Notifications

RBI/2022-23/82 FIDD.CO.LBS.BC. No.11/02.08.001/2023-24 November 10, 2023 The Chairman / Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer Lead Banks Concerned Madam/ Dear Sir, Formation of new districts in the State of Rajasthan – Assignment of Lead Bank Responsibility The Government of Rajasthan has notified formation of 19 new districts in the state of Rajasthan vide Gazette Notifications No.9 (18) Raj-1/2022 (1-14) dated August 5, 2023 (effective from August 7, 2023). Accordingly, it has been decided to designate Lead Banks of the new districts as below:

RBI/2023-24/81 FMRD.FMID.No. 04/14.01.006/2023-24 November 08, 2023 To All participants in Government Securities market Madam/Sir, ‘Fully Accessible Route’ for Investment by Non-residents in Government Securities – Inclusion of Sovereign Green Bonds A reference is invited to the Press Release on

RBI/2023-24/80 CO.DPSS.POLC.No.S-786/02-14-008/2023-24 October 31, 2023 All Payment System Providers and Payment System Participants Madam / Dear Sir, Regulation of Payment Aggregator – Cross Border (PA - Cross Border) A reference is invited to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) circulars on – ‘Guidelines on Regulation of Payment Aggregators and Payment Gateways’ – (a) DPSS.CO.PD.No.1810/02.14.008/2019-20 dated March 17, 2020 and (b) CO.DPSS. POLC.No.S33/02-14-008/2020-2021 dated March 31, 2021,

RBI/2023-24/73 DoR.FIN.REC.49/20.16.003/2023-24  October 26, 2023 All Commercial Banks (including Small Finance Banks, Local Area Banks and Regional Rural Banks, and excluding Payments Banks) All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks/ State Co-operative Banks/ Central Co-operative Banks All Non-Banking Financial Companies (including Housing Finance Companies) All-India Financial Institutions (Exim Bank, NABARD, NHB, SIDBI and NaBFID) All Asset Reconstructions Companies All Credit Information Companies

RBI/2023-24/72 DoR.FIN.REC.48/20.16.003/2023-24 October 26, 2023 All Commercial Banks (including Small Finance Banks, Local Area Banks and Regional Rural Banks, and excluding Payments Banks) All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks/ State Co-operative Banks/ Central Co-operative Banks All Non-Banking Financial Companies (including Housing Finance Companies) All-India Financial Institutions (Exim Bank, NABARD, NHB, SIDBI and NaBFID)

RBI/2023-24/71 DOR.ACC.47/21.04.018/2023-24 October 25, 2023 Madam / Sir, Reserve Bank of India (Financial Statements - Presentation and Disclosures) Directions, 2021: Presentation of unclaimed liabilities transferred to Depositor Education and Awareness (DEA) Fund The ‘Notes and Instructions for compilation’ given in Annex II to the Reserve Bank of India (Financial Statements - Presentation and Disclosures) Directions, 2021 (Master Direction) require commercial banks to present all unclaimed liabilities, where the amount due has been transferred to the Depositor Education and Awareness (DEA) Fund established under the DEA Fund Scheme, 2014, under ‘Schedule 12- Contingent Liabilities - Other items for which the bank is contingently liable’.

RESERVE BANK OF INDIA (Financial Markets Regulation Department) (CENTRAL OFFICE) NOTIFICATION MUMBAI, the 16th October, 2023 Foreign Exchange Management (Debt Instruments) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2023 No. FEMA.396(2)/2023-RB. — In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 6 and section 47 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999), the Reserve Bank of India hereby makes the following amendments to the Foreign Exchange Management (Debt Instruments) Regulations, 2019 (Notification No. FEMA.396/2019-RB dated October 17, 2019) (hereinafter referred to as 'the Principal Regulation')

RBI/2023-24/68 DoR.RET.REC.43/12.01.001/2023-24 October 16, 2023 The Chairperson / CEOs of all Commercial Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Reverse Repo transactions - Reporting in Form ‘A’ Return Please refer to Form A Return in the Master Direction - Reserve Bank of India [Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) and Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)] Directions - 2021 (updated as on September 25, 2023) regarding the reporting of Reverse Repo transactions by Commercial Banks.

RBI/2023-24/67 Ref. No.DoS.CO.PPG/SEC.05/11.01.005/2023-24 October 10, 2023 All Deposit Taking Government NBFC All Non-Deposit Taking Government NBFCs in Middle, Upper and Top Layers Dear Sir / Madam Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) Framework for Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) – Extension to Government NBFCs Reserve Bank of India introduced PCA Framework for NBFCs on December 14, 2021. The Framework has since been reviewed and it has been decided to extend the same to Government NBFCs (except those in Base Layer) with effect from October 1, 2024, based on the audited financials of the NBFC as on March 31, 2024, or thereafter.

RBI/2023-24/66
DOR.CRE.REC.42/07.10.002/2023-24

October 6, 2023

Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks other than Salary Earners’ Banks

Madam / Dear Sir,

Gold Loan – Bullet Repayment – Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs)

Please refer to the circular UBD.BPD.(PCB).Cir.No.25/13.05.001/2014-15 dated October 30, 2014, in terms of which UCBs were permitted to extend gold loans up to ₹2.00 lakh with bullet repayment option, subject to certain conditions.

2. Reference is also invited to para 5 of our circular DOR.CRE.REC.18/07.10.002/2023-24 dated June 8, 2023 wherein it is stated that incentives to UCBs meeting the Priority Sector Lending (PSL) targets shall be announced separately. Accordingly, as announced vide para 3 of Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies dated October 6, 2023, it has been decided to increase the monetary ceiling of gold loans that can be granted under the bullet repayment scheme, from ₹2.00 lakh to ₹4.00 lakh for those UCBs who have met the overall PSL target and sub targets as on March 31, 2023 and continue to meet the targets and sub-targets as prescribed at para 2 of our circular dated June 8, 2023, ibid.

3. The limits prescribed above are effective from the date of this circular. All other provisions of the aforesaid circulars remain unchanged.

Yours faithfully,

(Manoranjan Mishra)
Chief General Manager