Indian cryptocurrency market likely to reach up to $241 million by 2030: Nasscom

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The Indian cryptocurrency market has been growing exponentially over the last few years and is expected to reach up to $241 million by 2030 in India and $2.3 billion by 2026 globally.

As more and more young Indian investors are excited to explore newer investment options, they are adopting cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Polygon to make investments that promise them viable returns, a study on “Crypto Industry in India” by the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) and industry partner WazirX said on Friday.

These digital currencies and other applications have garnered significant attention leading to an exponential growth of the CryptoTech Industry in India.

According to the report, with more than 60 per cent of States in India emerging as CryptoTech adopters and over 15 million retail investors, the industry is increasingly attracting new start-ups. Over 230 start-ups are already operating in India in the CryptoTech space, adding that the rising investment from institutional and retail investors has heightened awareness of the benefits of CryptoTech in the country.

The report further highlights that Bitcoin, Smart Contracts, Decentralised Finance, The Wave of Tokenisation, Non-Fungible Tokens, Rise of CryptoTech Capital and Central Bank Digital Currencies would be seen as seven key trends driving the growth and adoption of CryptoTech in India.

While at a nascent stage, the industry is already picking up and creating employment opportunities across trading, software development, analytics, and other practices, the report further said.

“CryptoTech industry in India has not only demonstrated a positive impact at the grassroots levels but is emerging as one of the fastest-growing technology sub-sector. India provides the most unique ecosystem to CryptoTech to play a transformative role in strengthening key priority areas such as healthcare, safety, digital identification and trade and finance,” Debjani Ghosh, President, Nasscom, said.

Further, the report said that the market in India is expected to grow 2X faster and has the potential to create eight-lakh+ jobs by 2030. It can create an economic value addition of $184 billion in the form of investments and cost savings.

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Cost-effective micro ATMs gain traction

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Micro ATMs have been gaining traction steadily even as the traditional ATM model faces challenges amid cost and infrastructure-related issues.

According to RBI data, the number of micro ATMs deployed by banks stood at 4.94 lakh by August-end, a 60.9 per cent increase compared to the 3.07 lakh deployed a year ago.

In contrast, there were 2.41 lakh ATMs by August-end, a 3.4 per cent increase from 2.33 lakh deployed last August.

“Micro ATMs, through business correspondents (BCs), are a cost-effective retail model of banking vis-à-vis the more sophisticated ATM operations,” said the RBI’s Booklet on Payment Systems in January. Fino Payments Bank had the largest network of micro-ATMs in the country, with 2.44 lakh micro ATMs by July, followed by State Bank of India with 43,960 such devices.

With the surge in AePS transactions in recent years, along with the Covid pandemic, micro-ATMs have been gaining more popularity.

This is also reflected in cash withdrawals from micro ATMs, which amounted to ₹26,830 crore in August this year, compared to ₹19,513 crore a year ago.

Fintechs are also working on micro ATMs as they try to expand the market by offering financial services to the unserved and underserved population.

“Micro ATMs are important as they are the touch point to acquire and support the user. That is the onboarding practice,” said Ram Shriram, Founder and CEO, Mahagram.

Unlike its name, a micro ATM cannot store cash like a traditional ATM, but can be used by the merchant to authenticate the customer and physically dispense cash or take deposits.

It is a portable device that can be used by a merchant or business correspondent to connect with their bank, authenticate users, and perform financial transactions.

Many fintechs and banks are also partnering to provide banking services and cash withdrawals through micro-ATMs. PayPoint India and Bank of Baroda recently announced a tie-up to widen the reach of banking services.

PayNearby has partnered with Visa and RBL Bank to launch SoftPoS and mPOS for its over 15 lakh retail network.

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RBI allows banks to sell ‘fraud loans’ to ARCs

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The Reserve Bank of India on Friday allowed loan exposures classified as fraud to be transferred to Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs). This comes in the wake of banks reporting frauds aggregating ₹3.95-lakh crore between FY19 and FY21.

Stressed loans, which are in default for more than 60 days or classified as non-performing assets (NPA), can be transferred to ARCs. This shall include loan exposures classified as fraud as on the date of transfer.

Issuing the guidelines for transfer of loan exposure, including stressed loans, the central bank said the transfer of such loans to an ARC, however, does not absolve the transferor from fixing the staff accountability as required under the extant instructions on frauds.

Until now, when an account is declared fraud, banks had to set aside 100 per cent of the outstanding loan as provision. Under the new rules, banks can hope to recover a part of the loan. For ARCs, this will allow them to buy debt cheaper than regular loan accounts.

Swiss Challenge method

The RBI also said the transfer of stressed loans above ₹100 crore negotiated on a bilateral basis between lenders and permitted acquirers, including ARCs, must necessarily be followed by an auction through the Swiss Challenge method. Under the Swiss Challenge auction, the price bilaterally negotiated for the sale of a stressed asset becomes the floor price for inviting counter-proposals from other interested buyers.

Loan transfers are usually resorted to by lending institutions for multiple reasons ranging from liquidity management, rebalancing of exposure or strategic sales. “A robust secondary market in loans can be an important mechanism for management of credit exposures by lending institutions and also create additional avenues for raising liquidity,” the RBI said in a circular to lenders.

New guidelines

Under the new guidelines, loans can be transferred only after a minimum holding period (MHP) of three months in case of loans with tenor up to 2 years, and six months fior those with tenor of more than 2 years. In case of loans where the security does not exist or cannot be registered, the MHP shall be calculated from the date of first repayment of the loan.

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₹1 crore, minimum ticket size to issue securitisation notes: RBI

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As per the Master Direction – Reserve Bank of India (Securitisation of Standard Assets) Directions, 2021, exposures to securitisations that are STC (simple, transparent and comparable)-compliant can be subject to the alternative capital treatment.

Lenders can provide supporting facilities such as credit enhancement facilities, liquidity facilities, underwriting facilities and servicing facilities supporting securitisation structures.

Securitisation involves transactions where credit risk in assets are redistributed by repackaging them into tradeable securities with different risk profiles, which may give investors of various classes access to exposures which they otherwise might be unable to access directly.

The RBI emphasised that the priorities of payments for all liabilities in all circumstances should be clearly defined at the time of securitisation and appropriate legal comfort regarding their enforceability should be provided.

This is aimed at preventing investors being subjected to unexpected repayment profiles during the life of a securitisation; listing of securitisation notes, especially in respect of certain product class, such as Residential Mortgage Backed Securities, and/ or generally above a certain threshold is recommended, though not mandatory, the RBI said.

In any case, any offer of securitisation notes to fifty or more persons in an issuance would be required to be listed in terms of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue and Listing of Securitised Debt Instruments and Security Receipts) Regulations, 2008.

To help provide investors with full transparency, all triggers affecting the cash flow waterfall, payment profile or priority of payments of the securitisation should be clearly and fully disclosed in offer documents and in investor reports, per the Directions.

Investor reports should give information that clearly identifies the breach status in respect of expected cash flows to the note holders, the ability for the breach to be reversed and the consequences of the breach.

To ensure rights and interest of the securitisation note holders are protected, definitions, policies and remedies pertaining to the contours and caveats around the performance of the underlying loans must be suitably communicated.

Further, the rights and control of the securitisation note holders must be documented to account for all circumstances, including insolvency of all entities involved in securitisation, such as the originator Special Purpose Entity.

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Concerns on banks ‘mispricing’ risks: SBI Chief

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Dinesh Kumar Khara, Chairman, State Bank of India on Friday said that mispricing of risk by banks was a cause of concern. Though banks have tightened the underwriting standards, the surplus liquidity in the system may push banks to a situation where they end up mispricing the risk.

“There is temptation on bankers to go down the risk curve and misprice the risk……we are starting to see this,” Khara said at the Financial Market e-Conclave organised by the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry here on Friday.

The SBI Chairman does not feel there is any concern regarding the underwriting standards as most banks have tightened norms following the previous experience of decline in asset quality and high NPAs.

The system is flush with liquidity given the low credit offtake due to slowdown in economy on the back of Covid-19 pandemic. The funds parked with the RBI, in its reserve repo window, is estimated to be around ₹7 trillion, while the government’s cash balances with the central bank is close to ₹3.4 trillion.

Credit offtake to pick up

According to Khara there are greenshoots visible in certain sectors including commodities, iron and steel and aluminium. Credit demand is expected to pick up once investments start flowing into these sectors. “We have started seeing traction (in credit demand) from public sector enterprises and some private sector companies are also coming for fresh investments,” he said.

He said there was some stress in the retail portfolios at the end of Q1FY-22 on account of the regional lockdowns. However, things have been improving since the beginning of Q2.

On reduction of rates on new home loans, he said that the mortgage market has started showing signs of growth and banks are trying to capture the same.

‘Status quo likely’

“Inflation is mainly on account of supply side disruptions and once that is addressed we may have elbow room for keeping the rates at current level and wait for growth to come back in full force and at that point of time the central bank might think of recalibrating interest rates. But at this point of time it looks like interest rates should remain as it is,” he said.

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1 Mid Cap And 1 Small Cap Stock To ‘Buy’ By HDFC Securities For The Short Term

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JB Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals-Buy for a target price of Rs. 2200

HDFC Securities is bullish on the counter of Mumbai based pharmaceuticals company that is engaged in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals formulations herbal remedies as well as APIs, JB Chemicals and Pharma. The brokerage has suggested to ‘Buy’ the scrip for gains of 19.8% and has set a target price of Rs. 2200 for the investment horizon of 3 months. Stop loss suggested for the trade is Rs. 1620.

Technical observations:

• Stock price has broken out from the downward sloping trendline on the daily chart with higher volumes.

• Stock price is forming bullish higher top higher bottom formation on the weekly chart.

• The counter is trading above its 5,20 and 50-day EMA and this shows short and medium term trend of the stock is positive.

• Oscillators including RSI and MFI is placed above 60 and rising upwards, which indicates strength in the current uptrend

• Plus, DI is trading above -DI while ADX line has started sloping upwards, indicating momentum in the current uptrend, adds the brokerage research report.

Stock Last traded price Target Upside Horizon
JB Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Rs. 1835.8 Rs. 2200 19.80% 3 months

Kajaria Ceramics:

Kajaria Ceramics:

For the short term of 3 months, brokerage house HDFC Securities recommends on buying Kajaria Ceramics scrip for a target price of Rs.1490, implying gains of 19.95% from the last traded price of Rs. 1242.15

Technical observations:

• The company’s stock price has breached the earlier top resistance of Rs. 1229

• Stock price has been finding support on its 34 days EMA

• Primary trend of the stock is bullish with higher tops and higher bottoms

• On the weekly charts the stock has broken out from bullish “Flag” pattern.

• Price breakout is accompanied with jump in volumes.

• Stock has been holding levels above its medium to long term moving averages Indicators and oscillators have turned bullish on daily and weekly charts, adds the brokerage.

The ceramics and granite sector entity is the largest manufacturer of vitrified or ceramic tiles in the country. The company’s annual aggregate capacity stands at 70.40 mn. sq. meters, which spans across eight plants located in different states including UP, AP, Gujarat and Rajasthan.

Stock Last traded price Target Upside Horizon
Kajaria Ceramics Rs. 1242.15 Rs. 1490 19.95% 3 months

Disclaimer:

Disclaimer:

Investing in equities poses a risk of financial loss. Investors must therefore exercise due caution. Greynium Information Technologies, the author, and the brokerage houses are not liable for any losses caused as a result of decisions based on the article. The above article is for informational purposes only.

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CBDT Issues This Order To Regularise ITRs Verified Through EVC During 7th June To 30th September

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Owing to technical problems in the new e-filing portal of the Income Tax Department, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued a directive on Friday to regularise Income Tax Returns (ITRs) verified using EVC instead of DSC as required under IT Rule 12 during 07/06/2021 to 30/09/2021. CBDT has said in a statement that “Due to technical issues in the e-filing portal, certain returns of income furnished electronically under Section 142(1), 148, 153A and 153C of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) during the period from 07/06/2021 to 30/09/2021, were/are being allowed to be verified through Electronic Verification Code (EVC) though these are otherwise required to be verified through Digital Signature (DSC) as per Rule 12 of the Income-tax Rules, 1962.”

CBDT Issues This Order To Regularise ITRs Verified Through EVC

Because the aforementioned income returns were not submitted and verified in compliance with Rule 12, the Assessing Officers may regard them as not there; absent causing inconvenience to the taxpayers. On the basis of the aforementioned, CBDT IN exercising its powers under Section 119(2)(a) of the Act has declared that all returns of income filed electronically under Sections 142(1), 148, 153A, and 153C of the Act during the period from 07/06/2021 to 30/09/2021 and verified using an Electronic Verification Code rather than a Digital Signature will be deemed to have been filed and verified in accordance with Rule 12.

CBDT has also further added that “The regularisation of such returns shall be immediately brought to the notice of the Assessing Officers concerned, through ITBA by DGIT (Systems) so that such returns are not treated as non-est.”

The Income Tax Department has also declared on Friday via its Twitter handle that Gross Direct Tax collections for FY 2021-22, as on 22.09.2021, at Rs. 6.46 lakh crore register a growth of 47% over collections of the corresponding period in the preceding year. Net Direct Tax collections at Rs. 5.71 lakh crore have grown at over 74% in the same period. Cumulative Advance Tax collections for FY 2021-22 are at Rs. 2,53,353 crore, showing growth of about 56% over collections of corresponding period of preceding year. Advance Tax collections for 2nd quarter of current fiscal, at Rs. 1.72 lakh crore, are up by 51.50% over FY2020-21, for more information click here.

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CBDT Issues This Order To Regularise ITRs Verified Through EVC During 7th June To 30th September

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Owing to technical problems in the new e-filing portal of the Income Tax Department, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued a directive on Friday to regularise Income Tax Returns (ITRs) verified using EVC instead of DSC as required under IT Rule 12 during 07/06/2021 to 30/09/2021. CBDT has said in a statement that “Due to technical issues in the e-filing portal, certain returns of income furnished electronically under Section 142(1), 148, 153A and 153C of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) during the period from 07/06/2021 to 30/09/2021, were/are being allowed to be verified through Electronic Verification Code (EVC) though these are otherwise required to be verified through Digital Signature (DSC) as per Rule 12 of the Income-tax Rules, 1962.”

CBDT Issues This Order To Regularise ITRs Verified Through EVC

Because the aforementioned income returns were not submitted and verified in compliance with Rule 12, the Assessing Officers may regard them as not there; absent causing inconvenience to the taxpayers. On the basis of the aforementioned, CBDT IN exercising its powers under Section 119(2)(a) of the Act has declared that all returns of income filed electronically under Sections 142(1), 148, 153A, and 153C of the Act during the period from 07/06/2021 to 30/09/2021 and verified using an Electronic Verification Code rather than a Digital Signature will be deemed to have been filed and verified in accordance with Rule 12.

CBDT has also further added that “The regularisation of such returns shall be immediately brought to the notice of the Assessing Officers concerned, through ITBA by DGIT (Systems) so that such returns are not treated as non-est.”

The Income Tax Department has also declared on Friday via its Twitter handle that Gross Direct Tax collections for FY 2021-22, as on 22.09.2021, at Rs. 6.46 lakh crore register a growth of 47% over collections of the corresponding period in the preceding year. Net Direct Tax collections at Rs. 5.71 lakh crore have grown at over 74% in the same period. Cumulative Advance Tax collections for FY 2021-22 are at Rs. 2,53,353 crore, showing growth of about 56% over collections of corresponding period of preceding year. Advance Tax collections for 2nd quarter of current fiscal, at Rs. 1.72 lakh crore, are up by 51.50% over FY2020-21, for more information click here.

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Reserve Bank of India – Press Releases

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The Reserve Bank of India, in exercise of powers vested in it under Sub-Section (1) of Section 35 A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (AACS), had, in the public interest, issued Directions to Hindu Cooperative Bank Limited, Pathankot, Punjab, from the close of business on March 25, 2019. The Directions have been extended from time to time the validity of which was last extended upto September 24, 2021. These Directions shall continue to apply to the bank for a further period of one month from September 25, 2021 to October 24, 2021, subject to review. A copy of the Directions dated September 24, 2021 is displayed at the bank’s premises for interested members of public to peruse. Reserve Bank of India may consider modifications in Directions depending upon the circumstances. The issue of Directions should not per se be construed as cancellation of banking license by the Reserve Bank of India. The bank will be able to undertake banking business with restrictions till its financial position improves.

(Yogesh Dayal)     
Chief General Manager

Press Release: 2021-2022/931

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CBDT: Gross Direct Tax Collections Spiked By 47% For The Financial Year (FY) 2021-22

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The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) unveiled the figures of Gross Direct Tax collections, Net Direct Tax collections, Advance Tax collections, and refunds for the FY 2021-22. Direct Tax collections for the Financial Year 2021-22 as of 22.09.2021 showed overall collections of Rs. 5,70,568 crore, up from Rs. 3,27,174 crore in the prior Financial Year, i.e. FY 2020-21, reflecting a 74.4 percent raise. The net collection as of September 22, 2021 in FY 2021-22 increased by 27% over FY 2019-20, where the net collection was Rs. 4,48,976 crore in the same period.

CBDT: Gross Direct Tax Collections Spiked By 47% For The FY 2021-22

Corporation Tax (CIT) at Rs. 3,02,975 crore (net of refund) and Personal Income Tax (PIT) comprising Security Transaction Tax (STT) at Rs. 2,67,593 crore makes up the net direct tax collection of Rs. 5,70,568 crore (as on 22.09.2021). Before adjusting for refunds, the gross collection of direct taxes for FY 2021-22 was Rs. 6,45,679 crore, up from Rs. 4,39,242 crore in the previous financial year’s indicated period, representing a 47 percent increase over collections for the FY 2020-21. In FY 2021-22, gross collection (as of 22.09.2021) increased by 16.75 percent over FY 2019-20, up from Rs. 5,53,063 crore.

Corporation Tax (CIT) of Rs. 3,58,806 crore and Personal Income Tax (PIT) comprising Security Transaction Tax (STT) of Rs. 2,86,873 crore makes up the total gross collection of Rs. 6,45,679 crore. An advance tax of Rs. 2,53,353 crore, Tax Deducted at Source of Rs. 3,19,239 crore, Self-Assessment Tax of Rs. 41,739 crore, Regular Assessment Tax of Rs. 25,558 crore, Dividend Distribution Tax of Rs. 4,406 crore, and Tax under other minor categories of Rs. 1383 crore makes up the minor head-wise collection.

Amid the tough economic start to the fiscal year 2021-22, the Advance Tax collection in the second quarter (1 July 2021 to 22 September 2021) of FY 2021-22 is Rs. 1,72,071 crore, up 51.50 percent over the previous period in FY 2020-21 when the Advance Tax collection was Rs. 1,13,571 crore. As of 22.09.2021, cumulative Advance Tax collections for the first and second quarters of FY 2021-22 totaled Rs. 2,53,353 crore, compared to Advance Tax collections of Rs. 1,62,037 crore of the preceding Financial Year, i.e. 2020-21, indicating a 56 percent increase.

Furthermore, the total Advance Tax collection of Rs. 2,53,353 crore as of 22.09.2021 FY 2021- 22 is a 14.62 percent increase over the same period in FY 2019-20 when the cumulative Advance Tax collection cumulative was Rs. 2,21,036 crore. As of September 22, 2021, the Advance Tax collection was Rs. 2,53,353 crore, with Corporation Tax (CIT) at Rs. 1,96,964 crore and Personal Income Tax (PIT) at Rs. 56,389 crore. So far in the fiscal year 2021-22, refunds of Rs 75,111 crore have been granted.

Story first published: Saturday, September 25, 2021, 10:13 [IST]



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