RBI/2024-25/98
FMRD.FMD.No. 08/02.03.185/2024-25

December 27, 2024

To
All Authorised Dealer Category-I Banks
Madam/Sir,
Reporting Platform for transactions undertaken to hedge price risk of gold

RBI/2024-25/97 CO.DPSS.POLC.No.S972/02-14-006/2024-25 December 27, 2024 All Prepaid Payment Instrument Issuers (Banks and Non-banks), National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and System Participants Madam / Dear Sir, Unified Payments Interface (UPI) access for Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs) through third-party applications

RBI/2024-25/96 FIDD.CO.FSD.BC.No.10/05.05.010/2024-25 December 6, 2024 The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks (including Regional Rural Banks and Small Finance Banks) All State Co-operative Banks and District Central Co-operative Banks Madam/Sir, Credit Flow to Agriculture – Collateral free agricultural loans

RBI/2024-25/95 DoR.RET.REC.52/12.01.001/2024-25 December 06, 2024 All Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Maintenance of Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)

RBI/2024-25/94 DoR.SPE.REC.No.51/13.03.00/2024-2025 December 06, 2024 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (including Regional Rural Banks) All Small Finance Banks All Local Area Banks All Payments Banks All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks/ DCCBs /State Cooperative Banks Madam / Sir, Interest Rates on Foreign Currency (Non-resident) Accounts (Banks) [FCNR(B)] Deposits Please refer to paragraph 2 of the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies issued as a part of theBi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2024-25 dated December 06, 2024 read with instructions regarding interest rates on FCNR(B) deposits contained in Section 19 of the Master Direction (MD) on Interest Rate on Deposits dated March 03, 2016 and Section 18 of the Master Direction on Co-operative Banks - Interest Rate on Deposits dated May 12, 2016, as amended from time to time.

RBI/2024-25/93 CO.DPSS.POLC.No.S908/02-14-003/2024-25 December 04, 2024 The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer Authorised Payment System Operators and Participants (Banks and Non-banks) Madam / Dear Sir, Amendment to Framework for Facilitating Small Value Digital Payments in Offline Mode

RBI/2024-25/92 DOR. AML.REC.50 /14.06.001/2024-25 December 04, 2024 The Chairpersons/ CEOs of all the Regulated Entities Madam/Dear Sir, Implementation of Section 51A of UAPA,1967: Updates to UNSC’s 1267/ 1989 ISIL (Da'esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List: Amendments in 03 Entries

RBI/2024-25/91 DoS.CO.PPG.SEC.12/11.01.005/2024-25 December 02, 2024 The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Commercial Banks (excluding Regional Rural banks) Madam / Dear Sir, Inoperative Accounts / Unclaimed Deposits in banks

Notification No. FEMA 10 (R)/(4)/2024-RB November 19, 2024 Foreign Exchange Management (Foreign Currency Accounts by a Person Resident in India) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2024 In exercise of the powers conferred by section 9 and clause (e) of sub-section (2) of section 47 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999), the Reserve Bank of India makes the following amendment in the Foreign Exchange Management (Foreign Currency Accounts by a Person Resident in India) Regulations, 201

RBI/2024-25/90 November 11, 2024 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 19 To All Category – I Authorised Dealer Banks Madam / Sir Operational framework for reclassification of Foreign Portfolio Investment to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Attention of Authorised Dealer (AD) Category - I banks is invited to the Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments) Rules, 2019, (hereinafter referred to as ‘Rules’) notified by the Central Government on October 17, 2019.