On a review and based on feedback received from stakeholders, the Reserve Bank of India has partly modified and also clarified, some aspects of its Prudential Guidelines for Revitalising Stressed Assets in the Economy. The revised guidelines will be applicable prospectively. The salient features of the Review are as follows: a. SDR: Reduction in the minimum percentage of shareholding to be initially divested by the lenders; Lenders to build up adequate provisions for

The Reserve Bank of India has granted approval to SWIFT India Domestic Services Private Limited (SIDSPL) to provide messaging services for domestic financial transactions in India. Background The decision to permit the use of SWIFT for domestic financial transactions was announced in the Monetary Policy Statement 2012-13. Currently, the messaging for inter-bank transactions in India is through Structured Financial Messaging System (SFMS). Messaging operations of SWIFT

The Reserve Bank of India today issued the Master Direction on Know Your Customer (KYC), Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating of Financing of Terrorism (CFT). The Master Direction issued today consolidates all relevant instructions issued by different departments of the Reserve Bank so far on the subject and will be applicable to all its regulated entities. Background The Reserve Bank of India has started issuing Master Directions on all regulatory matters beginn

(Amount in Billions of ₹) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 06-FEB-2015 22-JAN- 2016 * 05-FEB- 2016 * 06-FEB-2015 22-JAN- 2016 * 05-FEB- 2016 * I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from bks. 1074.18 1572.55 1565.28 1123.95 1631.18 1624.69 ** b) Borrowings from banks 399.01 535.85 623.07 405.18 536.74 623.98 c) Other demand & time liabilities 51.23 186.12 98.31 51.28 186.13 98.31 II LIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A

Photograph The Reserve Bank of India, in consultation with the Government of India, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates to consider entering into a bilateral Currency Swap Agreement subject to the concurrence of the respective Governments. Terms and conditions of the Agreement will be firmed up through technical level discussions between the two central banks. The MoU to this effect was signed by Governor

(Amount in Billions of ₹) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 23-JAN-2015 08-JAN-2016 * 22-JAN-2016 * 23-JAN-2015 08-JAN-2016 * 22-JAN-2016 * I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from bks. 1053.96 1545.71 1572.55 1103.52 1603.3 1631.18 ** b) Borrowings from banks 371.7 542.52 535.85 375.15 543.49 536.74 c) Other demand & time liabilities 82.56 240.33 186.12 82.62 240.33 186.13 II LIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A) a)

The Reserve Bank of India has today made a few amendments to its Master Direction on Gold Monetization Scheme. The modifications have been made in consultation with Central Government to make the Scheme more customer-friendly. The depositors will be able to withdraw medium term and long term government deposits pre-maturely after the minimum lock-in period of three years in the case of medium term deposits and after five years in the case of long term deposits. Howeve

(Amount in Billions of ₹) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 09-JAN-2015 25-DEC-2015 * 08-JAN-2016 * 09-JAN-2015 25-DEC-2015 * 08-JAN-2016 * I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from bks. 1066.73 1490.3 1545.71 1115.78 1547.94 1603.30 ** b) Borrowings from banks 360.67 550.53 542.52 363.55 552.07 543.49 c) Other demand & time liabilities 57.13 207.51 240.33 57.2 207.58 240.33 II LIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A) a)

Senior officials from the Reserve Bank of India, including the Governor, Dr. Raghuram Rajan, Deputy Governors Shri R. Gandhi and Shri S.S. Mundra, as well as senior officials from the concerned regulation and supervision departments, today held a meeting with senior executives of major banks, Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) and Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) to discuss the current challenges with regard to the management of stressed assets in the banks’

The Reserve Bank of India has contributed ₹1,000 crore towards the paid up capital of the National Housing Bank (NHB) on January 12, 2016, thereby increasing its shareholding in the NHB from ₹ 450 crore to ₹1,450 crore. RBI had provided for an amount of ₹1,000 crore during the accounting year 2014-15, specifically towards capital contribution to the NHB, which is its wholly owned subsidiary. Ministry of Finance, Government of India, vide their notification S.O. 3322(E