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Category: NBFC, Posted on: 17/04/2024 , Posted By: CS Divesh Goyal
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Annual Compliance Calendar

NON BANKING FINANCIAL COMPANY

Dated: April 17, 2024,
 Editorial No 904

 

BACKGROUND:

 

In this Flash editorial, the author begins by referring to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 read with all the Amendment Acts and rules mentioned there till March 2024. Further, author has covered the regulation of The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

As per Section 45-1A of the RBI Act,1934, NBCs are required to obtain a Certificate of Registration (CoR) from the Reserve Bank of India to commence/carry on business of NBFI in terms of Section 45-1A of the RBI Act,1934. The said section also prescribes the minimum Net Owned Fund (NOF) requirement to be fulfilled by the Companies applying for NBFC License to commence business.

Meaning of NBFC:

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) regulates NBFCs and has defined various categories with and regulations to govern their operations. NBFCs continue to evolve and adapt and changing market dynamics and technological advancements, making them an integra pr part of the broader financial ecosystem.

A Non-Banking Financial Company is a Company registered under the Companies Act, 1956 or under the Companies Act, 2013 and is engaged in the business of giving loans and advances, acquisition of shares/stock/debentures/securities issued by other companies, government or local authority or other securities of marketable nature, leasing, hire-purchase, insurance business, chit business but does not include any institution whose principal business construction of immovable property. is that of agriculture activity, sale/purchase/ construction of immovable property.

Section 45-1(f) of Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 defines Non-Banking Financial Company as

     i.       A financial institution which is a Company.

   ii.        A Non-Banking Institution which is a company, and which has as its principal business the receiving of deposits, under any scheme or arrangement or in any other manner or leading in any manner.

  iii.       Such other Non-Banking Institution or class of such institutions, as the bank may, with the previous approval of the Central Government and by notification in the Official Gazette, specify.

Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) are a crucial component of the financial system, playing a significant role in providing financial services and catering to the diverse needs of individuals and businesses. While they share similarities with banks in terms of offering financial products and services, there are some key distinctions that set NBFCs apart.

 

ANNUAL COMPLIANCES FOR

NON BANKING FINANCIAL COMPANY:

S. No.

Forms

Section & Rules

Particular of Compliance

QUARTER – I - APRIL TO JUNE

1.    

Receipt of MBP-1

(DG)

184(1)

 

Form

MBP- 1

Every Director of the Company in the First Meeting of the Board of Director in each Financial Year shall disclose his interest in other entities.

 

 

 

 

 

Every Director is is required to submit with the Company a fresh MBP-1, whenever there is a change in his interest from the earlier given MBP-1.

2.    

Receipt of DIR- 8

(DG)

164(2)

143(3)(g)

Form

DIR - 8

Every Director of the Company in each Financial Year will file with the Company disclosure of non-disqualification.

3.    

Half Yearly Return

(DG)

Section 405

MSME-1

Delay in the Payment to the MSME Vendor: Company have to file this return half yearly in respect of the pending payments to MSME vendors as at end of half year.

April to Sep     -            31st October

October to March     - 30th April

4.    

Half Yearly Return

(May)

(DG)

Rule 9A (3)

PAS-6

Reconciliation of Share Capital Audit Report. Company is required to submit the reconciliation share capital Audit report with the ROC audited by a practicing Company Secretary as at end of half-year:

 

·      October to March     - 30th May

April to Sep                 - 30th November

QUARTER – II - JULY TO SEPTEMBER

5.    

Approval of Financial Statement

(DG)

134

Preparation and Approval of Financial Statement. The auditors’ report shall be attached to every financial statement.

6.    

Directors’ Report

(DG)

134

Directors’ Report shall be prepared by mentioning all the information required for the Company under Section 134 read with relevant rules and relevant provisions of other Act.

 

 

 

It should be signed by the “Chairperson” authorized by the Board, where he is not so authorized by at least 2 Directors, one of them should be a MD if there is any.

7.    

Holding of AGM

(DG)

96

Every company shall in each year hold in addition to any other meetings, a general meeting as its annual general meeting.

 

 it shall be held within a period of six months, from the date of closing of the financial year.

8.    

Notice of

AGM

(DG)

101 & SS-II

Every Notice of the Annual General Meeting will be prepared as per Section 101 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Secretarial Standard – II.

9.    

Sending of Notice of AGM

(DG)

101 & SS

Notice of the Annual General Meeting will be sent to all the :

·      Directors,

·      Members,

·      Auditors

·      Debenture Trustees, if any.

10.    

Circulation of Financial Statement &other relevant Doc

(DG)

136

Company will send to the members of the Company approved Financial Statement, Directors’ Report and Auditors’ Report at least 21 clear days before the Annual General Meeting.

 

In case the AGM is called on shorter notice then above mentioned documents shall be circulated on such shorter period.

 

For holding of the AGM on shorter notice, companies need to take the proper approvals as per the Act.

11.    

Annual Form

(DG)

Rule 12A

DIR-3 KYC

KYC of Directors: All the Directors of the Company shall file this form on or before 30th September every year.

QUARTER – III - OCTOBER TO DECEMBER

12.    

Annual Form

(DG)

·  AOC-4NBFC

·  AOC-4 NBFC (INDAS)

·  AOC-4CFS NBFC (INDAS)

137

E-form:

 

AOC-4

Financial Statement: Company is required to file its Balance Sheet along with the Statement of Profit and Loss Account, Cash flow statement, Directors’ Report and Auditors’ Report in this form within 30 days of holding of the Annual General Meeting.

Attachment:

Balance Sheet, Statement of Profit & Loss Account, Cash Flow Statement, Directors’ Report, Auditors’ Report and the Notice of the AGM

13.    

E- Forms Filing Requirements

 

Annual Form

(DG)

92

E-form:

 

MGT-7

Annual Return: Every Company will file its Annual Return within 60 days of holding of the Annual General Meeting.

 

Annual Return will be for the period from 1st April to 31st March.

14.    

Certification of Annual Return

(DG)

92

 

 

 

MGT-8

Company having paid-up share capital of 10 Crore or more or turnover of Rs. 50 crore or more shall be certified by a Company Secretary in Practice.

QUARTER – IV - JANUARY TO MARCH

There is no mandatory compliance for this quarter

15.    

Board Meetings

(DG)

173 &

SS-I

Every Company shall hold a minimum number of FOUR meetings of its Board of Directors every year in such a manner that maximum gap between the two meetings should not be more than 120 (One hundred twenty) days.

16.    

Maintenance of Statutory Registers

(DG)

88 and other sections

Company will maintain the following mandatory Registers:

·      Register of Director,

·      Registers of Director Shareholding,

·      Registers of Members

·      Registers of Transfer

·      Registers of Related Party transaction etc

17.    

Appointment of Auditor

(DG)

139

E-form

ADT-1

The Auditor will be appointed for 5 (Five) years and form ADT-1 will be filed for a 5-year appointment within 15 days of the Annual General Meeting.

Above mentioned 17 (Seventeen) Compliances are mandatory annual compliances for the NBFC.

Except above 17 (Seventeen ), there may be event-based compliances for the  NBFC .

 

COMPLIANCES AS PER RBI NORMS:

S. No.

Form

Applicability

Description

Due Date

Monthly Compliances

1

Form DNBS-04B
(Return
Structural
Liquidity and
Interest Rate
Sensitivity)

NBFCS-NDSI and NBFCs-D

o document: The specifics of Within ten days any discrepancies in NBFCs- from the end of anticipated NDSI's future cash every month. inflows and outflows are based
on the maturity pattern of their assets and liabilities at the end of the reporting period. Information about interest rate risk in specifics.

Within 10 days from the end of every month

2

CIC Reporting

All NBFCs

Each NBFCs is required to
report its loans to all 4 CICS.

On or before 10th day of succeding month

3

NESL

All NBFCs

All NBFCs must notify NESL of Not later than
their financial debt.

Not later than the one week after the start of the
following month

Quarterly Compliances

1

DNBS-01 Return

NBFCS-NDSI and NBFCs-D

The return includes financial
information for NBFC-D and NBFC-NDSI, including
components of Assets and Liabilities, P&L accounts,Exposure to Sensitive Sectors, etc.

April 15th, July 15th,
October 15th, and January 15th

2

DNBS-03 Return

NBFCS-D, NBFCS-NDSI,
and NBFCs-Non-
NDSI have more
than 100 crore
assets

The return reflects adherence to prudential standards, including
those for NBFC-Deposit- taking and NBFC-NDSI, such as Capital Adequacy Asset
(CAA), Asset Classification and Provisioning, NOF, etc.

April 15th, July 15th,
October 15th, and January 15th

3

DNBS-04A
Reply STDL  (Short term Dynamic Liquidity)

NBFCS-D, NBFCs-NDSI and and Non-NDSI, as well as NBFCs with assets of more than 100 crores

To record specifics regarding any discrepancies between  anticipated
inflows and outflows based on future cash
business projections.

April 15th, July 15th,
October 15th, and January 15th

4

DNBS-06

RNBCS

The return includes financial April 15th, July
information about assets and 15th,
liabilities as well as compliance
with key prudential standards for RNBCs

April 15th, July 15th,
October 15th, and January 15th

5

Form DNBS-07

ARCs

To Record financial metrics and various operational information  for ARCS, including assets (NPA), acquired, acquisition cost, recovery progress, etc.

April 15th, July 15th,
October 15th, and January 15th

6

DNBS-08
CRILC Key Return

NBFC Factors, NBFCS-D NBFCS-NDSI

Must record credit information on exposure of more than 5 crores to a single borrower.

April 21, July 21, October 21, and January 21

7

DNBS-11

NBFC-CICS

The return includes financial  information for CIC-ND-Sis, such as elements of assets and liabilities, a P&L
account, exposure to sensitive industries, etc.

April 15, July 15,October 15,January 15

8

DNBS-12

NBFC-CICS

For CIC-ND-Sis, the return documents adhere to
prudential standards such and 15th January as Capital Adequacy, Asset
Classification, Provisioning,
NOF, etc.

April 15, July 15,October 15,January 15

9

DNBS-13

All NBFCS

To collect data on foreign April 15th, July investments for all NBFCs that
have them

April 15, July 15,October 15,January 15

10

DNBS-14

 NBFC-P2Ps

The return includes detailsabout assets and liabilities,  as
as well as whether NBFCS- P2P have complied with key
prudential standards.

April 15, July 15,October 15,January 15

Annual Compliances

1

DNBS-02
Return

Non-NDSI NBFCS

The return includes financial  information for non-deposit  taking non-NDSI NBFCs, such  as components of assets and  liabilities and compliance with
certain prudential standards.

Before May  30th (either on anbaudited basis or a provisional basis), if a provisional filing is  made, an audited version be
must be submitted within 30 day
of the financial statements
completion.

2

DNBS-010

Every NBFC and ARCs

For all Non-Banking Financial Firms to maintain ongoing after the day, the compliance balance of the
regulatory
(NBFCs).

Fifteen days after the day, the balance of the statement was finalised, but not later than 31st October

Additional Compliances

1

DNBS-05 Return

Rejected NBFC

To record information about NBFCs that accepted public deposits, but whose COR is denied.

As when the Reserve Bank of India rejected the COR.

2

DNBS-09 CRILC details

NBFCS-D NBFC- NBFCS-D, NBFCs-NDSI,

In SMA-2 for the day, all NBFCS-D NBFC- NBFCS-D, NBFCs-NDSI, and BFC-Factors with aggregate classified exposure> 5 crores to a single classified) borrower were reported.

As soon as the account is classified (de-classified) as SMA-2 

3

CKYCR

Res

Every regulated institution including NBFCs, is required  to do KYC when disbursing  loans
or establishing account relationship.

Within ten days of the account relationship's start date.

4

CERSAI

All financial institutions

During disbursing secured loans

To obtain the first change of the secured property as soon as possible

5

FIU-IND

All regulated entities

All regulated organisations are required to report certain transactions to the FIU-IND agency as specified in Rule 3 of the 2005 PMLA Regulations

Within 15 days of the subsequent month and working 7 working days of being convinced that the transaction is suspicious

6

Overseas Investments

All NBFCs

All NBFCs are required to provide details on Overseas investment by NBFCs.

Within 15 days from the end of each Quarter

7

Return on FDI

All NBFCs

All NBFCs are required to provide details of Foreign Direct investment by NBFCs.

Within 30 days from the end of Half Year.

 

 

Important Terms

 

NBFCS-D

Deposit taking Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs)

NBFCS-ND

Non-Deposit taking NBFCs

NBFCS-ND-SI

Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) not accepting/holding public deposits and having asset sizes of 500 crore and above (also termed as Systemically Important NBFCs or in short NBFCs-ND-SI)

RNBCS

Residuary Non-Banking Companies

ARC

Asset Reconstruction Company

NBFCs P2P

Non-Banking Financial Company - Peer to Peer Lending Platform

NBFCS CIC

Non-Banking Financial Company - Core Investment Companies

 

Author – CS Divesh Goyal, GOYAL DIVESH & ASSOCIATES Company Secretary in Practice from Delhi and can be contacted at csdiveshgoyal@gmail.com). 

 

Disclaimer: The entire contents of this document have been prepared based on relevant provisions and as per the information existing at the time of the preparation. Although care has been taken to ensure the accuracy, completeness, and reliability of the information provided, I assume no responsibility, therefore. Users of this information are expected to refer to the relevant existing provisions of applicable Laws. The user of the information agrees that the information is not professional advice and is subject to change without notice. I assume no responsibility for the consequences of the use of such information. 

 

IN NO EVENT SHALL I SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGE RESULTING FROM, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THE INFORMATION

 


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