Regulating Co-operative Banking

RBI/2024-25/53 DOR.CRE.REC. 28/07.10.002/2024-25 July 25, 2024 All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Small Value Loans – Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs) Please refer to paras 2.2 and 2.2.1 of the circular DOR (PCB).BPD.Cir No.10/13.05.000/2019-20 dated March 13, 2020, in terms of which, UCBs were required, inter alia, to have at least 50 per cent of their aggregate loans and advances comprising of Small Value Loans, i.e., loans of value not more than ₹25 lakh or 0.2 per cent of their Tier I capital, whichever is higher, subject to a maximum of ₹1 crore, per borrower. The target date for complying with the above requirement was March 31, 2024.

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DOR.RET.REC. 18 /12.07.160/2024-25     April 25, 2024 All Commercial and Co-operative Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Alteration in the name of "AB Bank Limited" to "AB Bank PLC" in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934

It is advised that the name of "AB Bank Limited" has been changed to "AB Bank PLC" in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 by Notification DOR.LIC.No.S6222/23.13.048/2023-24 dated January 25, 2024, which is published in the Gazette of India (Part III-Section 4) dated March 06, 2024.

RBI/2023-24/115 DoR.REG/LIC.No.72/16.05.000/2023-24 January 17, 2024 Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks

RBI/2023-24/113 Ref. No. DOS. ARG/ SEC. 8 /08.91.001/2023-24 January 15, 2024 The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer, All State Co-operative Banks (StCBs) All Central Co-operative Banks (CCBs) Madam / Dear Sir,

RBI/2023-24/104 DoR.SPE.REC. 63 /13.03.00/2023-2024 January 01, 2024 All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Sir / Madam, Review of Instructions on Bulk Deposits for Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs) Please refer to Para 3 (a) (i) of Master Direction - Reserve Bank of India (Co-operative Banks - Interest Rate on Deposits) Directions, 2016 dated May 12, 2016, in terms of which “Bulk Deposit” means single Rupee term deposits of Rupees fifteen lakh and above.

RBI/2023-24/105 DOR. SOG (LEG).REC/64/09.08.024/2023-24 January 1, 2024 Madam/ Dear Sir Inoperative Accounts /Unclaimed Deposits in Banks- Revised Instructions As per extant instructions, the credit balance in any deposit account maintained with banks, which have not been operated upon for ten years or more, or any amount remaining unclaimed for ten years or more, as mentioned in paragraph 3(iii) of the “Depositor Education and Awareness” (DEA) Fund Scheme, 2014, are required to be transferred by banks to DEA Fund maintained by the Reserve Bank of India.

RBI/2023-24/111 DoR.MCS.REC.61/01.01.001/2023-24 December 29, 2023 All Commercial Banks (including Small Finance Banks, Local Area Banks and Regional Rural Banks, excluding Payments Banks) All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks All NBFCs (including HFCs) and All India Financial Institutions (EXIM Bank, NABARD, NHB, SIDBI and NaBFID)

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DoR.REG/LIC.No.55/07.01.000/2023-24

October 30, 2023

Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer
All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks
All State Co-operative Banks and
All District Central Co-operative Banks

Madam / Dear Sir

Banking Regulation (Amendment) Act 2020 - Change in Name of Co-operative Banks

Pursuant to the notification of the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Act (No. 39 of 2020), Sections 49B and 49C of Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (‘BR Act’) are applicable to Co-operative Banks. In terms of Section 49B, the Central Registrar of Cooperative Societies (CRCS)/Registrar of Cooperative Societies (RCS) shall not signify its approval to the change of name of any co-operative bank unless the Reserve Bank certifies in writing that it has no objection to such change. Further, in terms of Section 49C, no application for the confirmation of the alteration of bye-laws of a co-operative bank shall be maintainable unless Reserve Bank certifies that there is no objection to such alteration.

2. Accordingly, it has been decided to issue guidelines with regard to the procedure to be followed for any change in name by a Co-operative Bank as

RBI/2023-24/78 DoR.REG/LIC.No.54/19.51.052/2023-24 October 30, 2023 Madam / Sir Clarification regarding Shifting of Branches/Offices/Extension Counters within the same city, town or village by District Central Co-operative Banks (DCCBs) and Guidelines on Closure of Branches and Extension Counters by DCCBs
 

RBI/2023-24/66
DOR.CRE.REC.42/07.10.002/2023-24

October 6, 2023

Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks other than Salary Earners’ Banks

Madam / Dear Sir,

Gold Loan – Bullet Repayment – Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs)

Please refer to the circular UBD.BPD.(PCB).Cir.No.25/13.05.001/2014-15 dated October 30, 2014, in terms of which UCBs were permitted to extend gold loans up to ₹2.00 lakh with bullet repayment option, subject to certain conditions.

2. Reference is also invited to para 5 of our circular DOR.CRE.REC.18/07.10.002/2023-24 dated June 8, 2023 wherein it is stated that incentives to UCBs meeting the Priority Sector Lending (PSL) targets shall be announced separately. Accordingly, as announced vide para 3 of Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies dated October 6, 2023, it has been decided to increase the monetary ceiling of gold loans that can be granted under the bullet repayment scheme, from ₹2.00 lakh to ₹4.00 lakh for those UCBs who have met the overall PSL target and sub targets as on March 31, 2023 and continue to meet the targets and sub-targets as prescribed at para 2 of our circular dated June 8, 2023, ibid.

3. The limits prescribed above are effective from the date of this circular. All other provisions of the aforesaid circulars remain unchanged.

Yours faithfully,

(Manoranjan Mishra)
Chief General Manager