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Monday, April 13, 2009

ePayments(RTGS/NEFT), closed on 14th April, 2009



ePayments(RTGS/NEFT), closed on 14th April, 2009

 Reserve Bank of India, in a late afternoon decision on 13th april, 2009, decided to declare a Holiday for ePayments(RTGS/NEFT), on 14th April, 2009. This is the first Holiday in 2009, of  ePayments(RTGS/NEFT) which has been declared at the last moment.

In an ideal situation, Reserve Bank of India, would not like to deviate from the published list of Holidays, for ePayments(RTGS/NEFT) 

The declaration of Holiday for ePayments(RTGS/NEFT), is so sudden, that Reserve Bank of India, has not updated the same in it’s Holiday list @Reserve Bank of India website.


Please note that this is not a comment on Reserve Bank of  India, just an indication of the importance of ePayments(RTGS/NEFT), in our country, and which Reserve Bank of  India, is doing its utmost, to popularize ePayments(RTGS/NEFT)

 

Well, hope the customers have made alternative arrangements on 14th April, 2009. However, this sudden declaration of Holiday, should not cause a major dislocation, as already 90% of Banking Industry, was closed on 14th April, 2009.

Saturday, April 11, 2009

April 14th, 2009, Dr.Ambedkar Jayanti, is a working day for ePayments(RTFS/NEFT), on the day of Publication of this Post.

April 14th, 2009, Dr.Ambedkar Jayanti, is a working day for ePayments(RTFS/NEFT), on the day of Publication of this Post. 

One key advantage of ePayments (RTFS/NEFT), is that, ePayments(RTFS/NEFT),  will be available on all working days except Sundays and other national holidays, whether it is a holiday in a particular state or not, RTGS will function. 

ePayments(RTFS/NEFT),will be open, as long as any 2 RBI Centres,  out of Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta, Madras, Hyderabad and Bangalore work. As per the Original List of Holiday’s,  April 14th, 2009, is a working day New Delhi and Calcutta, hence ePayments(RTFS/NEFT),were open. 

However, as per Notification http://delhigovt.nic.in/leave_on(14%20April)_English.pdf, April 14th, 2009, has been declared a Holiday in New Delhi, under the NI Act. 

This means out of the 6 RBI Centres only Calcutta, will be functioning. So far, there is no news of a holiday under NI Act, being declared on April 14, 2009, in Calcutta.

We have to wait and see, if RBI decides to declare a holiday for ePayments(RTFS/NEFT),on April 14th, 2009, or decides to keep open the ePayments(RTFS/NEFT). This will be known only on 13th April, 2009, Monday. 

However, there are slim chances of RBI deciding to declare a Holiday on April 14th, 2009, as today i.e Saturday,11th April 2009,  there is no decision from RBI. 

Customers are executing more and more ePayments(RTFS/NEFT),transactions thru, Online Banking, and a sudden holiday, may lead to schedules going haywire. However, there will be very few Branch Originated transactions on April 14th, 2009.

Monday, April 6, 2009

List of Banks Participating in RTGS as on 28th February, 2009

List of Banks Participating in RTGS as on 28th February, 2009

ABHYUDAYA CO-OP BANK LTD

KALUPUR COMMERCIAL CO-OP BANK

ABN AMRO BANK N.V.

KALYAN JANATA SAH BANK LTD

ABU DHABI COMMERCIAL BANK

KARAD URBAN CO-OP. BANK LTD

ALLAHABAD BANK

KARNATAKA BANK LTD

ANDHRA BANK

KARUR VYSYA BANK LTD

AXIS BANK LTD

KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK LTD

BANK OF AMERICA

KRUNG THAI BANK PCL

BANK OF BAHRAIN AND KUWAIT

MAHANAGAR CO-OP.BANK LTD

BANK OF BARODA

MAHARASHTRA STATE CO-OP BANK

BANK OF CEYLON

MASHREQ BANK

BANK OF INDIA

MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK LTD

BANK OF MAHARASHTRA

NEW INDIA CO-OP BANK

BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA

NORTH KANARA GSB COOP BANK LTD

BANK OF RAJASTHAN

NUTAN NAGARIK SAHAKARI BANK LTD

BARCLAYS BANK PLC

OMAN INTERNATIONAL BANK SAOG

BHARAT COOPERATIVE BANK LTD

ORIENTAL BANK OF COMMERCE

BK OF TOKYO MITSUBISHI UFJ LTD

PARSIK JANATA SAHAKARI BK LTD

BNP PARIBAS

PNB GILTS LIMITED

CALYON BANK

PUNJAB & MAHARASTRA CO-OP BANK

CANARA BANK

PUNJAB AND SIND BANK

CATHOLIC SYRIAN BANK LTD

PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK

CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA

RAJKOT NAGRIK SAHAKARI BANK

CENTURION BANK

RATNAKAR BANK LIMITED

CHINATRUST COMMERCIAL BANK

RESERVE BANK OF INDIA

CITI BANK

SARASWAT CO-OPERATIVE BANK LTD

CITIZEN CRDIT CO-OP BANK LTD

SBI DFHI LTD

CITY UNION BANK

SEC TRADING CORP OF INDIA LTD.

CORPORATION BANK

SHAMRAO  VITHHAL CO-OP BANK LT

COSMOS CO-OPERATIVE  BANK

SHINHAN BANK

DBS BANK

SOCIETE GENERALE

DENA BANK

SOUTH INDIAN BANK

DEPOSIT INS AND CR GUAR CORPN

ST.BANK OF BIKANER AND JAIPUR

DEUTSCHE BANK LTD

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK LTD.

DEUTSCHE SECURITIES(I) PVT.

STATE BANK OF HYDERABAD

DEVELOPMENT CREDIT BANK

STATE BANK OF INDIA

DHANALAKSHMI BANK LTD

STATE BANK OF INDORE

DOMBIVLI NAGARI SAHAKARI BANK

STATE BANK OF MAURITIUS

DSP MERRILL LYNCH SEC TRAD LTD

STATE BANK OF MYSORE

FEDERAL BANK LTD.

STATE BANK OF PATIALA

HDFC BANK LTD.

STATE BANK OF TRAVANCORE

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BKG CORPN

SYNDICATE BANK

ICICI BANK LTD

TAMILNAD MERCANTILE BANK LTD

ICICI SECURITIES LIMITED

TAMILNADU STATE APEX COOP BANK

IDBI CAP MARKET SERVICES LTD

THANE BHARAT SAHAKARI BANK LTD

IDBI LTD.

THANE JANTA SHAKARI

INDIAN BANK

THE AHMEDABAD MERC COOP BK LTD

INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK

THE GREATER BOMBAY CO-OP BANK

INDUSIND BANK LTD.

THE KAPOL CO-OP BANK LTD

ING VYSYA BANK LTD.

THE LAXMI VILAS BANK LTD

JAMMU AND KASHMIR BANK

THE W. B. STATE COOP BANK LTD

JANAKALYAN SAHAKARI BANK LTD.

UCO BANK

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N A

UNION BANK OF INDIA

YES BANK LTD

UNITED BANK OF INDIA

VIJAYA BANK

 

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Topic of the Week-Bravo SV Sunil – A Superlative Hockey Player.

Topic of  the Week-Bravo SV Sunil – A Superlative Hockey Player.

            Today morning, was going through the Bangalore Edition of  today’s i.e5th April, 2009, Deccan Chronicle, and a small article on the last page attraced me.

It stated ‘SUNIL BRAVES PERSONAL TRAGEDY’.

A closer look at it, stated that SV Sunil’s( a star performer of the current Indian Hockey Team), father had expired in Kodagu, Karnatka. And, SV Sunil, preferred to stay back  with the Indian Hockey Team, currently in Malaysia, for the The Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. The main reason, was by the time, SV Sunil, reached Kodagu, Karnatka, the final rites would have been over. 

            BRAVO SUNIL, YOUR DAD WILL BE PROUD OF YOU, and I too Salute, your commitment to Indian Hockey.

            Indian Hockey fans, will be thankful, for your sacrifice.

 The Sultan Azlan Shah Cup is an annual field hockey tournament held in Malaysia. It began in 1983 as a biennial contest. The tournament became an annual event after 1998, following its growth and popularity. The tournament is named after the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) of Malaysia, Sultan Azlan Shah, an avid fan of field hockey. 

The clan of Kodavas in the Indian state of Karnataka have a long history of association with the game of field hockey. The district of Kodagu which is the land of the Kodavas is considered as the cradle ofIndian hockey. More than 50 Kodavas have represented India in international hockey tournaments, out of which 7 have also participated in Olympics. B P Govinda, M P Ganesh, M M Somaiya, C S Poonacha and Arjun Halappa are some of the prominent Kodavas who have represented India. The passion for hockey in Kodagu is so much that more than 200 families participate in an annual hockey festival. This festival is recognised as one of the largest field hockey tournaments in the world and has been referred to the Guinness Book of RecordsThe Kodava hockey festival was started in the year 1997 and was the brainchild of 69 year old Pandanda Kuttappa who was a first division hockey referee and an ex-employee of State Bank of India. He conceived the idea of creating a platform in which the different Kodava families can get together. Realising the passion of hockey in Kodagu, he decided that a hockey festival would be a good event to bring Kodavas together. He also chose the hockey festival because he was disturbed about the growth of junior hockey players from Kodagu.

April 7th2009-ePayments(NEFT /RTGS),will be working normally.

 

April 7th2009-ePayments(NEFT /RTGS),will be working normally.

 

Though, Banks will be closed in 50% of India, on April 7th, 2009, on account of Mahavir Jayanti, ePayments(NEFT /RTGS),will be working normally.

 

Banks will remain closed in the states of Chhatisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, New Delhi, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttranchal and Uttar Pradesh.

 

However, Net Banking of all Banks will be functioning normally, so customers can execute the transactions thru the same.  However, as a precaution, customers are advised to plan their ePayments, keeping in view of the Holiday in few States. As long as the IFSC Code, Beneficiary Customer Account Number and Beneficiary Customer Name are perfectly matching at the Destination Bank, the funds will be instantly applied. The difficulty starts only, when there is variation in IFSC Code, Beneficiary Customer Account Number and Beneficiary Customer Name

 

 

Mahavir Jayanti

The main Jain festival of the year is Mahavira Jayanti, the birth anniversary of Mahavira. According to the Digambar school of Jainism, Lord Mahavira was born in the year 615 BC, but the Swetambaras believe that He was born in 599 BC. Both sects however agree that he was the son of Siddhartha and Trisala. Legend has it, that He was conceived by Devananda, wife of a Brahmin named Rishabhdeva. The gods, ingeniously, transferred the embryo to the womb of Trisala. It is said that the expectant mother had sixteen auspicious dreams before the child was born (only 14 according to the Swetambaras). Astrologers intepreting these dreams, stated that the child would be either an emperor or a Teerthankar.

This religious event is largely observed by the Jains, by visiting sacred sites and worshipping the Teerthankars. The event holds special significance in Gujarat and Rajasthan, due to the ancient shrines at Girnar and Palitana in Gujarat. Mahavira Jayanti is also celebrated at Parasnath temple in Calcutta and at Pawapuri in Bihar.

 

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