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Kurinji
Team STC Chennai wishes a Happy New Year to all our Readers.
In this New Year Issue, our weekly E-Bulletin is being christened Kurinji, a
rare flower that grows in the shola grasslands of South India. The
Nilgiris, which literally means the blue mountains, got its name from the
purplish blue flowers of Kurinji that blossoms gregariously once in 12
years.
We, at STC Chennai, hope to provide our readers through Kurinji, a unique
experience of acquainting themselves with the current news/articles in
the area of Banking, Finance and Information Technology. While savouring
banker’s view through “Mind Voice”, our readers can benefit from the
various “Health Tips” being offered and be inspired by the “Let us Learn”
section.
Foreword
On professional front, the year begins with the newer challenges emerging
before us. These challenges can be met, if our team members at all level
have full awareness as to “what” is to be done, “how” it is to be done and
“why” it is to be done.
Your feedback & comments on its utility are welcomed and will enable us to
improve upon the publication.
K. N. Mann,
DGM & Prinicpal
Staff Training College
Chennai.
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Index
BANKING & FINANCE.................................................................................................................................... 5
BANKS’ RECOVERY UP FIVEFOLD TO RS 1.15 LAKH CR................................................................................................ 5
VILLAGE OVER 5,000 RESIDENTS TO HAVE BANK BRANCHES BY MARCH 2017.................................................................6
BANK CREDIT: PERSONAL LOANS ROSE 18% IN NOVEMBER......................................................................................... 7
ECONOMY & POLICY..................................................................................................................................... 9
FISCAL DEFICIT TARGET FOR FY17 'CHALLENGING'..................................................................................................... 9
RUPEE AMONG BEST OF ASIAN CURRENCIES IN 2015.............................................................................................. 10
MISCELLANEOUS........................................................................................................................................ 12
USE ₹2,000-CR FINANCIAL INCLUSION FUND TO SET UP MORE ATMS, SAYS RBI PANEL..................................................12
RBI TELLS BANKS TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE 1,000-RUPEE NOTES...................................................................................13
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY..................................................................................................................... 15
NEW SYSTEM FOR MORE SECURE ONLINE BANKING.................................................................................................. 15
MIND VOICE............................................................................................................................................... 17
IT’S YOU, WHO MATTERS................................................................................................................................. 17
HEALTH...................................................................................................................................................... 18
TURN ON INNER SUNSHINE................................................................................................................................ 18
LET US LEARN……........................................................................................................................................ 20
Gross non-performing assets (NPA) continued to rise, with gross NPA ratio
rising 50 basis points year on year to 4.60% in FY15. Slippages came in at
3%, 10 basis points lower than in FY14, marking the first year-on-year fall
in the slippages ratio since FY07.
“We would probably need to wait for another year to confirm this trend
though activity levels are improving on the ground. Another way to confirm
this hypothesis is to look at the quality of slippages,” Kotak Institutional
Equities said in a report.
The data showed that there has been a consistent rise in the share of
restructured loans in total slippages since FY13. Also, share of non-
restructured loans in total slippages remained nearly flat year on year in
FY15.
Reserve Bank has said that every village with a population over 5,000
should have a bank branch by March 2017 and asked the SLBC’s to identify
such villages without a bank branch in their state.
For increasing bank penetration and financial inclusion, brick and mortar
branches are an integral component, RBI said in a notification, and said it
has decided to focus on villages with population above 5,000 without a
bank branch of a scheduled commercial bank.
SLBC Convenor Banks may accord top priority to this roadmap and ensure
completion of allotment of villages within the prescribed timelines, it
added.
The apex bank said opening open of bank branches in such villages will also
enable banks to provide quality financial services and timely support to
Business Correspondent outlets.
The SLBCs, in 2013, were further asked to review the roadmap and
increase the proportion of branches for covering unbanked villages alloted
to them so that about 5 per cent of the unbanked villages identified in a
state were covered through branch mode.
However, RBI said that it was observed that the coverage of banking
services in unbanked villages was skewed towards BC model and the ratio
of branches to BC is very low.
RBI has further asked the SLBCs to submit the finalised roadmap with
details of allocated villages to various banks by January 31, 2016.
Personal loans increased 18 per cent in November 2015, up from 15.8 per
cent in November 2014, according to RBI data on deployment of bank
credit.
Credit to agriculture and allied activities rose 11.8 per cent in November
compared with 19.7 per cent a year ago.
Credit to the services sector increased 6.8 per cent against 7.9 per cent
in November 2014.
Earlier this month, the official mid-year economic analysis struck a note of
caution by saying there was a case for re-assessment of the medium-term
fiscal consolidation road map. This, it said, was due to additional spending
due to the recommendations of the pay commission and the higher pension
payout for former military personnel next year.
The revised estimate for total tax revenue is likely to be Rs 25,000 crore
less than the budget estimate of Rs 14.5 lakh crore, the official, who did
not want to be identified, told reporters. Adding that the government was
exploring options to secure higher dividend payment from state-run
companies.
It is likely to, while setting 2016-17's budget goals, estimate crude oil
prices below $50 a barrel, the official added. This financial year's budget
estimate is based on $70 a barrel. The benchmark Brent crude oil
contract was trading on Wednesday at $36.99 a barrel. Low oil prices are
The government will include Rs 5,000 crore for bank recapitalisation in the
next supplementary set of demands before Parliament, the official also
said. This part of Rs 70,000 crore of capital infusion planned over four
years for government-owned banks.
The currency’s depreciation of about five per cent against the dollar was
less than the losses of most of its other Asian peers. The Indian rupee
fared better in 2014, when it weakened by only two per cent.
“The Indian rupee was caught between the leviathans like the U.S. dollar
and China’s yuan devaluation and the erosion of rupee against the dollar
continued relentlessly in 2015,” said Sugandha Sachdeva, currency
strategist, Religare Secuitries.
However, the rupee fared much better despite a pullout by foreign funds
from the emerging markets, including India, as an interest rate hike was
expected from the U.S. Federal Reserve.
The currency was stable when the U.S. raised the benchmark interest rate
and has actually strengthened against the dollar since then.
Its Asian counterparts like the Indonesian rupiah weakened by 11.30 per
cent and the Thai baht depreciated 9.5 per cent against the dollar. Only
the Chinese currency fared marginally better, losing only 4.6 per cent.
BRICS nations
Among the BRICS nations also the Indian currency fared well. The
Brazilian real depreciated 49 per cent against the dollar while the South
African rand declined 34.75 per cent.
The Indian currency, which tumbled 12.4 per cent in 2013, started
recovering in 2014.
“This has resulted from the RBI recouping foreign exchange reserves
from the day Raghuram Rajan took over as governor of the central bank,”
said Indranil Sengupta, chief economist, Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
“He had announced a host of measures like FCNR-B deposits to attract
inflows.”
Forex reserves
The country’s foreign exchange reserves rose by more than $75 billion
since the currency crisis of 2013. From about $274.8 billion in early
September 2013, foreign exchange reserves rose to $351 billion as on 25
December, 2015.
In the two and half year since the currency crisis, the twin deficits –
fiscal and current account - have narrowed. In 2013-14, the fiscal deficit
was 4.5 per cent of the GDP, which is now seen at 3.9 per cent for 2015-
16.
Going into 2016, the rupee might gain initially, but is likely to weaken as
the year progresses.
MISCELLANEOUS
Micro ATMs
Micro ATMs are handheld devices (usually operated by BCs) that allow
customers to perform basic financial transactions using only their Aadhaar
number and their biometric/OTP as identity proof (along with a Bank
Identification Number for inter-bank transactions).
The panel felt that although a quantum jump in banking access has taken
place, a significant element of regional exclusion persists for various
reasons that need to be addressed by stepping up the inclusion drive in
the north-eastern, eastern and central States to achieve near-universal
access.
About 200 million pieces were transferred to the RBI’s currency chests,
some of which was then loaded in banks’ automated teller machines,
sources close to the development said.
Currency experts said that the checking of notes is done at the press-
level and the banking regulator is not involved with checking each and
every banknote.
An RBI spokesperson has confirmed the development and said banks have
been asked to replace such notes with the central bank, when found. Banks
have also been advised to replace such notes whenever a customer
approaches them. The notes are genuine though they are defective, the
spokesperson said.
There are four printing presses which print and supply banknotes. These
are at Dewas in Madhya Pradesh, Nasik in Maharashtra, Mysore in
Karnataka, and Salboni in West Bengal.
The presses in Devas and Nasik are owned by the Security Printing and
Minting Corporation of India (SPMCIL), a wholly owned company of the
Government of India. The printing of the notes in Karnataka and West
Bengal are done by the Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private
Limited (BRBNMPL), a wholly owned subsidiary of RBI.
Sources said the defected notes were printed in the Nashik press while
Security Paper Mill of Hoshangabad produced the currency note paper.
The security thread was missing in the defective pieces, the sources said.
The 1000-rupee notes which was introduced in October 2000, contain a
readable, windowed security thread alternately visible on the obverse with
the inscriptions ‘Bharat’ (in Hindi), ‘1000’ and ‘RBI’, but totally embedded
on the reverse.
As on March 31, 2015, there were 5,612 million Rs 1000 denominated notes
in circulation which constitutes 6.7 per cent of the total notes in
circulation. In terms of value, Rs 1000 denominated notes constituted 39.3
per cent of the total value of notes in circulation.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
A new system that uses images and a one-time numerical code may provide
a secure, inexpensive and easy to use alternative to current password
systems used in online banking and other such services, a new study
suggests.
It could also be easier for users to remember, and be less expensive for
providers to implement since it would not require the deployment of
potentially costly hardware systems. Researchers say the system would be
applicable for online banking and other such services, where users with
several accounts would struggle to carry around multiple devices, to gain
access.
“There are alternative systems out there, but they are either very costly
or have deployment constraints which mean they can be difficult to
integrate with existing systems while maintaining user consensus.”
How it works
They will then be assigned four random themes, being prompted to select
one image from 30 in each.
When they subsequently log in to their account, the user would enter their
username and draw the pattern lock, with the next screen containing a
series of 16 images, among which are two of their selected images, six
associated distractors and eight random decoys.
Correctly identifying the two images would lead to the generated eight-
digit random code located on the top or left edges of the login panel which
the user would then need to type in to gain access to their information.
Initial tests have shown the system to be easy to remember for users,
while security analysis showed just eight of the 690 attempted hackings
were genuinely successful, with a further 15 achieved through coincidence.
MIND VOICE
One day all the employees of a company reached the office and saw a big
advice written on the door.
"Yesterday the person who has been stopping your growth in this company
passed away. You are invited to join the funeral."
In the beginning, they got sad for the death of one of their colleagues,
but after a while they got curious to know who the man, who stopped their
growth was. Everyone thought: 'Well at least the man who stopped my
progress died!'
One by one the thrilled employees got closer to the coffin, and when they
looked inside they were speechless. They stood shocked in silence, as if
someone had touched the deepest part of their soul. There was a mirror
inside the coffin and everyone who looked inside could see him/herself.
There was a sign next to the mirror that read: "There is only one person
who is capable to set limits to your growth...It is you. You are the only
person who can influence your happiness, success and realization."
Your life does not change when your boss, friend or company changes.....
Your life changes when you change...
You go beyond your limiting beliefs and you realize you are the only one
responsible for your life.
It's the way you face life that makes the difference!
If an egg is broken from outside force, life ends
But if it is broken from inside force, life begins.
Great things always begin from our inside!!
Shared by: Shri. Kavindra Nath Mann, DGM & Principal, STC Chennai
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HEALTH
“I often feel exhausted, sad and sleepy. My whole body becomes stiff
and aches as if I’m in for the ‘flu. Occasionally I feel hungry all day.
Is there any explanation for these symptoms? What can I do to
prevent them? Though I’m 45, at times, I feel 60! “
Hey, stop worrying, start relaxing! Next, decide: “I’ll live in fitness and
health and feel 45 at 60!” Then act on this decision one wise step at a
time:
Sun-bathe daily. Soak up the morning sunshine for half hour to ensure that
the sleep hormone melatonin’s levels lower. After lunch, stroll in the sun
for 10-15 minutes.
Eat a banana to raise the calming chemical serotonin’s level. A few nuts
also help dispel sadness and hunger pangs. Eat whole fresh food, don’t
overeat, and enjoy eating. Eating leisurely and peacefully promotes a sense
of wellbeing. Please put wholesome food, not distasteful topics, in your
mouth at meal-times.
Get your blood circulation pumping. Jog on the spot for 20 minutes. Play
badminton every evening. ‘Dance with the stars’ instead of just watching
TV. With oxygen freshening your every tissue, you can never get winter
blues or summer blahs.
Dress warm in winter. That subtle nip in the air can get into muscle and
bone, and make you sleepy. In summer, don light clothing and have cool
baths. Heat can cause sleepiness too.
Sleep restfully for eight hours. Listen to soothing instrumental music while
lying down. With your palm do slow circular motions over your heart to
promote peace and harmony. Always sleep on soft feelings of contentment.
Read 10-20 positive and funny quotes each day. Ah yes, inner sunny-ness is
as vital as external sunlight for a happy, healthy life. Smile-a-while: You’re
not 45. You’re 18 with 27 years of experience.
LET US LEARN……..