| RBI/2010-11/20DNBS.PD.CC. No.180/03.10.042/2010-11
 July 1, 2010 All NBFCs (Excluding RNBCs) Dear Sirs, Master Circular - Returns to be submitted by NBFCs In order to have all current instructions in one  place, the Reserve Bank of India  has issued master circulars to NBFCs on various subjects. It is advised that instructions  on various returns to be submitted by NBFCs issued upto June 30, 2010, have  been compiled herein. A consolidated  list of all such instructions is enclosed for ready reference. The master  circular has also been placed on the RBI web-site (http://www.rbi.org.in). Yours sincerely (Uma Subramaniam)Chief General  Manager-in-Charge
 
 NBFCs are  required to submit various returns to RBI w.r.t their deposit  acceptance, prudential norms compliance, ALM  etc. Detailed instructions   regarding  submission of returns  by NBFCs have been issued through various   company circulars. A list of such returns to be submitted by NBFCs-D, NBFCs-ND-SI  and others  is as under:
 A. Returns to be submitted by deposit taking  NBFCs
 
 1. NBS-1 Annual  Returns on deposits in First Schedule1.
 
 2. NBS-2 Half-yearly  return on Prudential Norms is required to be submitted by NBFC accepting  public deposits2.
 
 3. NBS-3   Quarterly return on Liquid Assets  by  deposit  taking NBFC3.
 
 4. NBS-4 Monthly return of  critical parameters by a rejected company holding public deposits4
 
 5. NBS-5 Monetary and supervisory return by NBFC  having public deposits  of Rs.20 core and above5.
 
 6. NBS-6  Monthly  return on exposure to capital market by  deposit  taking NBFC with total assets of Rs 100 crore and above 6.
 7. Half-yearly ALM return by NBFC   holding public deposits of more than Rs.20 crore or asset size of more than  Rs. 100 crore7.
 8.       Audited  Balance sheet and Auditor’s Report by NBFC accepting public deposits8.
  B. Returns to be  submitted by NBFCs-ND-SI
 1.NBS-7 An annual statement of capital funds,  risk weighted assets, risk asset ratio etc., as at end of March every year for  NBFC-ND-SI9
 
 2. Monthly  Return on Important Financial Parameters of NBFCs-ND-SI10
 ALM returns:
 3. Statement of short term dynamic liquidity in format ALM  [NBS-ALM1] -Monthly,
 
 4.
      Statement of structural liquidity in format ALM  [NBS-ALM2] Half Yearly
 
 5. Statement of Interest Rate Sensitivity in format ALM -[NBS-ALM3],  Half yearly11 .
 
 C. Quarterly return on important  financial parameters of non deposit taking NBFCs having assets of more than Rs,  50 crore and above but less than Rs 100 crore
 Basic information like name of  the company, address. NOF, profit / loss during the last three years has to be  submitted quarterly by non-deposit taking NBFCs with asset size between Rs 50  crore and Rs 100 crore12.A table showing periodicity and particulars of returns  is as per Annex.
 D. Other Returns
 
 1. As at the end of March every year, all NBFCs are  required to submit an annual certificate duly certified by the Statutory  Auditors that the company is engaged in the business of NBFI requiring it to  hold the CoR.  The certificate shall also  indicate the asset / income pattern of the NBFC for making it eligible for  classification as AFC, Investment Company, or Loan Company13.
 
 2.
      NBFC with FDI has to submit  a half yearly ( half year ending March and  September) certificate to the effect that it has complied with the minimum  capitalisation norms and that its activities are restricted to the activities  prescribed under FEMA14.
 
 Reporting dates and Due dates for Returns to be  submitted by NBFCs 
      
        | Sr.No
 | Name of the Return | Short Name | Periodicity | Reference Date | Reporting Time | Due on | Purpose | To be submitted by |  
        | 1. | Annual Returns By  deposit taking NBFCs (As required by “Non-Banking Financial Companies    Acceptance of Public Deposits (Reserve Bank) Directions, 1998”.)
 | NBS1 | Annual | 31st March | 6 months | 30th Sept | Details of    Assets And Liabilities | NBFCs-D  |  
        | 2. | Half-Yearly Statement of Capital Funds, Risk Assets    etc as required under the Non-Banking Financial Companies Prudential Norms    (Reserve Bank) Directions 2007 By  deposit taking NBFCs  | NBS2 | Half yearly | 31st March / 30th  Sept | 3 months | 30th June/ 31st Dec | Capital Funds,    Risk Assets, Asset Classification etc | NBFCs-D    |  
        | 3. | Quarterly Return on Statutory Liquid Assets as per    Section 45 IB of the Act By Deposit Taking NBFCs | NBS3 | Quarterly | 31st March/ 30th June/ 30th Sept/ 31st Dec | 15 days | 15th April/15th July/ 15th Oct/ 15th Jan
 | Statutory    Liquid Assets | NBFCs-D  |  
        | 4. | Quarterly Return on Repayment of Deposits by the    Rejected Companies holding Public Deposits (The return was subsequently    simplified for better response) | NBS4 | -do- | -do- | -do- | -do-   | Details of    Public Deposits, Other Liabilities    | NBFCs holding    public deposits whose application for Certificate of Registration under Section 45-IA of RBI Act, 1934 have been rejected |  
        | 5. | Quarterly submission of Monetary and Supervisory    Return | NBS5 | Quarterly | 31st March/ 30th June/ 30th Sept/ 31st Dec | 10 days | 10th April/10th July/ 10th Oct/ 10th Jan
 | Components of Assets, Liabilities, Interest Rates,    Cash Inflow/Outflow etc.  | NBFCs-D holding Public Deposits of Rs.20 crore and    above as per the last audited balance sheet. |  
        | 6. | Monthly Return on Capital Market Exposure | NBS6 | Monthly | As at the end of the month | 7days | 7th day of next month  | Details of Capital Market Exposure | NBFCs-D  |  
        | 7. | Annual Return of Capital Funds, Risk-Asset Ratio    from NBFCs-ND-SI (Supervisory Return) | NBS7 | Annual | 31st March | 3 months | 30th June | Capital Funds, Risk Assets, Risk Weighted    off-balance sheet items (Non-Funded Exposures), Asset Classification etc. | NBFCs-ND-SI |  
        | 8. | Asset-Liability Management (ALM) Return | ALM | Half yearly | 31st March/ 30th Sept | 1 month | 30th April/ 30th Oct | Structural Liquidity, Short-term dynamic liquidity,    Interest Rate sensitivity etc. | NBFCs-D having public deposit of Rs 20 crore  |  
        | 9. | A Statement of short term dynamic    liquidity in format ALM -NBS-ALM1 | ALM-1 | Monthly | As at end of the month | 10 days | 10th day of next month  | Short-term dynamic liquidity | NBFC-ND-SI |  
        | 10. | Statement of structural liquidity in format ALM –    NBS-ALM2  | ALM-2 | Half yearly | 31st March/ 30th Sept | 20 days | 20th April/ 20th Oct | Structural liquidity  | NBFC-ND-SI |  
        | 11. | Statement of Interest Rate Sensitivity in format    ALM-NBS-ALM3.  | ALM-3 | Half yearly | 31st March/ 30th Sept | 20 days | 20th April/ 20th Oct | Interest Rate sensitivity | NBFC-ND-SI |  
        | 12. | Monthly Return on Important Financial Parameters of    NBFCs not accepting/holding public deposits and having asset size of Rs.100    crore and above | 100 CroreNBFCs-ND-SI
 | Monthly | end of every month | 7days | 7th of next month | Sources and Application of Funds, Profit and Loss    Account,  Asset Classification,    Bank's/FIs exposure on the company, Details of Capital Market Exposure,  Foreign Sources etc. | NBFC-ND-SI |  
        | 13 | Quarterly return to be submitted by    non-deposit taking NBFCs with asset size of Rs 50 crore and above but less    than Rs 100 crore,  |  | Quarterly. | 31st March/ 30th June/ 30th Sept/ 31st Dec | within a period of one month from the close of the    quarter  |  | Basic information like name of the    company, address. NOF, profit / loss during the last  three years  |  |  
        | Note: 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 Rs.100 crore and above
 (also termed as Systemically Important NBFCs or in short  NBFCs-ND-SI)
 |  
 Appendix List  of Circulars  
  1Inserted vide Notification No.DFC.118/DG  (SPT)-98 dated January 31, 1998  2Inserted vide Notification No. DNBS.192 /DG (VL)-2007 dated February 22, 2007  3Inserted vide Notification No  DFC(COC) No.108.ED(JRP)/97 dated April 30, 1997  4Inserted  vide DNBS (PD) CC. No. 19/02.01/2001-02 dated April 22, 2002.   5Inserted  vide DNBS (PD) CC. No.19/02.01/2001-02 dated April 22, 2002.  6Inserted vide Notification No.  DNBS. 192 / DG (VL)-2007 dated February 22, 2007  7Inserted vide DNBS (PD).CC.No.15 /02.01 / 2000-2001  dated June  27, 2001   8Inserted vide  Notification No.DFC.118/DG (SPT)-98 dated January 31, 1998  9Inserted vide DNBS.PD/ CC.No.  93 / 03.05.002 /2006-07  dated April 27, 2007   10Inserted vide DNBS (RID) C.C. No. 57/02.05.15/2005-06 dated September 6 ,  2005   11Inserted  vide Notification  No. DNBS. 200 / CGM(PK)-2008 dated   August 1, 2008    12Inserted vide DNBS.PD/  CC.No.130 / 03.05.002 /2008-09 dated  September 24, 2008   13Inserted vide  DNBS (PD) C.C. No. 79 /03.05.002/  2006-07 September 21, 2006 and
      DNBS (PD) C.C. No. 81 /  03.05.002/ 2006-07 dated  October 19, 2006   14Inserted vide DNBS (PD).CC. No  167 /03.10.01 /2009-10 dated February 04, 2010  |