Central Fraud Registry

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  • March 4, 2020
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Central Fraud Registry

Part of: Prelims and GS-III-Economy; GS-II- Governance

In news

  • There has been decline in frauds at Public Sector Banks from ₹50,329 crore in 2013-14 to just ₹3,781 crore in the first three quarters of 2019-20 (Finance Ministry)
  • RBI has put in place a central fraud registry, which is a searchable database to help banks detect instances of fraud by borrowers early on.
  • It also helps Banks in carrying out due diligence during the credit sanction process
  • Frauds of below 5 Crore will be monitored by regional offices of RBI and above 5 Crore will be monitored by the Central Fraud Monitoring Cell (CFMC) of RBI

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