Financial Inclusion and Development

RBI/2013-14/434 RPCD.CO.RRB.BC.No. 74/03.05.33/2013-14 January 07, 2014 The Chairmen All Regional Rural Banks Dear Sir/Madam, Guidelines for Classification and Valuation of Investments Please refer to our circular RPCD.RRB.BC.No.59/03.05.34/2010-11 dated April 11, 2011, in terms of which RRBs were exempted from ‘Mark to Market’ (MTM) norms in respect of their entire investment in SLR securities, upto the financial year 2012-13. It has now been decided to withdraw the

RBI/2013-14/394 RPCD.RCB.BC.No. 68 /07.51.014/2013-14 December 02, 2013 All State and Central Co-operative Banks Dear Sir / Madam, Deregulation of Interest Rates on Non-Resident (External) Rupee (NRE) Deposits Please refer to our circular RPCD.CO.RCB.Dir.BC.No.26/07.51.014/2013-14 dated August 22, 2013 allowing State and Central Cooperative Banks the freedom to offer interest rates on incremental NRE deposits with maturity of 3 years and above without any ceiling in o

RBI/2013-14/392 RPCD.CO.RRB.BC.NO. 65 /03.05.33/2013-14 December 2, 2013 The Chairmen Regional Rural Banks Dear Sir/Madam, Deregulation of Interest Rates on Non-Resident (External) Rupee (NRE) Deposits Please refer to our circular RPCD.CO.RRB.BC.No.24/03.05.33/2013-14 dated August 19, 2013 allowing banks the freedom to offer interest rates on incremental NRE deposits with maturity of 3 years and above without any ceiling in order to pass on the benefit of exemption pr

RBI/2013-14/348 RPCD.CO.RRB.RCB.BC.No.50/03.05.33/2013-14 October 30, 2013 The Chairmen/Chief Executive Officers, All Regional Rural Banks / State and Central Co-operative Banks Dear Sir/Madam, Bank Rate Please refer to our circular RPCD.CO.RRB.RCB.BC.No.44/03.05.33/2013-14 dated October 8, 2013 on the captioned subject. 2. As announced in the Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2013-14 dated October 29, 2013, the Bank Rate stands adjusted by 25 basis points from

RBI/2013-14/320 RPCD.CO.RCB.BC.No.43/07.51.013/2013-14 October 8, 2013 The Chairman All State and Central Co-operative Banks (StCBs and CCBs) Dear Sir, Housing Sector: Innovative Housing Loan Products – Upfront disbursal of housing loans It has been observed that some banks have introduced certain innovative Housing Loan Schemes in association with developers/builders, e.g. upfront disbursal of sanctioned individual housing loans to the builders without linking the di

RBI/2013-14/288 RPCD.CO.RRB.RCB.No.40/03.05.33/2013-14 September 20, 2013 All Scheduled State Cooperative Banks/ Regional Rural Banks Dear Sir, Section 42(1) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 – Change in Daily Minimum Cash Reserve Maintenance Requirement Please refer to our Circular RPCD.CO.RRB.No.16/03.05.33/2013-14 dated July 24, 2013 on the captioned subject. 2. As announced in the Press Release 2013-14/604 dated September 20, 2013, it has been decided to redu

RBI/2013-14/287 RPCD.CO.RRB.RCB.BC. No. 39/03.05.33/2013-14 September 20, 2013 The Chairmen/Chief Executive Officers, All Regional Rural Banks / State and Central Co-operative Banks Dear Sir/Madam, Bank Rate Please refer to our Circular RPCD.CO.RRB.RCB.No.13/03.05.33/2013-14 dated July 15, 2013 on the captioned subject. As announced in the Press Release 2013-2014/604 dated September 20, 2013, the Bank Rate stands adjusted by 75 basis points from 10.25 per cent to 9.50