DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 8 AUG 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
GOVT MERGES NCRB WITH BPRD
i.
Union Home Ministry passed an order to merge the three-decade old National Crime Records Bureau with Bureau of Police
Research and Development.
ii.
Government has taken this decision with an aim to improve administrative
efficiency and optimal utilisation of resources.
iii.
The BPRD Director General will be the head of the merged new entity, where the
NCRB Director, an Additional DG rank post will report to the former.
2.
PNB CUSTOMERS TO PAY HIGHER CHARGES FOR NON-CREDIT SERVICES
i.
PNB customers will have to pay charges for depositing cash above Rs 5,000 in a
non-base branch even if it is located in the same city.
ii.
Currently, the customers of Punjab National Bank are levied charges only for
depositing cash over Rs 25,000 at a non-base branch within the same city. A
customer will have to pay Re 1 per Rs 1,000 for above Rs 5,000 cash deposit or
part thereof with a minimum of Rs 25 per transaction.
iii.
It has been decided to revise the non-credit related charges exclusive of GST
with effect from 1st of September 2017 for cash deposit above Rs 5,000 at other
than base branch within the same city.
iv.
The bank has also revised upwards the cheque returning charges for a payment of
above Rs 1 cr to Rs 2,000 for first cheque and Rs 2,500 for subsequent bounces.
v.
Currently, for a cheque returns of above Rs 1 cr, the charges are Rs 1,000 for
first cheque and Rs 1,500 for subsequent instances.
vi
.At an outstation branch, cash deposit up to Rs 5,000 will be free of cost from
1st of September, which at present is limited for Rs 25,000. For above Rs 5,000
cash deposit at outstation branch, the bank will levy Rs 2 per Rs 1,000 or part
thereof with a minimum of Rs 25 per transaction.