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  • Nov 11th, 2005
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The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has decided that FE-25 Deposits in the form of the foreign direct investment (FDI) and funds received for social and economic uplift would be given some concession.

The deposits coming through international donor agencies/welfare organisations may be excluded by the banks/DFIs from the calculation of limit on FE-25 Deposits prescribed in Para 6 of Regulation O-5 of the Prudential Regulations for Corporate/ Commercial Banking.

The central bank has taken this step to promote the FDI and facilitate social and economic uplift through donor agencies/welfare organisations. This will, however, be subject to the condition that the banks/DFIs will obtain an undertaking from the account-holder that such funds are remitted from abroad and would be used for poverty alleviation and socio-economic uplift.

The SBP inspectors during the subsequent inspections will verify the genuineness of all such exclusions.

All such FE-25 deposits excluded from the calculation of limit under Prudential Regulation O-5 will be reported in the footnote to FE-25 Deposits (Note No 10) in the weekly statement of position.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2005


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