SID Related Disclosures

Penalties and Pending Litigation or Proceedings

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Penalties and action(s) taken against foreign Sponsor(s) during the last five years in the jurisdiction of the country where the principal activities (in terms of income / revenue) of the Sponsor(s) are carried out or where the headquarters of the Sponsor(s) is situated.None
Monetary penalties imposed and / or action taken against Indian Sponsor(s) during the last five years or pending with any financial regulatory body or governmental authority, against Sponsor(s) and/ or the AMC and/ or the Board of Trustees /Trustee Company; for irregularities or for violations in the financial services sector, or for defaults with respect to shareholders or debenture holders and depositors, or for economic offences, or for violation of securities law including details of settlement, if any, arrived at with the aforesaid authorities during the last three years.

Details Pertaining to Bank of India:

A. During the FY 2022-23:

  • RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs. 70 Lakh (Rupees Seventy Lakh only) w.r.t. Non-compliance with certain provisions of the 'Reserve Bank of India - (Know Your Customer (KYC)) Direction, 2016' on the bank, based on their observations regarding deficiencies in regulatory compliance in domestic operations. Payment of above penalty has been made on July 12, 2022.
  • On 27.9.2022 NSE had levied a penalty of Rs.0.10 lacs for non--compliance of Regulation 60(2) of SEBI, LODR – Bank has given less than 7 working day intimation in respect of interest payment of bonds due on 01.04.2022. We have submitted our request for waiver of the penalty to NSE.  NSE vide their letter dated 01.03.2023 has advised waiver of fine. Hence, Penalty / fine may be treated as NIL.

 

B. During the FY 2023-24:

 

  • RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs. 140.76 Lakh on 13.03.2024 under Sections 35, 35A, 46, 47A and 51(1) of Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and sections 11, 23(a) & 25(ixiii) of the Credit information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005- Statutory inspection of the bank with reference to financial position as on March 31, 2021 & March 31, 2022- in respect of Show Cause Notice dated October 04, 2023.
  • Foreign regulator State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs. 2.71 Crore on BOI HCMC for violation that BOI HCMC has not collected and checked the License of the State Bank Vietnam confirming the opening and use of Hai Duong Company's foreign currency account abroad, to ensure that the transfer of money to the foreign currency account abroad of the organization is in compliance with the License.
  • Foreign regulator Tax Department of Vietnam (SBV) has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs. 0.68 Crore on BOI HCMC for   Administrative violation in declaration of Foreign Contractor Tax (FCT).

C. During the FY 2024-25:

 

  • Penalty of Rs 40,000/- was imposed by RBI as four ATMs were cash out for more than 10 hours in the month of April’2024 & June’2024.
  • State Bank Of Vietnam (SBV) financial regulator of Ho-Chi-Minh City Branch vide letter ref no. S-184/QD-XHPC dated 14.11.2024 (date of receipt 18.11.2024) has imposed penalty of VND 30,000,000 (equivalent to USD 1176.38 / INR 97639.54) related to late & inaccurate submission of regulatory reports more than two times in one fiscal year to regulator.
  • Monetary penalty of Rs 1 Crore was imposed on the bank on 24.01.2025 as it contravened the provisions of section 26A of BR Act read with the Depositor " Education and Awareness Fund ('Fund') Scheme 2014.
Details of violations and enforcement actions taken by SEBI in the last five years and/ or pending with SEBI for the violation of SEBI Act, 1992 and Rules and Regulations framed there under including debarment and/ or suspension and/ or cancellation and/ or imposition of monetary penalty/ adjudication/enquiry proceedings, if any, to which the Sponsor(s) and/ or the AMC and/ or the Board of Trustees /Trustee Company and/ or any of the directors and/ or key personnel (especially the fund managers) of the AMC and Trustee Company were/ are a party.A show cause notice dated May 02, 2022 was received by Noticees namely AMC and others on May 05, 2022 on certain aspects covered in SEBI thematic audit for the period August 01, 2018 to February 28, 2019. The Company as a Noticee to the Show Cause Notice had filed a Settlement Application with appropriate authority in SEBI without admitting to any allegations and only in order to put quietus to the matter in accordance with law. SEBI accepted the Settlement Application and the Company has settled the matter with SEBI by remittance of Rs. 1,36,50,000/- as Settlement Fees to SEBI. With issuance of SEBI Settlement Order dated December 28, 2022, the matter now stands closed.
Any pending material civil or criminal litigation incidental to the business of the Mutual Fund to which the Sponsor(s) and/ or the AMC and/ or the Board of Trustees /Trustee Company and/ or any of the directors and/ or key personnel are a party. None
Any deficiency in the systems and operations of the Sponsor(s) and/ or the AMC and/ or the Board of Trustees/Trustee Company requiring disclosure here by SEBI or which have been notified by any other regulatory agency.None

The above data is updated till March 31, 2025.

 
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