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    Read the following passage and answer the next 4 questions  Reserve Bank of India has been regulating the financial activities of the Non-Banking Financial Companies under the provisions of Chapter III B of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. With the amendment of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 in January 1997, in terms of Section 45 IA of the said Act, and amendment of the National Housing Bank Act, 1987 in August 2019, in terms of Section 29 A of the National Housing Bank Act, 1987, all Non-Banking Financial Companies including Housing Finance Companies have to be mandatorily registered with the Reserve Bank of India. The credit-related matters of banks have been progressively deregulated by the Reserve Bank of India. Consistent with the policy of bestowing greater operational freedom to banks in the matter of credit dispensation and in the context of mandatory registration of NBFCs with the Reserve Bank, most of the aspects relating to the financing of NBFCs by banks have also been deregulated

    Which of the following statement(s) about NBFCs is

    incorrect?
    A There shall be a ceiling of Rs.1 crore per borrower for financing subscription to Initial Public Offer (IPO) for listing of NBFCs Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B In order to enhance the quality of regulatory capital, NBFC-UL (Upper Layer) shall maintain Common Equity Tier 1 capital of at least 9 per cent of Risk Weighted Assets Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C The extant NPA classification norm stands changed to the overdue period of more than 90 days for all categories of NBFCs Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D NBFCs can accept deposits. The NBFC-UL can accept both demand deposits and time deposits. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E NBFCs without public funds and customer interface will always remain in the Base Layer of the regulatory structure Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    ·         NBFCs cannot accept demand deposits but can only accept time deposits. Even for accepting time deposits (referred to as public deposits), the NBFC should have such registration as NBFC-deposit taking, from RBI and comply with the necessary requirements. ·         As per the recent Scale Based Regulation by RBI for NBFCs, NBFCs without public funds and customer interface will always remain in the Base Layer of the regulatory structure ·         The extant NPA classification norm stands changed to the overdue period of more than   90 days for all categories of NBFCs. A glide path is provided to NBFCs in Base Layer to adhere to the 90 days NPA norm as under –   The glide path will not be applicable to NBFCs which are already required to follow the 90-day NPA norm.   ·         There shall be a ceiling of Rs.1 crore per borrower for financing subscription to Initial Public Offer (IPO). NBFCs can fix more conservative limits.   Please refer to the Circular RBI/2021-22/112 DOR.CRE.REC.No.60/03.10.001/2021-22 dated 12.10.2021 for more details (also refer to notes on NBFCs)

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