Index to RBI Circulars - RBI - Reserve Bank of India
Index to RBI Circulars
| Circular Number | Date Of Issue | Department | Subject | Meant For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBI/2025-2026/37 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 05/2025-26 |
16.05.2025 | Foreign Exchange Department | Exim Bank’s GOI-supported Line of Credit (LOC) for USD 700 million to the Govt. of Mongolia (GO-MNG), for financing construction of Crude Oil Refinery Plant in Mongolia | All Category – I Authorised Dealer Banks |
| RBI/2025-2026/35 FMRD.FMD.No.01/14.01.006/2025-26 |
08.05.2025 | Financial Markets Regulation Department | Investments by Foreign Portfolio Investors in Corporate Debt Securities through the General Route – Relaxations | All Authorised Persons |
| RBI/2025-2026/34 DIT.CO.No.S-106/07.71.039/2025-26 |
28.04.2025 | Department of Information Technology | Processing of Regulatory Authorisations/ Licenses/ Approvals through PRAVAAH | The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks (including Small Finance Banks, Local Area Banks and Regional Rural Banks) All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks/ State Co-operative Banks/ Central Cooperative Banks All All-India Financial Institutions All Non-Banking Financial Companies (including Housing Finance Companies) All Primary Dealers All Non-bank Payment System Operators (PSOs) All Credit Information Companies (CICs) |
| RBI/2025-2026/33 DCM.RMMT.No.S312/20-02-001/2025-2026 |
28.04.2025 | Department of Currency Management | Dispensation of ₹100 and ₹200 denomination banknotes through ATMs | The Chairman / Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer All Banks |
| RBI/FED/2025-26/32 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular. No 04/2025-26 |
24.04.2025 | Foreign Exchange Department | Amendments to Directions - Compounding of Contraventions under FEMA, 1999 | All Authorised Dealer Category-I banks and Authorised banks |
| RBI/2025-26/31 DCM (NPD) No. S287/ 18.00.014/ 2025-26 |
24.04.2025 | Department of Currency Management | Note Sorting Machines: Standards issued by the Bureau of Indian Standards -Revised Timeline for Implementation | The Chairman/ Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer All Banks |
| RBI/2025-2026/30 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 03 |
23.04.2025 | Foreign Exchange Department | Exports through warehouses in ‘Bharat Mart’ in UAE – relaxations | All Authorised Dealer Category-I banks |
| RBI/FED/2025-26/29 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular. No 02 /2025-26 |
22.04.2025 | Foreign Exchange Department | Amendments to Directions - Compounding of Contraventions under FEMA, 1999 | All Authorised Dealer Category-I banks and Authorised banks |
| RBI/2025-2026/28 CO.DIT.DCD.No.S81/01-71-110/2025-26 |
22.04.2025 | Department of Information Technology | Circular - Migration to '.bank.in' domain | All Commercial Banks All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks All State Co-operative Banks and District Central Co-operative Banks |
| RBI/2025-2026/27 DOR.LRG.REC.18/03.10.001/2025-26 |
21.04.2025 | Department of Regulation | Basel III Framework on Liquidity Standards – Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) – Review of haircuts on High Quality Liquid Assets (HQLA) and review of composition and run-off rates on certain categories of deposits | All Commercial Banks (excluding Payments Banks, Regional Rural Banks and Local Area Banks) |
| RBI/2025-26/25 FIDD.CO.LBS.BC.No.05/02.08.001/2025-26 |
11.04.2025 | Financial Inclusion and Development Department | Reorganisation of Districts in the State of Rajasthan – Review of Lead Bank Responsibility | The Chairman / Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer Lead Banks concerned |
| RBI/2025-26/24 REF. No.MPD.BC. 399/07.01.279/2025-26 |
09.04.2025 | Monetary Policy Department | Standing Liquidity Facility for Primary Dealers | All Primary Dealers |
| RBI/2025-26/23 DoR.RET.REC.16/12.01.001/2025-26 | 09.04.2025 | Department of Regulation | Penal Interest on shortfall in CRR and SLR requirements-Change in Bank Rate | All banks |
| RBI/2025-26/22 FMOD.MAOG.No.151/01.01.001/2025-26 |
09.04.2025 | Financial Markets Operation Department | Liquidity Adjustment Facility - Change in rates | All Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) participants |
| RBI/2025-2026/21 DOR.CO.SOG(Leg) No.15/09.08.024/2025-26 |
08.04.2025 | Department of Regulation | Review of Regulatory Guidelines – Withdrawal of Circulars | All Scheduled Commercial Banks All Co-operative Banks |
| RBI/2025-26/17 DOR.CRE.REC.No.11/07.10.002/2025-26 | 01.04.2025 | Master Circular - Housing Finance for UCBs | All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks | |
| RBI/2025-26/16 DOR.CRE.REC. No.12/08.12.001/2025-26 | 01.04.2025 | Master Circular – Housing Finance | All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) | |
| RBI/2025-26/15 DOR.CRE.REC.No.05/21.04.172/2025-26 | 01.04.2025 | Department of Regulation | Master Circular - Bank Finance to Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) | All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) |
| RBI/2025-26/133 DCM (NE) No.G-5 /08.07.18/2025-26 |
01.04.2025 | Department of Currency Management | Master Direction – Facility for Exchange of Notes and Coins | The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Banks |
| RBI/2025-2026/14 DOR.STR.REC.10/21.04.048/2025-26 |
01.04.2025 | Department of Regulation | Master Circular- Income Recognition, Asset Classification, Provisioning and Other Related Matters - UCBs | The Chief Executive Officers All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks |
| RBI/2025-2026/13 DOR.STR.REC.9/21.04.048/2025-26 |
01.04.2025 | Department of Regulation | Master Circular - Prudential norms on Income Recognition, Asset Classification and Provisioning pertaining to Advances | All Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) |
| RBI/2025-2026/12 DOR.STR.REC.06/13.07.010/2025-26 |
01.04.2025 | Department of Regulation | Master Circular - Guarantees and Co-acceptances | All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding Payment Banks and RRBs) |
| RBI/2025-26/11 DoR.STR.REC 07/09.27.000/2025-26 |
01.04.2025 | Department of Regulation | Master Circular - Guarantees, Co-Acceptances & Letters of Credit - UCBs | The Managing Director / Chief Executive Officers All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks |
| RBI/DCM/2025-26/132 DCM (FNVD)/G4/16.01.05/2025-26 |
01.04.2025 | Department of Currency Management | Master Direction on Counterfeit Notes, 2025 – Detection, Reporting and Monitoring | The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Banks |
| RBI/2025-2026/07 DoR.HGG.GOV.No.1/18.10.010/2025-26 |
01.04.2025 | Department of Regulation | Master Circular on Board of Directors - UCBs | The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks |
| RBI/2025-2026/06 CO.DGBA.GBD.No.S2/31-12-010/2025-2026All Agency Banks |
01.04.2025 | Department of Government and Bank Accounts | Master Circular on Conduct of Government Business by Agency Banks - Payment of Agency Commission | All Agency Banks |
| RBI/2025-2026/05 CO.DGBA.GBD.No.S1/31.02.007/2025-26 |
01.04.2025 | Department of Government and Bank Accounts | Master Circular - Disbursement of Government Pension by Agency Banks | All Agency Banks |
| RBI/2025-26/04 FIDD.CO.LBS.BC.No.03/02.01.001/2025-26 |
01.04.2025 | Financial Inclusion and Development Department | Master Circular – Lead Bank Scheme | The Chairman/Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer SLBC/UTLBC Convenor Banks/Lead Banks |
| RBI/2025-2026/03 FIDD.CO.GSSD.BC.No.02/09.09.001/2025-26 |
01.04.2025 | Financial Inclusion and Development Department | Master Circular - Credit facilities to Scheduled Castes (SCs) & Scheduled Tribes (STs) | The Chairman/ Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks (including Small Finance Banks) |
| RBI/DCM/2025-2026/131 DCM (CC) No.G-1/03.44.001/2025-26 |
01.04.2025 | Department of Currency Management | Master Direction – Scheme of Penalties for bank branches and currency chests for deficiency in rendering customer service to the members of public | The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All banks |
| RBI/2025-26/02 FIDD.GSSD.CO.BC.No.01/09.01.003/2025-26 | 01.04.2025 | Financial Inclusion and Development Department | Master Circular – Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) | The Chairman/Managing Director & CEOPublic Sector Banks, Private Sector Banks (including Small Finance Banks) |
| RBI/2025-26/01 FIDD.CO.FID.BC. No.4/12.01.033/2025-26 |
01.04.2025 | Financial Inclusion and Development Department | Master Circular on SHG-Bank Linkage Programme | The Chairman/ Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks |
| RBI/DCM/2025-26/130 DCM (CC) No.G-2/03.35.01/2025-26 |
01.04.2025 | Department of Currency Management | Master Direction on Penal Provisions in reporting of transactions / balances at Currency Chests | The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer (All banks having Currency Chests) |
| RBI/2024-25/134 CO.DPSS.RPPD.No.S1278/03-01-002/2024-2025 | 28.03.2025 | Special Clearing Operations on March 31, 2025 | ||
| RBI/2024-25/131 FIDD.CO.PSD.BC.No.12/04.09.001/2024-25 |
24.03.2025 | Financial Inclusion and Development Department | Priority Sector Lending Certificates | The Chairman / Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer [All Scheduled Commercial Banks (including Regional Rural Banks)/ Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks/ Local Area Banks] |
| RBI/2024-25/130 DOR.CRE.REC. 69/07.10.002/2024-25 | 24.03.2025 | Department of Regulation | Review of Priority Sector Lending (PSL) Target – Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs) | Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks other than Salary Earners’ Banks |
| RBI/2024-2025/129 DCM (CC) No.S3811/03.51.001/2024-25 |
24.03.2025 | Department of Currency Management | Currency Chest operations on March 31, 2025 | All Currency Chest (CC) holding banks |
| RBI/2024-2025/128 DOR.CAP.REC.No.68/21.01.002/2024-25 |
21.03.2025 | Department of Regulation | Treatment of Right-of-Use (ROU) Asset for Regulatory Capital Purposes | All NBFCs (including HFCs) and Asset Reconstruction Companies implementing Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 |
| RBI/2024-2025/127 DOR.ACC.REC.No.67/21.04.018/2024-25 |
20.03.2025 | Department of Regulation | Amortisation of additional pension liability - Implementation of Pension Scheme in Regional Rural Banks with effect from November 1, 1993-Prudential Regulatory Treatment | All the RRBs |
| RBI/2024-2025/126 DOR.ACC.REC.No.66/21.04.018/2024-25 |
20.03.2025 | Department of Regulation | Reserve Bank of India (Financial Statements - Presentation and Disclosures) Directions, 2021: Clarifications | All Commercial and Cooperative Banks |
| RBI/2024-2025/125 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 22 |
17.03.2025 | Foreign Exchange Department | Asian Clearing Union (ACU) Mechanism – Indo-Maldives trade | All Category-I Authorised Dealer Banks |
| RBI/2024-25/124 CO.DGBA.GBD.No.S1003/42-01-029/2024-2025 |
17.03.2025 | Department of Government and Bank Accounts | Annual Closing of Government Accounts – Transactions of Central / State Governments – Special Measures for the Current Financial Year (2024-25) | All Agency Banks |
| RBI/2024-2025/123 DOR.AML.REC.65/14.06.001/2024-25 |
15.03.2025 | Department of Regulation | Implementation of Section 51A of UAPA, 1967: Updates to UNSC’s 1267/ 1989 ISIL (Da'esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List: Amendments in 12 Entries | The Chairpersons/ CEOs of all the Regulated Entities |
| RBI/2024-2025/118 DOR.CRE.REC. 62/07.10.002/2024-25 |
24.02.2025 | Department of Regulation | Review and rationalization of prudential norms - UCBs | All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks |
| RBI/2024-2025/126 FMRD.FMD.No.10/14.01.006/2024-25 |
07.01.2025 | Financial Markets Regulation Department | Master Direction - Reserve Bank of India (Non-resident Investment in Debt Instruments) Directions, 2025 (Updated as on May 08, 2025) | All Authorised Persons |
| RBI/2024-25/100 DOR.STR.REC.54/21.04.048/2024-25 |
31.12.2024 | Department of Regulation | Government Debt Relief Schemes (DRS) | All Commercial Banks (including Regional Rural Banks and Local Area Banks) All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks All State Cooperative Banks & Central Cooperative Banks All Non-Banking Financial Companies (including Housing Finance Companies) All All-India Financial Institutions |
| RBI/2024-2025/99 CO.DPSS.RPPD.No.S987/ 04.03.001/ 2024-25 |
30.12.2024 | Department of Payment and Settlement Systems | Introduction of beneficiary bank account name look-up facility for Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) and National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) Systems | The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer of Banks participating in RTGS and NEFT systems |
| RBI/2024-2025/98 FMRD.FMD.No. 08/02.03.185/2024-25 |
27.12.2024 | Financial Markets Regulation Department | Reporting Platform for transactions undertaken to hedge price risk of gold | All Authorised Dealer Category-I Banks |
| RBI/2024-2025/97 CO.DPSS.POLC.No.S972/02-14-006/2024-25 |
27.12.2024 | Department of Payment and Settlement Systems | Unified Payments Interface (UPI) access for Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs) through third-party applications | All Prepaid Payment Instrument Issuers (Banks and Non-banks), National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and System Participants |
| RBI/2024-2025/96 FIDD.CO.FSD.BC.No.10/05.05.010/2024-25 |
06.12.2024 | Financial Inclusion and Development Department | Credit Flow to Agriculture – Collateral free agricultural loans | The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks (including Regional Rural Banks and Small Finance Banks) All State Co-operative Banks and District Central Co-operative Banks |
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