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Banking Regulation Act 1949 as applicable to co operative societies

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THE BANKING REGULATION ACT, 1949
(AS APPLICABLE TO COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES)
Objectives of the Banking Regulation Act broadly are:
1. to safeguard the interest of depositors;
2. to develop banking institutions on sound lines; and
3. to attune the monetary and credit system to the larger interests and priorities of the nation.
The Act was originally in force from 16 March 1949 as the Banking Companies Act, 1949. It was amended and renamed as Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and extended to the cooperative banks from 1 March 1966 as the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (As Applicable to Cooperative Societies) [B R Act, 1949 (AACS)].
Some Definitions
A cooperative bank is
1. a State Cooperative Bank,
2. a Central Cooperative Bank or
3. a Primary …show more content…

It has to submit a return (in Form I) every month to the concerned Regional Office (RO) of the Urban Banks Department (UBD) of RBI showing the position of cash reserve so maintained and its DTL at the close of alternate Fridays during the preceding month. Banks have to submit the return within 20 days from the month to which it relates.
Section 18
Balance in current account with SBI and PSBs is net balance i.e. after setting off the balance held by that bank in current account with the cooperative bank. Netting of assets and liabilities is applicable also to the dealings with the Discount and Finance House of India (DFHI). ii) Every UCB (scheduled and non-scheduled) has to also maintain, on daily basis, liquid assets, amounting to not less than 25% (or such other percentage not exceeding 40% as the RBI may specify) of the total of its DTL as on the last Friday of the second preceding fortnight. The liquid assets have to be maintained in the form of cash or gold or unencumbered approved securities. UCBs have to submit to the concerned RO of UBD, RBI every month a return (in Form I) showing the position of liquid assets so maintained. Banks have to submit the return within 20 days from the month to which it relates.
Section 24
A fortnight means the period from Saturday to the second following Friday, both days inclusive. The CRR and SLR to be maintained by a UCB for the fortnight from January 20, 2007 to February 2, 2007 is required to be based on

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