Case brief
RBI imposed a ₹1 lakh penalty on Nagar Sahakari Bank Ltd., Gorakhpur for non-compliance with supervisory directions under the SAF framework. The bank was found to have offered higher term-deposit interest rates than permitted.
Impact
The bank must absorb the monetary penalty and address the compliance deficiencies identified by RBI. The order does not itself cancel or restrict operations, but it signals continued supervisory scrutiny and leaves the bank exposed to any further action RBI may initiate for the same or related non-compliance. Depositors are not directly restricted by this release, but the underlying interest-rate practices were found non-compliant.
Why RBI acted
Regulatory basis
- section 47A(1)(c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949