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Statutory liquidity ratio. In India, the Statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) is the Government term for the reserve requirement that commercial banks are required to maintain in the form of cash, gold reserves, Govt. bonds and other Reserve Bank of India (RBI)- approved securities before providing credit to the customers.
CASA ratio stands for current and savings account ratio. CASA ratio of a bank is the ratio of deposits in current, and saving accounts to total deposits. A higher CASA ratio indicates a lower cost of funds, because banks do not usually give any interests on current account deposits and the interest on saving accounts is usually very low 3–4%. [1]
A recurring deposit is a special kind of term deposit in India that is offered by Indian banks and India Post which helps people with regular incomes to deposit a fixed amount every month into their recurring deposit account and earn interest at the rate applicable to fixed deposits. [ 1 ][ 2 ] It's similar to making fixed deposits of a certain ...
Flexi Fixed Deposits. A Flexi-Fixed deposit is a special kind of deposit offered by banks in India. It is a combination of a demand deposit and a fixed deposit. The depositor is able to enjoy both the liquidity of savings and current accounts and the high returns of fixed deposits.
Hundi. A hundi for Rs 2500 of 1951, stamped in the Bombay Province with a pre-printed revenue stamp. A hundi or hundee is a financial instrument that was developed in Medieval India for use in trade and credit transactions. Hundis are used as a form of remittance instrument to transfer money from place to place, as a form of credit instrument ...
v. t. e. The Money market in India is a component of financial markets in India for short-term funds with maturity ranging from overnight to one year including financial instruments that are deemed to be close substitutes of money. [1] Similar to developed economies the Indian money market is diversified and has evolved through many stages ...
The Public Account of India was constituted by Article 266(2) of the Indian Constitution which states that "All other public moneys received by or on behalf of the Government of India or the Government of a State shall be credited to the public account of India or the public account of the State, as the case may be." Here "other" signifies ...
Remittances to India are money transfers (called remittance) from non-resident Indians (NRIs) employed outside the country to family, friends or relatives residing in India. India is the world's top receiver of remittances, claiming more than 12% of the world's remittances in 2015. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Remittances to India stood at US$110 billion in 2022 ...