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Index to RBI Circulars
| Circular Number | Date Of Issue | Department | Subject | Meant For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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/2025-2026/10 DOR.MRG.No.4/21.04.141/2025-26 |
01.04.2025 | Department of Regulation | Reserve Bank of India (Classification, Valuation and Operation of the Investment Portfolio of Commercial Banks) Directions, 2023 | All commercial banks (excluding regional rural 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/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 | |
| 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/2024-25/08 DOR.CAP.REC.2/21.06.201/2024-25 | 01.04.2025 | Department of Regulation | Master Circular – Basel III Capital Regulations | All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Small Finance Banks, Payments Banks and Regional Rural 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/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/2024-25/134 CO.DPSS.RPPD.No.S1278/03-01-002/2024-2025 | 28.03.2025 | Special Clearing Operations on March 31, 2025 | ||
| RBI/2024-2025/133 Ref.No.IDMD.2320/08.01.01/2024-25 |
27.03.2025 | Internal Debt Management Department | General Notification for Sale and Issue of Government of India Securities (including Treasury Bills and Cash Management Bills) | All participants in the Government Securities market |
| RBI/2024-2025/132 DoR.AUT.REC.71/23.67.001/2024-25 |
25.03.2025 | Department of Regulation | Gold Monetization Scheme (GMS), 2015 – Amendment | All Scheduled Commercial Banks (other than Regional Rural Banks) |
| RBI/FIDD/2024-25/128 Master Directions FIDD.CO.PSD.BC.13/04.09.001/2024-25 |
24.03.2025 | Financial Inclusion and Development Department | Master Directions - Reserve Bank of India (Priority Sector Lending – Targets and Classification) Directions, 2025 | The Chairman / Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer All Commercial Banks including Regional Rural Banks, Small Finance Banks, Local Area Banks and Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks other than Salary Earners’ Banks |
| 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 | 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/2024-2025/126 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/2024-25/122 CO.DGBA.GBD.No.S954/42-01-029/2024-2025 |
28.02.2025 | Department of Government and Bank Accounts | Reporting and Accounting of Central Government transactions for March 2025 | All Agency Banks |
| RBI/2024-2025/121 DOR. AML.REC.64/14.06.001/2024-25 |
27.02.2025 | 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 01 Entry | The Chairpersons/ CEOs of all the Regulated Entities |
| RBI/2024-2025/117 FMRD.DIRD.16/14.03.042/2024-25 |
21.02.2025 | Financial Markets Regulation Department | Reserve Bank of India (Forward Contracts in Government Securities) Directions, 2025 | All Eligible Market Participants |
| RBI/2024-25/115 FMRD.MIOD.No. 15/11.01.051/2024-25 |
17.02.2025 | Financial Markets Regulation Department | Government securities transactions between a Primary Member (PM) of NDS-OM and its own Gilt Account Holder (GAH) or between two GAHs of the same PM | All participants in Government Securities market |
| RBI/2024-2025/114 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 21 |
13.02.2025 | Foreign Exchange Department | Export-Import Bank of India’s GOI-supported Line of Credit of USD 120 mn to the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (GO-VNM) for procurement of High-Speed Guard Boats in the Borrower’s Country | All Category – I Authorised Dealer Banks |
| RBI/2024-2025/113 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 20 |
13.02.2025 | Foreign Exchange Department | Export-Import Bank of India’s GOI-supported Line of Credit of USD 180 mn to the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for procurement of 4 Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) in the Borrower’s Country | All Category – I Authorised Dealer Banks |
| Notification No. FEMA 14(R)(1)/2025-RB | 12.02.2025 | Foreign Exchange Department | Foreign Exchange Management (Manner of Receipt and Payment) (Amendment) Regulations, 2025 | |
| RBI/2024-25/110 REF.No.MPD.BC.398/07.01.279/2024-25 |
07.02.2025 | Financial Markets Operation Department | Standing Liquidity Facility for Primary Dealers | All Primary Dealers |
| RBI/2024-25/109 FMOD.MAOG.No.150/01.01.001/2024-25 | 07.02.2025 | Financial Markets Operation Department | Liquidity Adjustment Facility - Change in rates | All Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) participants |
| RBI/FMRD/2024-25/127 FMRD.MIOD.No.12/11.01.051/2024-25 |
07.02.2025 | Financial Markets Regulation Department | Master Direction - Reserve Bank of India (Access Criteria for NDS-OM) Directions, 2025 | All participants in Government Securities market |
| RBI/2024-25/108 EFD.CO.No.1 /02.08.001/2024-25 | 30.01.2025 | Department of Regulation | Framework for imposing monetary penalty and compounding of offences under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 | The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer, Authorised Payment System Operators / Banks |
| RBI/2024-2025/104 Ref.No.DoS.CO.PPG/SEC.13/11.01.005/2024-25 |
17.01.2025 | Department of Supervision | Coverage of customers under the nomination facility | The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs) All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks All Deposit Taking NBFCs (Excluding HFCs) [Supervised Entities (SEs)] |
| RBI/2024-2025/105 CEPD.CO.OBD.No.S1270/50-01-001/2024-25 |
17.01.2025 | Customer Service Department | Prevention of financial frauds perpetrated using voice calls and SMS – Regulatory prescriptions and Institutional Safeguards | Chairman/Managing Director/CEOs All Commercial Banks (including Regional Rural Banks, Small Finance Banks, Payment Banks, and Local Area Banks) All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks, State Co-operative Banks, District Central Co-operative Banks All Prepaid Payment Instrument Issuers All Non-Banking Financial Companies (including Housing Finance Companies) All Credit Information Companies All Payment Aggregators All Payment Systems Participants & Payment System Providers |
| Notification No. FEMA 395(3)/2025-RB | 16.01.2025 | Foreign Exchange Department | Foreign Exchange Management (Mode of Payment and Reporting of Non- Debt Instruments) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2025 | |
| Notification No. FEMA 10(R)(5)/2025-RB | 16.01.2025 | Foreign Exchange Department | Foreign Exchange Management (Foreign Currency Accounts by a person resident in India) (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2025 | |
| Notification No. FEMA 5(R)(5)/2025-RB | 16.01.2025 | Foreign Exchange Department | Foreign Exchange Management (Deposit) (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2025 | |
| 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 October 03, 2025) | All Authorised Persons |
| RBI/2024-25/103 CO.DGBA.GBD.No.S770/42-01-029/2024-2025 | 03.01.2025 | Department of Government and Bank Accounts | Status of March 30, 2025 for Government transactions through integration with e-Kuber | All Agency Banks |
| RBI/2024-25/102 FIDD.CO.LBS.BC.No.11/02.08.001/2024-25 | 02.01.2025 | Financial Inclusion and Development Department | Formation of new district in the State of Nagaland – Assignment of Lead Bank Responsibility | The Chairman / Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer Lead Banks Concerned |
| RBI/2024-2025/101 FMRD.DIRD.No.09/14.03.004/2024-25 |
01.01.2025 | Financial Markets Regulation Department | Participation of NaBFID as an AIFI in financial markets | All eligible market participants |
| 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 |
| RBI/2024-2025/93 CO.DPSS.POLC.No.S908/02-14-003/2024-25 |
04.12.2024 | Department of Payment and Settlement Systems | Amendment to Framework for Facilitating Small Value Digital Payments in Offline Mode | The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer Authorised Payment System Operators and Participants (Banks and Non-banks) |
| RBI/2024-2025/92 DOR. AML.REC.50 /14.06.001/2024-25 |
04.12.2024 | 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 03 Entries | The Chairpersons/ CEOs of all the Regulated Entities |
| RBI/2024-25/91 DoS.CO.PPG.SEC.12/11.01.005/2024-25 |
02.12.2024 | Department of Supervision | Inoperative Accounts / Unclaimed Deposits in banks | The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Commercial Banks (excluding Regional Rural banks) |
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