RBI/2014-15/334
FIDD.GSSD.BC NO.44/09.10.001/2014-15

December 03, 2014

The Chairman /Managing Director
All Scheduled Commercial Banks

Dear Sir/Madam

Credit facilities to Minority Communities - Inclusion of jain Community Under Section 2(c) of the National Commission of Minorities (NCM) Act,1992

Please refer to paragraph 2 of our Master Circular RPCD.GSSD.BC.No.2/09.10.01/2013-14 dated July 01, 2013 on “Credit Facilities to Minority Communities”.

2. Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India, have notified the Jain Community as a minority community, vide notification No. S.O. 267(E) dated January 27, 2014. This is in addition to five communities already notified as minority communities, viz. Sikhs, Muslims, Christians, Zoroastrians and Buddhists.

3. Accordingly, the instructions contained in the above Master Circular will also be applicable to the Jain Community. The Master Circular has also been updated on the web-site simultaneously.

Yours faithfully

(Madhavi Sharma)
Chief General Manager