Case brief
RBI imposed a ₹5 lakh penalty on Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd., Mainpuri for non-compliance with investment directions. The bank was found to have breached prudential inter-bank exposure limits.
Impact
The bank must bear the monetary penalty, and RBI has indicated that the action is without prejudice to any other supervisory or enforcement action that may be initiated separately. There is no stated operational restriction on the bank’s business from this order, but the compliance lapse may invite further regulatory scrutiny.
Why RBI acted
Regulatory basis
- section 47A(1)(c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949