The notification was first issued in March 2018 after a nod from the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Department of Economic Affairs, following which it was made mandatory for banks to mention the religion of a person from Pakistan and Bangladesh for opening an account in India
Even as the protests over the recently passed Citizenship Amendment Act have brought India to a standstill, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had issued a notification, allowing only religious minorities from Pakistan and Bangladesh to open NRO (non-resident ordinary) accounts in India way back in March, 2018.
The notification was first issued in March, 2018, after a nod from the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Department of Economic Affairs, following which it was made mandatory for banks to mention the religion of a person from Pakistan and Bangladesh for opening an account in India. There was no such restriction prior to that.
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