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RBI to remain open on 1 July to facilitate NEFT, RTGS transactions

The RBI will remain open on 1 July for services such as transfer of funds through NEFT and RTGS from 11am onwards

RBI follows a July to June accounting year and 30 June being the closing date of the year, the office generally remains closed on 1 July every year. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/MintPremium
RBI follows a July to June accounting year and 30 June being the closing date of the year, the office generally remains closed on 1 July every year. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will remain open on 1 July for services such as transfer of funds through NEFT and RTGS from 11am onwards.

RBI follows a July to June accounting year and 30 June being the closing date of the year, the office generally remains closed on 1 July every year.

The apex bank said 1 July being a working Saturday, it has decided to remain open on that day.

Services such as real time gross settlement (RTGS) and National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT) for sending funds and settlement of securities will be available from 11 am onwards. Settlement of funds as well as securities for all transactions that settle on T+0 basis will be effected from 11am onwards, it said in a release.

The liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) fixed rate repo window will be operated between 11.30am and 3pm, it said further. There will be no change in the timings of fixed rate reverse repo and marginal standing facility (MSF), RBI said.

Normally, NEFT operates in hourly batches in which there are 12 settlements from 8am to 7pm on weekdays and six settlements from 8am to 1pm on Saturdays. And any transaction initiated after a designated settlement time have to wait till the next designated settlement time.

RTGS transactions, On the other hand, are processed continuously throughout the RTGS business hours. It is mainly for bulk transaction with a minimum remittance amount of Rs2 lakh. There is no upper cap though.

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Published: 29 Jun 2017, 07:33 PM IST
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