Case brief
RBI imposed a ₹1 lakh penalty on The Santragachi Co-operative Bank Ltd., West Bengal for non-compliance with exposure norms. The bank was found to have breached prudential inter-bank exposure limits.
Impact
The bank must absorb the monetary penalty and continue operating, but it remains exposed to further supervisory scrutiny for exposure-limit compliance. No direct operational restriction on customers is described in this release.
Why RBI acted
Regulatory basis
- Section 47 A (1) (c) read with Sections 46 (4) (i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949