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RBI/2016-17/96 IDMD.CDD.No.892/14.04.050/2016-17 October 20, 2016 The Chairman & Managing Director All Scheduled Commercial Banks, (Excluding RRBs) Designated Post Offices Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd.(SHCIL) National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. & Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd. Dear Sir/Madam, Sovereign Gold Bonds- Maximum Limit of Investment and Acceptance as Collateral- Clarification As you are aware, the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme was notified by GOI

RBI/2016-17/95 DBR.BP.BC.No.20/21.06.001/2016-17 October 20, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks) Dear Sir, Risk Weights for exposures to HFCs It has been observed that there is a lack of uniformity among banks in the application of risk weights on their exposures to Housing Finance Companies (HFCs). 2. The matter of risk weights prescribed in respect of banks’ exposures to HFCs has been examined and it is advised that exposures to all

RBI/2016-17/83 DBR.No.Ret.BC.15/12.02.001/2016-17 October 13, 2016 All Commercial Banks, Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs),State and Central Co-operative Banks (StCBs/CCBs) Dear Sir, Section 24 and Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 - Maintenance of Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) Please refer to circulars DBR.Ret.BC.64/12.01.001/2015-16 dated December 10, 2015, on maintenance of Statutory Liquidity Ratio under Section 24 and Section 56 of the Bank

RBI/2016-17/80 DBR.NBD.No.25/16.13.218/2016-17 October 6, 2016 Chief Executive Officers of Payments Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Operating Guidelines for Payments Banks Please refer to the Guidelines for Licensing of Payments Banks (‘Licensing Guidelines’) dated November 27, 2014, under which in-principle approvals/ licences were issued to the applicants for setting up of the payments banks. 2. The need for separate Operating Guidelines for payments banks was examined, con

RBI/2016-17/81 DBR.NBD.No.26/16.13.218/2016-17 October 6, 2016 Chief Executive Officers of Small Finance Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Operating Guidelines for Small Finance Banks Please refer to the Guidelines for Licensing of Small Finance Banks (‘Licensing Guidelines’) dated November 27, 2014, under which in-principle approvals / licences were issued to the applicants for setting up of the small finance banks. 2. The need for separate Operating Guidelines for small finan

RBI/2016-17/74 DBR.No.Ret.BC.19/12.01.001/2016-17 October 04, 2016 The Chairperson / CEOs of all Scheduled and Non-Scheduled Banks, Dear Sir, Change in Bank Rate Please refer to circular DBR.No.Ret.BC.90/12.01.001/2015-16 dated April 05, 2016 on the captioned subject. 2. As announced in the Fourth Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2016-17 dated October 04, 2016, the Bank Rate stands adjusted by 25 basis points from 7.00 per cent to 6.75 per cent with effect from Oc

RBI/2016-17/62 DBR.No.Leg.BC. 13/09.07.005/2016-17 September 8, 2016 The Managing Directors/Chief Executive Officers All Scheduled Commercial Banks (including RRBs) Dear Sir, Income Declaration Scheme, 2016 – Acceptance of Cash Over the Counter Please refer to the Circular DBOD.No.Leg.BC.38/09.07.005/2008-09 dated August 28, 2008 wherein banks have been advised to ensure that their branches invariably accept cash from all their customers who desire to deposit cash at

RBI/2016-17/60 DBR.No.BAPD.BC.12/22.01.001/2016-17 September 1, 2016 All Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs)/ (Including Small Finance Banks and Payments Banks) Madam/Dear Sir, Section 23 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 - Master Circular on Branch Authorisation - Census data 2011 Please refer to our Master circular on Branch Authorisation DBOD.No.BAPD.BC.7/22.01.001/2014-15 dated July 1, 2014 wherein Tier-wise population groups, List of Underbanked Districts and Lis

RBI/2016-17/57 DCBR.BPD (PCB).BC.No.3/12.05.001/2016-17 September 1, 2016 The Chief Executive Officers Salary Earners Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Dear Sir/Madam, Advances against Term Deposits of Non-members In terms of our circular UBD.No.BL.(SEB)5A/07.01.00-2001/02 dated August 8, 2001, Salary Earners’ Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (SEBs) applying for permission to open branches should ensure, inter alia, that their byelaws do not contain provisions for

RBI/2016-17/50 DBR.BP.BC.No.8/21.01.003/2016-17 August 25, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Guidelines on Enhancing Credit Supply for Large Borrowers through Market Mechanism Please refer to the Discussion Paper on the captioned subject issued on May 12, 2016 for comments of the stakeholders. The Discussion Paper proposed a framework for addressing the concentration risk of the banking system arising from its exposures towards a single counterparty

RBI/2016-17/43 DBR.BP.BC.No.5/21.04.142/2016-17 August 25, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks(excluding RRBs) Partial Credit Enhancement (PCE) to Corporate Bonds Please refer to the circular DBR.BP.BC.No.40/21.04.142/2015-16 dated September 24, 2015 on the captioned subject. 2. In terms of para II.6 of the above-mentioned circular, the aggregate exposure limit of all banks towards the PCE for a given bond issue has been capped at 20 per cent of the bond issue size. O

RBI/2016-17/44 DBR.No.BP.BC.6/21.06.001/2016-17 August 25, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Local Area Banks and Regional Rural Banks) Dear Sir/Madam, Review of Prudential Norms –Risk Weights for Exposures to Corporates, AFCs and NBFC-IFCs Please refer to para 5.8 of Master Circular on Basel III capital regulations dated July 1, 2015 on exposures to the captioned entities. At present unrated exposures to these entities attract a risk weight of 100 per ce

RBI/2016-17/45 DBR.No.BP.BC.7/21.04.157/2016-17 August 25, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Local Area Banks andRegional Rural Banks) Dear Sir/Madam, Prudential Norms for Off-balance Sheet Exposures of Banks – Restructuring of derivative contracts Please refer to circular DBOD.No.BP.BC.57/21.04.157/2008-09 dated October 13, 2008 on the captioned subject. Para 2.2 of the circular requires that in cases where a derivative contract is restructured, the mark

RBI/2016-17/34 RBI/2016-17/DBR.FID.No. 1/01.02.000/2016-17 August 04, 2016 All India Financial Institutions (Exim Bank, NABARD, NHB and SIDBI) Madam / Dear Sir, Implementation of Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), Government of India has notified the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 on February 16, 2015. A reference is also invited to the Press Release dated January 18, 2016 issued by the MCA outlining the

RBI/2016-17/33 DBR.No.Leg.BC.3/09.07.005/2016-17 August 04, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Including RRBs) Dear Sir/ Madam, Dishonour of cheques – Modification in procedure Please refer to our circular DBOD.BC.Leg.No.113/09.12.001/2002-03 dated June 26, 2003 and paragraph 11.4 (i) of RPCD.CO.RRB.BC.No.100/03.05.33/2013-14 dated May 12, 2014 wherein banks were advised to introduce a condition for operation of accounts with cheque facility that in the event of dis

RBI/2016-17/25 DBR.BP.BC.No.2/21.04.098/2016-17 July 21, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir, Basel III Framework on Liquidity Standards – Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR), Liquidity Risk Monitoring Tools and LCR Disclosure Standards Please refer to our circulars DBOD.BP.BC.No.120/21.04.098/2013-14 dated June 9, 2014, DBR.BP.BC.No.52/21.04.098/2014-15 dated November 28, 2014 and DBR.BP.BC.No.77/21.04.098/2015-16 dated February 11, 2016 on ‘Base