RBI/2017-18/54
IDMD.CDD No.8/13.01.299/2017-18
July
1, 2017
The Chairman / Managing Director
Head Office (Government Accounts Department)
State Bank of India
All Nationalized banks
(Excluding Punjab and Sind Bank & Andhra Bank)
Axis Bank Ltd./ICICI Bank Ltd./HDFC Bank Ltd./
Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd. (SHCIL)
Dear Sir/Madam,
Master Directions on
Relief/Savings Bonds
The rules and regulations
applicable to Relief/Savings Bonds have been updated with instructions
issued up to June 30, 2017 in the Master Directions on Relief/Savings Bonds. The
directions facilitate availability of all the current operative
instructions on the above subject at one place and will be updated suitably
and simultaneously whenever there is a change in the rules/regulations or
there is a change in the policy. These Directions have been placed on RBI
website rbi.org.in
Yours faithfully,
(A. Mangalagiri)
Chief General Manager
Encl. 1
MASTER
DIRECTIONS - RELIEF/SAVINGS BONDS
Index
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Sr.
No
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Contents
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A
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Appointment / delisting of brokers by Agency banks
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B
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Payment & rates of brokerage for savings bonds by Agency Banks
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C
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Nomination facility for Relief/Savings Bond
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Appendix
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A) APPOINTMENT / DELISTING OF
BROKERS
1. Procedure for enrollment /
registration of brokers
Agency banks may follow a simple
procedure for enrolment/registration of brokers. The broker seeking
enrolment/registration may submit the request for registration on their
business letterhead together with business data to the agency banks. The
agency banks should allot a code number to the broker which should be
quoted by the broker on all applications tendered at the Receiving offices
for claiming brokerage.
2. Appointment of sub-agents by
Agency banks
It has come to our notice that
some banks designated/authorized by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have
engaged the services of other banks as brokers/agents for receiving
applications and the latter are using the name of RBI in their publicity
material and billboards stating that RBI has appointed them as brokers for
Relief/Savings bonds business. We advise that in cases where authorised
banks engage the services of other banks/institutions as a broker or agent,
the agency banks who have appointed them are solely responsible for their
activities as an agent/broker. RBI's name should not be used by such banks.
3. Delisting of brokers
The names of the dormant
brokers, who have been dormant for say 2 years, may be delisted after
giving a due notice if, no fresh business is forthcoming from these
brokers.
B) PAYMENT & RATES OF
BROKERAGE FOR SAVINGS BONDS
1. Rates of brokerage
a.
Brokerage
at the rate of ? 1.00 (Rupee One only) per ? 100/- will be paid to brokers
registered/enrolled with agency banks on applications tendered for
investment in the bonds in the form of Bond Ledger Account (BLA) at
designated branches on behalf of their clients and bearing their stamp.
b.
No
brokerage is payable in case the broker is one of the investors/applicants.
2. No TDS on payment of
brokerage
No tax is required to be
deducted at source by the agency banks while making payment of brokerage in
respect of the Relief/Savings bonds business canvassed by brokers in terms
of Section 194 (H) of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
3. Brokerage claims
a.
Agency
banks are to settle the brokerage claims expeditiously, and in any case,
not later than 30 days from the date of subscription.
b.
Agency
banks are advised to first settle the brokerage claims and thereafter seek
reimbursement from RBI.
c.
As a
measure towards improvement in customer service, agency banks may arrange
to pay the brokerage to the agents, on a monthly basis by credit to their
accounts through ECS after obtaining requisite mandate from them.
d.
Reimbursement
of brokerage claims in respect of Relief/Savings bonds has been centralized
at CAS Nagpur from July 01, 2002, and it has been decided that 90% of the
brokerage due to agencies, on the basis of funds remitted/reported to CAS
as at the close of business of the month, will be paid on the 3rd working
day of the succeeding month. The balance 10% is to be settled on submission
of Appendix IV statement.
C) NOMINATION FACILITY FOR
RELIEF/SAVINGS BONDS
1. A sole holder or all the
joint holders (investors) of a Relief/Savings bond other than in the form
of promissory note or bearer bond may nominate one or more persons who in
the event of death of the sole holder/all the joint holders, as the case
may be, would be entitled to the Relief/Savings bond and to the payment
thereon, provided that the person or each of the persons nominated is
himself/herself competent to hold a similar bond.
2. The nomination should be made
before maturity of the bond.
3. When nomination has been made
in favour of two or more nominees, in the event of the death of either or
any of them, the surviving nominee or nominees, as the case may be, shall
be entitled to the Relief/Savings bond and payment thereon.
4. A nomination made by the
holder(s) of a Relief/Savings bond may be varied or cancelled by making a
fresh nomination in the prescribed manner and intimating the same in
writing to the designated branch of the authorised public/private sector
bank.
5. If the nominee is a minor,
the holder(s) of the Relief/Savings bond may appoint any person, not being
a minor, to receive the proceeds of a Relief/Savings bond on behalf of the
nominee in the event of his/her/their death during the minority of the
nominee.
6. The investor(s) can make
separate nomination for each investment in a Bond Ledger Account (BLA)
(subject to 2 above).
7. Agency banks to issue
‘Acknowledgement of Nomination.'
8. In case of 8% Savings
(Taxable) Bonds, 2003 (currently the only scheme open for subscription) the
sole holder or all the joint holders can also nominate a Non-resident
Indian (NRI) as his/her/their nominee(s) and remittance of interest payment
and/or maturity value, as the case may be, will be governed by the
regulations as applicable to NRIs.
Exceptions – No nomination is permissible in the following
cases
a.
When
the BLA is held by an adult on behalf of a minor;
b.
When the
holder has no beneficial interest in the BLA but holds it in an official or
fiduciary capacity.
Cancellation of Nomination - A nomination previously made will stand
automatically cancelled -
a.
If the
holder(s) applies to the agency banks for substitution or cancellation of
the nomination and the substitution or cancellation is duly registered by
the office;
b.
If the
holder(s) transfers the Certificate to another party.
APPENDIX
The various
circulars/instructions issued by RBI based on which the above Master
Direction is prepared are listed below:
i) Memorandum of Procedure' for
Relief bonds.
ii) CO.DT.13.01.201/4087/2000-01 dated February 16, 2001
iii) CO.DT.13.01.201/4854/2000-01 dated March 19, 2001
iv) CO.DT.13.01.298/H-3410/2003-04 dated December 20, 2003
v) CO.DT.13.01.299/H-3426/2003-04 dated December 20, 2003
vi) DGBA.CDD.
No.H-2173/13.01.299/2008-09 dated September 2, 2008
vii) CO.DT./13.01.201/692/2000-01 dated August 9, 2000)
viii) CO.DT./13.01.251/5341/2001-02 dated January 4, 2000
ix) CO.DT./13.01.201/4890/1999-00 dated March 6, 2000
x) CO.DT./13.01.201/432/2000-01 dated July 25, 2000
xi) GOI Notification No.F.4 (1-W&M/99 dated July 21, 2000
xii) CO.DT./13.01.298/H-2411/2003-04 dated October 29, 2003
xiii) CO.DT./201/5900/2000-01 dated May 28, 2001
xiv) CO.DT./13.01.298/H-3660/2003-04 dated January 3, 2004
xv) CO.DT./13.01.201/4668/2000-01 dated March 8, 2001
xvi) CO.DT.13.01.298/H-4677/2002-03 dated May 23, 2003
xvii) CO.DT.13.01.272/11032/2001-02 dated June 25, 2002
xviii) CO.DT.13.01.272/H-2906 / 2002-03 dated February 26, 2003
(In case detailed clarifications
are required on specific issues, the circulars indicated above may please
be referred to)
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