RBI/2013-14/425 DNBS.PD.363/03.10.38/2013-14 January 1, 2014 All NBFC-MFIs Dear Sirs, Advances guaranteed by Credit Risk Guarantee Fund Trust for Low Income Housing (CRGFTLIH) – Risk Weights and Provisioning The Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India has set up the CRGFTLIH vide their Notification No.O-17034/122/2009-H dated June 21, 2012 for the purpose of providing guarantee in respect of low income housing loans. On the issue of as

RBI/2013-14/172 DNBS.PD.CC.No. 354/03.10.001/2013-14 August 02, 2013 All NBFCs Dear Sir / Madam, Financing of Infrastructure - Definition of 'Infrastructure Lending' Government of India, vide its Gazette Notifications dated April 5, 2013 and May 9, 2013, has updated the Harmonised Master List of Infrastructure sub-sectors and added the following new sub-sectors to the Notification dated March 27, 2012: Capital Dredging, under the sub-sector ‘Ports’. Slurry Pipelines T

RBI/2012-13/526 DNBS.PD/CC.No. 328/03.02.002/2012-13 June 11, 2013 All NBFCs Dear Sir, NBFCs not to be Partners in Partnership Firms- Clarifications NBFCs were advised vide CC No. 214/03.02.002/2010-11 dated March 30, 2011 that they are prohibited from contributing capital to any partnership firm or to be partners in partnership firms. In cases of existing partnerships, NBFCs were advised to seek early retirement from the partnership firms. 2. In this connection certa

RBI/2012-13/510 DNBS.CC.PD.No.326/03.10.01/2012-13 May 27, 2013 To All NBFCs Dear Sir, NBFCs @@NBSP@@finance for Purchase of Gold @@NBSP@@In terms of extant guidelines issued vide circular DNBS.CC.PD.No.265/03.10.001/2011-12 dated March 21, 2012 no advances should be granted by NBFCs against bullion / primary gold and gold coins. 2.@@NBSP@@It is clarified that no advances should be granted by NBFCs for purchase of gold in any form, including primary gold, gold bullion

RBI/2012-13/416 DNBS.CC.PD.No.320/03.10.01/2012-13 February 18, 2013 To All NBFCs Dear Sir, Guidelines on Fair Practices Code for NBFCs – Grievance Redressal Mechanism - Nodal Officer The Reserve Bank vide its circular dated March 26, 2012, issued revised guidelines on Fair Practices Code (FPC) for all NBFCs to be adopted by them while doing lending business. The guidelines were reviewed in view of the creation of a new category of NBFCs viz; NBFC-MFIs and also rapid

RBI/2012-13/351 DNBS.PD.CC.No. 317/03.10.001/2012-13 December 28, 2012 All NBFCs Dear Sir/Madam, Definition of 'Infrastructure Loan' of NBFCs - Harmonisation Please refer to RBI’s circular DBOD.No.BP.BC.58/ 08.12.014/2012-13 dated November 20, 2012 on ‘Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2012-13 – Definition of Infrastructure Lending' in terms of which the definition of ‘infrastructure lending for the purpose of financing of infrastructure by the banks and Financ

RBI/2012-13/319 DNBS.CC.PD.No. 312/03.10.01/2012-13 December 07, 2012 To All NBFCs (excluding RNBCs) Dear Sir, Checklist for NBFCs, Non Banking Financial Company-Micro Finance Institutions (NBFC-MFIs), Non Banking Financial Company-Factoring Institutions (NBFC-Factors) and Core Investment Companies (CICs) Please refer to the Application for seeking Certificate of Registration from the Reserve Bank and the list of documents mentioned therein that is required to be subm

RBI/2012-13/289 DNBS(Inf.).CC. No 309/24.01.022/2012-13 November 08, 2012 All Non Banking Financial Companies / Residuary Non Banking Companies Dear Sir/Madam, Readiness of major service providers to migrate from IPv4 to IPv6 As you may be aware, the Government has envisaged providing “Broadband on Demand” by 2015 in the recently unveiled National Telecom Policy (NTP) – 2012 emphasizing the role of Internet as catalyst for socio-economic development of a country and s

RBI/2011-12/581 DNBS.PD.CC.No.276/03.02.089/2011-12 May 30, 2012 All Infrastructure Finance Companies Uniformity in Risk weight for assets covering PPP and post COD projects The Reserve Bank, vide its notification No.DNBS.233/CGM(US)-2011 dated November 21, 2011 viz; Infrastructure Debt Fund-Non-Banking Financial Companies (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2011 issued detailed guidelines with regard to regulation of IDF-NBFCs.In terms of the Guidelines,for the purpose of com

RBI/2011-12/556 DNBS.PD. CC No. 273/03.10.01/2011-12 May 11 , 2012 All Infrastructure Finance Companies, Non-Banking Financial Companies excluding Residuary Non-Banking Companies Dear Sir, Prudential Norms Directions, 2007 - Infrastructure Finance Companies - Eligible Credit Rating Agencies - Brickwork Ratings India Pvt. Ltd. (Brickwork) Please refer to the Master Circular DNBS (PD) CC No.225@@NBSP@@ / 03.02.001 / 2011-12 dated July 1, 2011 on Non-Banking Financial (N

RBI/2011-12/470 DNBS.CC.PD.No.266 /03.10.01/2011-12 March 26, 2012 To All NBFCs Dear Sir, Guidelines on Fair Practices Code for NBFCs The Reserve Bank vide its circular dated September 28, 2006, issued guidelines on Fair Practices Code (FPC) for all NBFCs to be adopted by them while doing lending business. The guidelines inter alia, covered general principles on adequate disclosures on the terms and conditions of a loan and also adopting a non-coercive recovery method

RBI/2011-12/467 DNBS.CC.PD.No.265/03.10.01/2011-12 March 21, 2012 To All NBFCs Dear Sir, Lending Against Security of Single Product – Gold Jewellery It is observed that NBFCs that are predominantly engaged in lending against the collateral of gold jewellery have recorded significant growth in recent years both in terms of size of their balance sheet and physical presence. This in turn, has led to their increased dependence on public funds including bank finance and no

RBI/2011-12/463 DNBS.PD/ CC.No.263 / 03.10.038 /2011-12 March 20, 2012 All NBFCs (excluding RNBCs) Dear Sir, 'Non Banking Financial Company-Micro Finance Institutions' (NBFC-MFIs) - Provisioning Norms- Extension of time A new category of NBFCs namely 'Non Banking Financial Company-Micro Finance Institutions' (NBFC-MFIs) was introduced vide DNBS.CC.PD.No.250/03.10.01/2011-12 dated December 02, 2011, which also contained guidelines on asset classification and provisioni

RBI/2011-12/446 DNBS (PD)CC.No.259 /03.02.59/2011-12 March 15, 2012 All Non Banking Financial Companies (excluding Residuary Non Banking Companies) Dear Sir, Non- Reckoning Fixed Deposits with Banks as Financial Assets In terms of Section 45IA (1) of the RBI Act 1934, no non-banking financial company shall commence business or carry on the business of a non-banking financial institution without (a) obtaining a certificate of registration (CoR) from the Reserve Bank an

RBI/2011-12/317 DNBS.CC.PD.No.253/03.10.01/2011-12 December 26, 2011 To All NBFCs(excluding primary dealers) Dear Sir, Credit Default Swaps – NBFCs as Users Please refer to the Guidelines on Credit Default Swaps for Corporate Bonds issued vide Circular No. IDMD.PCD.No.5053/14.03.04/2010-11 dated May 23, 2011 in terms of which broad guidelines including the eligible participants and other requirements were outlined. It was also indicated that market participants will h

RBI/2011-12/316 DNBS.CC.PD.No.252/03.10.01/2011-12 December 26, 2011 To All NBFCs (excluding RNBCs) Dear Sir, Revised Capital Adequacy Framework for Off-Balance Sheet Items for NBFCs In the normal course of their business, NBFCs are exposed to credit and market risks in view of the asset-liability transformation. With liberalisation in Indian financial markets over the last few years and growing integration of domestic markets with external markets and greater use of