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              Key Highlights of Union budget 2016-17 
               
              Agriculture  -  Total allocation : Rs 35,984 crore 
               
                    'Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana’ will bring 28.5 lakh hectares under irrigation 
                    Implementation of  89  irrigation projects under AIBP, which are languishing for a long time, 
                     will be fast tracked 
                    A dedicated Long Term Irrigation Fund will be created in NABARD with an initial corpus of 
                     about Rs 20,000 crore 
                    Programme for sustainable management of ground water resources with an estimated cost of  
                     Rs 6,000 crore will be implemented through 3 multilateral funding 
                    2,000 model retail outlets of Fertilizer companies will be provided with soil and seed testing 
                     facilities during the next three years 
                    Unified  Agricultural  Marketing  ePlatform  to  provide  a  common  e-market  platform  for 
                     wholesale markets 
                    Allocation  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana  increased  to  Rs  19,000  crore.  Will 
                     connect remaining 65,000 eligible habitations by 2019. 
                    To reduce the burden of loan repayment on farmers, a provision of  Rs 15,000 crore has been 
                     made in the BE 2016-17 towards interest subvention 
               
              Rural Sector  -  Total allocation : Rs 87,765 crore 
               
                    Rs 2.87 lakh crore will be given as Grant in Aid to Gram Panchayats and Municipalities as per 
                     the recommendations of the 14th Finance Commission 
                    A sum of Rs 38,500 crore allocated for MGNREGS 
                    300 Rurban Clusters will be developed under the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission 
                    100% village electrification by 1st May, 2018. 
                    New scheme Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan proposed with allocation of  Rs. 655 crore 
               
              Social Sector  -  Total allocation : Rs 1,51,581 crore 
               
                    Rs 2,000 crore allocated for initial cost of providing LPG connections to BPL families. 
                    New health protection scheme will provide health cover up to Rs One Lakh per family.  
                    For senior citizens an additional top-up package up to Rs 30,000 will be provided. 
                    'National Dialysis Services Programme’ to be started under National Health Mission through 
                     PPP mode 
                    “Stand Up India Scheme” to facilitate at least two projects per bank branch, benefitting at 
                     least 2.5 lakh entrepreneurs. 
                    62 new Navodaya Vidyalayas will be opened 
                    Higher Education Financing Agency to be set-up with initial capital base of Rs 1000 crore 
                    Digital Depository for School Certificates, College Degrees, Academic Awards and Mark sheets 
                     to be set-up. 
               
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              Skills   development  -  Total allocation :  Rs. 1,804 crore 
               
                    1500 Multi Skill Training Institutes to be set-up 
                    National Board for Skill Development Certification to be setup in partnership with the industry 
                     and academia 
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                    Entrepreneurship Education and Training through Massive Open Online Courses 
                    Deduction under Section 80JJAA of the Income Tax Act will be available to all assesses who are 
                     subject to statutory audit under the Act 
                    100  Model  Career  Centres  to  operational  by  the  end  of  2016-17  under  National  Career 
                     Service. 
                    Model Shops and Establishments Bill to be circulated to States 
               
              Infrastructure  -  Total allocation : Rs 2,21,246 crore 
                                   
                    10,000 kms of National Highways to be awarded in 2016-17 
                    Allocation of Rs. 55,000 crore in the Budget for Roads. Additional  Rs 15,000 crore to be raised 
                     by NHAI through bonds. 
                    Amendments to be made in Motor Vehicles Act to open up the road transport sector in the 
                     passenger segment 
               
              Financial sector 
               
                    A comprehensive Code on Resolution of Financial Firms to be introduced. 
                    Statutory basis for a Monetary Policy framework and a Monetary Policy Committee through 
                     the Finance Bill 2016. 
                    A Financial Data Management Centre to be set up. 
                    RBI to facilitate retail participation in Government securities. 
                    New derivative products will be developed by SEBI in the CommodityDerivatives market. 
                    Amendments in the SARFAESI Act 2002 to enable the sponsor of an ARC to hold up to 100% 
                     stake in the ARC and permit non institutional investors to invest in Securitization Receipts. 
                    Comprehensive Central Legislation to be bought to deal with the menace of illicit deposit 
                     taking schemes. 
                    Increasing members and benches of the Securities Appellate Tribunal. 
                    Allocation of Rs. 25,000 crore towards recapitalisation of Public Sector Banks. 
                    Target of amount sanctioned under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana increased to Rs. 1,80,000 
                     crore. 
                    General Insurance Companies owned by the Government to be listed in the stock exchanges 
                      
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              Highlights of the sixth bi-monthly monetary policy announced by RBI on February 8, 2017: 
               
                    Policy repo rate unchanged at 6.25%. 
                    Economic growth for FY17 lowered to 6.9%; RBI pegs it at 7.4% in 2017—18. 
                    Growth is expected to recover sharply in 2017—18. 
                    Retail inflation in Q4 likely to be below 5%. 
                    Inflation projected in the range of 4—4.5% in the first half of 2017—18 and 4.5—5% in the 
                     second half. 
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                    Upside risks to inflation — rise in crude oil prices, volatility in exchange rate, and fuller effect 
                     of the 7th Pay Panel. 
                    Global growth projected to pick up modestly in 2017. 
                    Global trade remains subdued due to increasing tendency towards protectionist policies. 
                    RBI changes policy stance from ‘accommodative’ to ’neutral’ 
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                    Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) shifts policy stance to neutral keeping in mind transitory 
                     effect of demonetisation. 
                    Surplus liquidity to fall with progressive remonetisation; abundant liquidity with banks may 
                     persist in early 2017—18. 
                    High  frequency  indicators  point  to  subdued  activity  in  services  sector,  automobile  sales, 
                     domestic air cargo, railway freight traffic, and cement production. 
                    Steel consumption, port traffic, international air freight, foreign tourist arrivals weathered 
                     effect of demonetisation. 
                    Excluding food and fuel, inflation has been unyielding at 4.9% since September. 
                    Makes case for faster resolution of NPAs and hastening recapitalisation of banks for lower 
                     lending rates. 
               
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              Policy Rates as on 12.02.2017 
               
                     Repo rate                             6.25 % 
                     Reverse repo rate                     5.75 % 
                     Marginal standing facility (MSF)      6.75 % 
                     Bank Rate                             6.75 % 
                     Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)              4.0 % 
                     Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)       20.50 % 
               
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              THE BANKING REGULATION ACT, 1949  
               
              Preamble of regulatory Act  
               
              1.     An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to banking.  
              2.     WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to banking .  
              3.     The Banking companies act, presently known as banking regulation act was enacted owing to 
              safeguard the interest of depositors, control abuse of power by some bank personnel controlling the 
              banks in particular and to the interest of Indian economy in general.  
              4.     The Banking Regulation Act was passed as the Banking Companies Act 1949 and came into 
              force w.e.f 16.3.49. Subsequently it was changed to Banking Regulations Act 1949 wef 01.03.66.  
              5.     However,  it  should  be  remembered  that  this  act  does  not  supersede  the  provision  of 
              companies act or any other law for the time being in force in respect of banking business.  
               
              Definition of banks  
               
              1.     In India, the definition of the business of banking has been given in the Banking Regulation 
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              Act, (BR Act), 1949. According to Section 5(c) of the BR Act, 'a banking company is a company which 
              transacts the business of banking in India.' Further, Section 5(b) of the BR Act defines banking as, 
              'accepting, for the purpose of lending or investment, of deposits of money from the public, repayable 
              on demand or otherwise, and withdrawable, by cheque, draft, order or otherwise.'  
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