Regulating Commercial Banking

Analysis of the performance under the Citizen’s Charter during the month of September 2025 has been carried out and the summary thereof is given below –

The Reserve Bank through its public awareness initiatives, has been encouraging members of public to activate their inoperative accounts and claim their unclaimed deposits from the banks. In this endeavour, to encourage the banks to actively pursue customers/ depositors for re-activation of their inoperative accounts and return of their unclaimed amounts lying with Depositor Education and Awareness (DEA) Fund, the Reserve Bank of India today announced a ‘Scheme for Facilitating Accelerated Payout - Inoperative Accounts and Unclaimed Deposits’. The Scheme aims to reduce both the stock of existing unclaimed deposits and fresh accretion of flows to the DEA Fund. It will run for a period of one year, viz., October 01, 2025 to September 30, 2026.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has today issued seven Directions/Circulars, proposing to amend some of the extant Directions/Circulars applicable to banks and other regulated entities. While three of these amendments come into effect immediately (Part A), public comments are solicited on the other four (Part B).

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 06-Sep-2024 22-Aug-2025* 05-Sep-2025* 06-Sep-2024 22-Aug-2025* 05-Sep-2025* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 298116.19 346928.84 322142.98 302401.77 354508.87 329710.26** b) Borrowings from banks 128865.30 100383.06 96816.68 129153.89 100411.43 96885.30 c) Other demand & time liabilities 23518.75 24498.34 28046.56 23846.90 25023.28 28547.67 II LIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A) a) Deposits (other than from banks) 21550315.52 23504534.61 23669753.44 22002066.95 23999553.75 24165517.81 i) Demand 2457243.56 2889394.78 2892106.55 2505648.23 2939197.45 2943330.22 ii) Time 19093071.95 20615139.83 20777646.89 19496418.71 21060356.30 21222187.60 b) Borrowings @ 843672.46 862408.87 816469.05 847826.98 866787.67 820798.87 c) Other demand & time liabilities 1052347.33 1033325.08 1115663.05 1066192.83 1047572.60 1131645.50 III BORROWINGS FROM R.B.I. (B) 7740.00 1818.00 3936.00 7740.00 1818.00 3936.00

In continuation of the Framework for Formulation of Regulations , the Reserve Bank of India has decided to strengthen the institutional mechanism for review of regulations and has constituted a Regulatory Review Cell (RRC). 2. The mandate of the RRC is to ensure that all the regulations issued by the Bank are subject to a comprehensive and systematic internal review every 5 to 7 years. The RRC shall be set up in the Department of Regulation effect from October 1, 2025 and would undertake the review of regulations in a phased manner.

A comprehensive review of the various services offered by Reserve Bank of India under Citizens’ Charter and Regulatory Approvals was undertaken and the revised Citizen’s Charter was released on July 1, 2025. 2. An analysis of the performance under

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 09-Aug-2024 25-Jul-2025* 08-Aug-2025* 09-Aug-2024 25-Jul-2025* 08-Aug-2025* LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 291422.53 342422.14 341955.78 295618.64 347963.84 349533.04** b) Borrowings from banks 130962.87 105206.09 100840.03 130982.37 105216.43 100849.93 c) Other demand & time liabilities 76963.73 22326.92 25575.97 77260.46 22827.68 26107.24 LIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A) a) Deposits (other than from banks) 21329643.09 23349826.99 23473888.12 21780903.56 23843714.65 23970007.08

Please refer to instructions on Counterparty Credit Risk (CCR) as contained in paragraph 5.15.3 of the Master Circular DOR.CAP.REC.2/21.06.201/2025-26 dated April 1, 2025 on ‘Basel III Capital Regulations’. Reserve Bank has released today the draft circular on Counterparty Credit Risk: Add-on factors for computation of Potential Future Exposure – Revised Instructions which modifies the aforementioned instructions.

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 26-Jul-2024 11-Jul-2025* 25-Jul-2025* 26-Jul-2024 11-Jul-2025* 25-Jul-2025* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 281386.40 341401.19 342422.12 285474.81 347250.78 348027.21** b) Borrowings from banks 138751.80 95570.56 105206.09 138778.69 95575.46 105216.43 c) Other demand & time liabilities 75507.30 22524.44 22320.87 75768.14 23038.31 22838.72

The Reserve Bank has decided to grant 'in-principle’ approval to AU Small Finance Bank Limited (AUSFB) for transitioning from a Small Finance Bank (SFB) to a Universal Bank.

In pursuance of the announcement made in the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies dated August 06, 2025 regarding the review of extant regulatory guidelines on settlement of claims in respect of deceased depositors, Reserve Bank has released today the draft circular in this regard.

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs, SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 12-Jul-2024 27-Jun-2025* 11-Jul-2025* 12-Jul-2024 27-Jun-2025* 11-Jul-2025* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 277173.40 371106.12 341404.91 281152.83 376973.30 347254.50** b) Borrowings from banks 137361.61 100640.87 95555.56 137371.11 100646.66 95560.46 c) Other demand & time liabilities 75090.42 24746.46 22524.43 75387.79 25198.77 23038.31

The Reserve Bank has released the draft Master Direction on ‘Digital Banking Channels Authorisation’. The comments on the draft Directions are invited from public/stakeholders till August 11, 2025. Comments/feedback may be submitted through the respective link under the ‘Connect 2 Regulate’ Section available on the RBI’s website or may alternatively be forwarded to:

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 28-Jun-2024 13-Jun-2025* 27-Jun-2025* 28-Jun-2024 13-Jun-2025* 27-Jun-2025* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 281969.80 340603.24 371107.14 286042.92 346319.88 376974.33** b) Borrowings from banks 150168.05 109266.80 100640.87 150174.05 109484.53 100646.66 c) Other demand & time liabilities 76593.71 23927.34 24747.31 76874.54 24362.82 25199.62

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) vide public document ‘High-Risk Jurisdictions subject to a Call for Action’ - 13 June 2025, has called on its members and other jurisdictions to refer to the statement on Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Iran adopted in February 2020 which remains in effect. Further, Myanmar was added to the list of High-Risk Jurisdictions subject to a Call for Action in the October 2022 FATF plenary and FATF has called on its members and other jurisdictions to apply enhanced due diligence measures proportionate to the risk arising from Myanmar. When applying enhanced due diligence measures, countries have been advised to ensure that flows of funds for humanitarian assistance, legitimate NPO activity and remittances are not disrupted. The status of Myanmar in the list of countries subject to a call for action, remains unchanged.

The various services offered by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to the entities regulated by it and to the citizens of the country were listed under two distinct heads viz. Timelines for Regulatory Approvals and Citizens’ Charter. Under Regulatory Approvals 133 services were made available, while the Citizens’ Charter had 58 services. A comprehensive review of the services offered by RBI has been undertaken and the timelines have been rationalised leading to reduction of time in 11 services. All services to the regulated entities and to the citizens have been subsumed under the Citizen’s Charter. The Citizen’s Charter now contains 204 services.

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 14-Jun-2024 30-May-2025* 13-Jun-2025* 14-Jun-2024 30-May-2025* 13-Jun-2025* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 273308.16 365140.08 340603.24 277097.38 370999.12 346319.8749** b) Borrowings from banks 152185.60 110552.25 109671.80 152187.60 110574.25 109889.53 c) Other demand & time liabilities 76032.19 25071.47 23927.34 76298.36 25465.93 24362.82

The Reserve Bank had issued draft guidelines on ‘Prudential Framework for Income Recognition, Asset Classification and Provisioning pertaining to Advances - Projects Under Implementation’ on May 03, 2024, for stakeholder comments. The draft guidelines proposed an enabling framework for the regulated entities (REs) for financing project loans, while addressing the underlying risks.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has created a Supervisory Data Quality Index (sDQI) that measures data quality in terms of the Accuracy, Timeliness, Completeness and Consistency in the submission of returns. The objective of sDQI is to assess the adherence to the principles enunciated in the Master Direction on Filing of Supervisory Returns 2024. The sDQI score of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) has improved in March 2025 as compared to March 2024.

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 31-May-2024 16-May-2025* 30-May-2025* 31-May-2024 16-May-2025* 30-May-2025* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 283850.22 356142.91 365140.08 287722.27 362130.00 370999.12** b) Borrowings from banks 163095.32 112740.77 110567.25 162607.11 112743.77 110589.25 c) Other demand & time liabilities 76511.12 24239.07 25102.81 76730.29 24626.53 25497.28