Index to RBI Circulars - RBI - Reserve Bank of India
Index to RBI Circulars
| Circular Number | Date Of Issue | Department | Subject | Meant For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBI/2023-2024/22 FIDD.CO.LBS.BC.No.5/02.08.001/2023-24 | 26.04.2023 | Financial Inclusion and Development Department | Merger of Districts in the state of Assam - Assignment of Lead Bank Responsibility | The Chairman / Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer Lead Banks concerned |
| RBI/2023-2024/21 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.03 | 26.04.2023 | Foreign Exchange Department | Remittances to International Financial Services Centres (IFSCs) under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) | All Category-I Authorised Dealer Banks |
| RBI/2023-2024/20 FIDD.GSSD.CO.BC.No.07/09.01.003/2023-24 | 26.04.2023 | Financial Inclusion and Development Department | Master Circular - Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) | The Chairman/Managing Director & CEO Public Sector Banks, Private Sector Banks (including Small Finance Banks) |
| RBI/2023-2024/19 FIDD.MSME & NFS.BC.No.06/06.02.31/2023-24 | 25.04.2023 | Financial Inclusion and Development Department | General Credit Card (GCC) Facility - Review | The Chairman/Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding Payments Banks) and Scheduled Urban Co-operative Banks |
| RBI/2023-2024/18 DOR.STR.REC.12/21.04.048/2023-24 | 24.04.2023 | Department of Regulation | Provisioning for standard assets by primary (Urban) co-operative banks - revised norms under four-tiered regulatory framework | All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks |
| RBI/2023-2024/17 DOR.CAP.REC.11/09.18.201/2023-24 | 20.04.2023 | Department of Regulation | Master Circular- Prudential Norms on Capital Adequacy - Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs) | All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks |
| RBI/2023-2024/16 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 02 | 12.04.2023 | Foreign Exchange Department | Authorised Dealers Category-II - Online submission of Form A2 | All Authorised Dealers in Foreign Exchange |
| RBI/2023-2024/15 DOR.CRE.REC.No.9/07.10.002/2023-24 | 11.04.2023 | Department of Regulation | Master Circular - Housing Finance for UCBs | All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks |
| RBI/2023-2024/14 DOR.SFG.REC.10/30.01.021/2023-24 | 11.04.2023 | Department of Regulation | Framework for acceptance of Green Deposits | All Scheduled Commercial Banks including Small Finance Banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks, Local Area Banks and Payments Banks) All Deposit taking Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs) including Housing Finance Companies (HFCs) |
| RBI/2023-2024/102 DoS.CO.CSITEG/SEC.1/31.01.015/2023-24 | 10.04.2023 | Department of Supervision | Master Direction on Outsourcing of Information Technology Services | The Chairman/Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks); Local Area Banks; Small Finance Banks; Payments Banks; Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks; Non-Banking Financial Companies; Credit Information Companies; and All India Financial Institutions (EXIM Bank, NABARD, NaBFID, NHB and SIDBI) |
| RBI/2023-2024/13 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.01 | 06.04.2023 | Foreign Exchange Department | APConnect - Online application for Full Fledged Money Changers and non-bank Authorised Dealers Category-II | Full Fledged Money Changers, non-bank Authorised Dealers Category II |
| RBI/2023-2024/99 DCM (CC) No.G-5/03.41.01/2023-24 | 03.04.2023 | Department of Currency Management | Master Direction on Framework of Incentives for Currency Distribution & Exchange Scheme for bank branches including currency chests based on performance in rendering customer service to the members of public | The Chairman/Managing Director/Chief Executive Officers, All banks |
| RBI/2023-2024/100 DCM (CC) No.G-3/03.44.01/2023-24 | 03.04.2023 | 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 Officers All banks |
| RBI/2023-2024/101 DCM (CC) No.G-4/03.35.01/2023-24 | 03.04.2023 | 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/2023-2024/98 DCM (FNVD)/G-1/16.01.05/2023-24 | 03.04.2023 | Department of Currency Management | Master Direction on Counterfeit Notes, 2023 - Detection, Reporting and Monitoring | The Chairman/ Managing Director /Chief Executive Officer All Banks |
| RBI/2023-2024/97 DCM (NE) No.G-2/08.07.18/2023-24 | 03.04.2023 | Department of Currency Management | Master Direction - Facility for Exchange of Notes and Coins (Updated as on May 15, 2023) | The Chairman/The Managing Director/ The Chief Executive Officer All Banks |
| RBI/2023-2024/11 FIDD.CO.LBS.BC.No.04/02.01.001/2023-24 | 03.04.2023 | Financial Inclusion and Development Department | Master Circular - Lead Bank Scheme | The Chairman/ Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer SLBC/ UTLBC Convenor Banks / Lead Banks |
| RBI/2023-2024/12 DOR.SIG.FIN.REC 8/26.03.001/2023-24 | 03.04.2023 | Department of Regulation | Master Circular - Asset Reconstruction Companies | All Asset Reconstruction Companies |
| RBI/2023-2024/10 DGBA.GBD.No.S3/31.02.007/2023-24 | 03.04.2023 | Department of Government and Bank Accounts | Master Circular - Disbursement of Government Pension by Agency Banks | All Agency Banks |
| RBI/2023-2024/09 DOR.CRE.REC.No.07/21.04.172/2023-24 | 03.04.2023 | Department of Regulation | Master Circular - Bank Finance to Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) | All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) |
| RBI/2023-2024/08 DOR.CRE.REC.No.06/08.12.001/2023-24 | 03.04.2023 | Department of Regulation | Master Circular - Housing Finance | All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) |
| RBI/2023-2024/07 CO.DGBA.GBD.No.S1/31-12-010/2023-2024 | 01.04.2023 | Department of Government and Bank Accounts | Master Circular on Conduct of Government Business by Agency Banks - Payment of Agency Commission | All Agency Banks |
| RBI/2023-2024/96 DOR.MRG.REC.01/00-00-011/2023-24 | 01.04.2023 | Department of Regulation | Master Direction - Reserve Bank of India (Classification, Valuation and Operation of Investment Portfolio of Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks) Directions, 2023 | All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks |
| RBI/2023-2024/06 DOR.STR.REC.3/21.04.048/2023-24 | 01.04.2023 | Department of Regulation | Master Circular - Prudential norms on Income Recognition, Asset Classification and Provisioning pertaining to Advances | All Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) |
| RBI/2023-2024/04 DOR.STR.REC.5/13.07.010/2023-24 | 01.04.2023 | Department of Regulation | Master Circular - Guarantees and Co-acceptances | All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding Payments Banks and RRBs) |
| RBI/2023-2024/03 FIDD.CO.FID.BC.No.1/12.01.033/2023-24 | 01.04.2023 | Financial Inclusion and Development Department | Master Circular on SHG-Bank Linkage Programme | The Chairman/ Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks |
| RBI/2023-2024/05 DoR.STR.REC.4/09.27.000/2023-24 | 01.04.2023 | 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/2023-2024/01 FIDD.CO.GSSD.BC.No.03/09.09.001/2023-24 | 01.04.2023 | 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/2023-2024/02 FIDD.GSSD.BC.No.02/09.10.001/2023-24 | 01.04.2023 | Financial Inclusion and Development Department | Master Circular on Credit Facilities to Minority Communities | The Chairman/Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs and Foreign Banks with less than 20 branches) |
| RBI/2022-2023/190 CO.DPSS.RPPD.No.S2185/03-01-002/2022-2023 | 29.03.2023 | Department of Payment and Settlement Systems | Special Clearing Operations on March 31, 2023 | The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks including Regional Rural Banks / Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks / District Central Co-operative Banks / Local Area Banks / Payment Banks / Small Finance Banks / National Payments Corporation of India |
| RBI/2022-2023/189 DOR.CAP.REC. No.109/09.18.201/2022-23 | 29.03.2023 | Department of Regulation | Revised Regulatory Framework for Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs) - Net Worth and Capital Adequacy | All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks |
| RBI/2022-2023/187 DOR.RET.REC.107/12.07.160/2022-23 | 27.03.2023 | Department of Regulation | Exclusion of “Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC” from the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 | All Banks |
| RBI/2022-2023/188 DOR.RET.REC.108/12.07.160/2022-23 | 27.03.2023 | Department of Regulation | Cessation of “Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC” as a banking company within the meaning of sub section (2) of Section 36 A of Banking Regulation Act, 1949 | All Banks |
| RBI/2022-2023/186 CO.DGBA.GBD.No.S1490/42-01-029/2022-2023 | 21.03.2023 | Department of Government and Bank Accounts | Annual Closing of Government Accounts - Transactions of Central / State Governments - Special Measures for the Current Financial Year (2022-23) | All Agency Banks |
| RBI/2022-2023/185 DOR.AML.REC.106/14.06.001/2022-23 | 17.03.2023 | Department of Regulation | Implementation of Section 51A of UAPA,1967: Updates to UNSC’s 1267/ 1989 ISIL (Da'esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List: Amendments to 102 entries | The Chairpersons/ CEOs of all the Regulated Entities |
| RBI/2022-2023/184 DGBA.GBD.No.S1469/42-01-029/2022-2023 | 16.03.2023 | Department of Government and Bank Accounts | Reporting and Accounting of Central Government transactions for March 2023 | All Agency Banks |
| RBI/2022-2023/183 DOR.AML.REC.105/14.06.001/2022-23 | 28.02.2023 | Department of Regulation | Designation of 1 individual and 2 organisations under Section 35(1) (a) and 2(1) (m) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act,1967 and their listing in the Fourth and First Schedule of the Act- Reg. | The Chairpersons/ CEOs of all the Regulated Entities |
| RBI/2022-2023/182 DOR.ACC.REC.No.104/21.07.001/2022-23 | 20.02.2023 | Department of Regulation | Implementation of Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) | All ARCs |
| RBI/2022-2023/181 DOR.ACC.REC.No.103/21.04.018/2022-23 | 20.02.2023 | Department of Regulation | Reserve Bank of India (Financial Statements - Presentation and Disclosures) Directions, 2021 - Disclosures for State Co-operative Banks and Central Co-operative Banks | All Commercial Banks and Primary (urban) Co-operative Banks, State Co-operative Banks and Central Co-operative Banks |
| RBI/2022-2023/180 DOR.MRG.REC.102/00-00-009/2022-23 | 17.02.2023 | Department of Regulation | Governance, measurement and management of Interest Rate Risk in Banking Book | all commercial banks (other than Regional Rural Banks, Small Finance Banks, Payments Banks and Local Area Banks) |
| RBI/2022-2023/178 CO.DPSS.RPPD.No.S1931/04-03-001/2022-23 | 16.02.2023 | Department of Payment and Settlement System | Introduction of Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) related transaction code in NEFT and RTGS Systems | The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer of member banks participating in NEFT and RTGS Systems |
| RBI/2022-2023/179 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 23 | 16.02.2023 | Foreign Exchange Department | Exim Bank’s GOI-supported Line of Credit (LOC) for USD 100 million to the Government of the Republic of Maldives (GO-MDV), for financing new developmental projects and to meet spill over costs from developmental projects in Maldives already included under Lines of credit extended to GO-MDV by Exim | All Category - I Authorised Dealer Banks |
| RBI/2022-2023/177 FIDD.CO.LBS.BC.No.18/02.08.001/2022-23 | 13.02.2023 | Financial Inclusion and Development Department | Formation of new district in the State of Sikkim - Assignment of Lead Bank Responsibility | The Chairman / Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer Lead Banks Concerned |
| RBI/2022-2023/176 CO.DPSS.POLC.No.S-1907/02.14.006/2022-23 | 10.02.2023 | Department of Payment and Settlement Systems | Issuance of PPIs to Foreign Nationals / Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) visiting India | All Prepaid Payment Instrument (PPI) Issuers (Banks and Non-banks) and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) |
| RBI/2022-2023/173 REF.No.MPD.BC. 397/07.01.279/2022-23 | 08.02.2023 | Monetary Policy Department | Standing Liquidity Facility for Primary Dealers | All Primary Dealers |
| RBI/2022-2023/175 FMOD.MAOG.No.149/01.01.001/2022-23 | 08.02.2023 | Financial Markets Operation Department | Liquidity Adjustment Facility - Change in rates | All Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) participants |
| RBI/2022-2023/174 DOR.RET.REC.101/12.01.001/2022-23 | 08.02.2023 | Department of Regulation | Change in Bank Rate | All Banks |
| RBI/2022-2023/172 DOR.AML.REC.100/14.06.001/2022-23 | 03.02.2023 | Department of Regulation | Implementation of Section 51A of UAPA,1967: Updates to UNSC’s 1267/ 1989 ISIL (Da'esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List (Amendments to 29 entries) | The Chairpersons/CEOs of all the Regulated Entities |
| RBI/2022-2023/171 DOR.AML.REC.99/14.06.001/2022-23 | 30.01.2023 | Department of Regulation | Implementation of Section 51A of UAPA, 1967: Updates to UNSC’s 1267/ 1989 ISIL (Da'esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List: Addition of 1 entry | The Chairpersons/ CEOs of all the Regulated Entities |
| RBI/2022-2023/170 DOR.AML.REC.98/14.06.001/2022-23 | 24.01.2023 | Department of Regulation | Designation of 3 individuals as ‘Terrorists’ under Section 35 (1) (a) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967 and their listing in the Schedule IV of the Act-Reg. | The Chairpersons/ CEOs of all the Regulated Entities |
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