reflects the collective assessment of the Sub-Committee of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) on risks to financial stability, as also the resilience of the financial system. The June 2019 report also discusses issues relating to development and regulation of the financial sector.

In its report, the RBI has also highlighted the need for greater surveillance of large entities among the non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) and housing finance companies (HFCs) as their failure could have contagion affect, putting the entire sector into crisis. 

The recent development in the case of IL&FS and other NBFCs leading to a liquidity crisis like situation has prompted the RBI to respond.

The failure of a large HFC could erode 5.8 percent of the total Tier-I capital of the banking system, while that of a large NBFC could lead to loss of 2.7 percent of the Tier-I capital and a failure of one bank.

On the whole, the apex bank said that India's financial system remains stable while the resilience of banking sector has improved. The global geopolitical environment, however, poses challenges, it said. 

Reviving private investment demand remains a key challenge going forward while being vigilant about the spillover from global financial markets, the report said. 

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January 27,2020

Kolkata, Jan 27: The West Bengal government on Monday tabled a resolution against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in the Assembly.

The resolution appeals to the Union government to repeal the amended citizenship law and revoke plans to implement NRC and update NPR.

As per reports, state Parliamentary Affairs Minister Partha Chatterjee introduced the resolution in the House around 2 pm.

Three states - Kerala, Rajasthan and Punjab - have already passed resolutions against the new citizenship law.

The law has emerged as the latest flashpoint in the state, with the TMC opposing the contentious legislation tooth and nail, and the BJP pressing for its implementation.

The new citizenship law has emerged as the latest flashpoint in the state, with the TMC opposing the contentious legislation tooth and nail, and the BJP pressing for its implementation.

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June 20,2020

New Delhi, Jun 20: With the highest single-day increase of 14,516 COVID-19 cases reported in the last 24 hours, India's coronavirus count stood at 3,95,048 on Saturday.

The death toll has gone up to 12,948 in the country with 375 persons succumbing to the infection.

According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of cases includes 1,68,269 active cases, 2,13,831 cured/discharged/migrated and 12,948 deaths.

Maharashtra with 1,24,331 cases continues to be the worst-affected state in the country with 55,665 active cases while 62,773 patients have been cured and discharged in the state so far. The death toll due to COVID-19 stands at 5,893 in the state.

The number of confirmed cases in Tamil Nadu also crossed the 50 thousand mark on Saturday and reached 54,449.

The national capital is the third-worst affected by the infection in the country with the count reaching 53,116 today.

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July 30,2020

Kochi, Jul 30: The Kerala High Court on Thursday refused to grant the extension for the stay of a 74-year-old US citizen, Johnny Paul Pierce, who had earlier said that he felt safer to remain in India than in the United States amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The single-judge bench of Justice CS Dias, which considered the writ petition, observed that the grant or extension of visa to foreign nationals fall exclusively within the domain of the Government of India (GoI) and that judicial review in such matters is minimal.

The power of the GoI to expel foreigners is absolute and unlimited, the bench said.

"In view of the categoric declaration of law by the Supreme Court, the plea of the petitioner to permit him to stay back in India cannot be accepted, as it falls within the purview of the guidelines and the discretion of the Government of India," the order said.

"The petitioner cannot be heard that the guidelines/policies/regulations formulated by the Government of India, that an American national though has been granted a visa having validity of five years has to leave India within 180 days, is irrational or unreasonable," it added.

The High Court, which was hearing a plea to permit the US citizen to stay in India for a further period of six months, said that the petitioner does not have a case that there is an infraction of Article 21 of the Constitution of India.

"The petitioner was well aware of the visa conditions when he arrived in India, and it is too late in the day for him to raise a grievance on the visa conditions," the bench said noting that the petitioner's love for India was heartening.

The High Court also directed the Foreigners Registration Officer to consider the petitioner's representation within a period of two weeks in accordance with the applicable guidelines and policies.

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