Act Number: 17

Act Name: The National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development Act, 2021

Year: 2021

Enactment Date: 2021-03-28

Long Title: An Act to establish the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development to support the development of longterm non-recourse infrastructure financing in India including development of the bonds and derivatives markets necessary for infrastructure financing and to carry on the business of financing infrastructure and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Department: Department of Financial Services

Section 11: Removal of Chairperson and other directors in certain cases.
    (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 10,--
             (i) the Central Government may, after consulting the Reserve Bank, remove from office the Chairperson and appoint in his place another person to fill the vacancy;
            (ii) the Board may, after consulting the Bureau, remove from office any director appointed under clause (b) or clause (c) or clause (f) of sub-section (1) of section 6 and appoint in his place another person to fill the vacancy;
             (iii) the shareholders, other than the Central Government, may, by a resolution passed by majority, of the votes of such shareholders holding in the aggregate not less than one-half of the share capital held by all such shareholders, remove any director elected under clause (e) of sub-section (1) of section 6 and elect in his place another person to fill the vacancy:
     Provided that no person shall be removed from office under this sub-section unless such person has been given an opportunity of showing cause against such removal.
     (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the Central Government shall, in consultation with the Reserve Bank, have the right to terminate the term of office of the Chairperson, Managing Director, Deputy Managing Directors or directors, as the case may be, at any time before the expiry of the term prescribed under sub-section (5) of section 9, by giving notice of not less than three months in writing or three months' salary and allowances in lieu of such notice.
    
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