DBOD.CO.FSD.No. /24.01.026/2012-13 June 28, 2013 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir/Madam Guidelines on Wealth Management /Marketing/Distribution Services offered by Banks – Draft Guidelines Please refer to paragraphs 86, 87 and 88 (extracts enclosed) of the Monetary Policy Statement 2013-14 announcement on May 3, 2013 regarding issue of guidelines on wealth management services and distribution of third party financial products by banks. 2. The d

RBI/2012-13/ DBOD.BP.BC.No. /21.04.132/2012-13 January 31, 2013 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir, Review of Prudential Guidelines on Restructuring of Advances by Banks and Financial Institutions – Draft Guidelines Please refer to paragraphs 90 to 92 (extract enclosed) of the Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2012-13 announced on October 30, 2012, wherein it was indicated that the draft guidelines on ‘Review of Prudential Guidelines on Re

RBI/2012-13/ DBOD.No.BP.BC. /21.06.201/2012-13 January 10, 2013 The Chairman and Managing Directors/ Chief Executives Officers of All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Local Area Banks and Regional Rural Banks) Dear Sir, Draft Guidelines on Capital requirements for bank exposures to central counterparties Please refer to the paragraph 88 (extract enclosed) of the Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy Statement 2012-13 announced on October 30, 2012. It was indic

RBI/2012-13/ DBOD.No.BP.BC. /21.06.201/2012-13 January 10, 2013 The Chairman and Managing Directors/ Chief Executives Officers of All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Local Area Banks and Regional Rural Banks) Dear Sir, Draft Guidelines on Composition of Capital Disclosure Requirements Please refer to the paragraph 87 (extract enclosed) of the Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy Statement 2012-13 announced on October 30, 2012. It was indicated that the draft

Corporate Governance and Disclosures for NBFCs Entry Point Norms, Principal Business Criteria (PBC), Multiple and Captive NBFCs Liquidity Management for NBFCs Prudential Regulations

RBI/2012-13/ DBOD.No.BP.BC. /21.06.001/2012-13 September 17, 2012 The Chairman and Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs and LABs) Dear Sir, Draft Supplementary Guidance on Treatment of Illiquid Positions Please refer to para 8.8 in the guidelines on treatment of illiquid positions contained in our Master Circular DBOD.No.BP.BC.16/21.06.001/2010-11 dated July 2, 2012 on the New Capital Adequacy Framework. The prudent

RBI/2012-13/ DBOD.No.BP.BC. /21.06.102/2012-13 August 14, 2012 The Chairman and Managing Directors/ Chief Executive Officers of All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs and LABs) Dear Sir, Management of Intra-Group Transactions and Exposures – Draft Guidelines As a prudential measure aimed at avoiding concentration of credit risk, the Reserve Bank of India has prescribed regulatory limits on banks’ exposure to individual and Group borrowers which are laid down i

‘DRAFT DIRECTIONS’ All Core Investment Companies May , 2012 Dear Sirs, Core Investment Companies - Overseas Investment (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2012 Short title and commencement of the Directions (a) These Directions shall be known as the Core Investment Companies - Overseas Investment (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2012. (b) These Directions shall come into force with immediate effect. 2. Prior Approval of RBI in cases of Overseas investment by CICs (a) These direction

RBI No. 2011-12/ DBOD. BP. No. /21.04.098/ 2011-12 February 21, 2012 The Chairmen and Managing Directors / Chief Executive Officers of All Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs and LABs) Madam/Dear Sir, Liquidity Risk Management and Basel III Framework on Liquidity Standards – Draft Guidelines The recent global financial crisis re-emphasised the importance of sound liquidity risk management framework to the functioning of financial institutions and markets. The reversal in

DPSS.CO.PD. No. /02.10.002/2011-2012 February , 2012 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officers All Scheduled Commercial Banks including RRBs / Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks /. District Central Co-operative Banks Authorised ATM Networks & Prospective White Label ATM operators. Dear Sir; Deployment of White Label ATMs (WLAs) As per the existing rules/regulations only banks are being permitted to set up Automated Teller Machi

RBI/2011-12 DBOD.No.BP. / /21.04.177/2011-12 September 27, 2011 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officers of All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs and Local Area Banks) and All-India Term Lending and Refinancing Institutions (Exim Bank, NABARD, NHB and SIDBI) Dear Sir, Revisions to the Guidelines on Securitisation Transactions Please refer to paragraph 161 of the Second Quarter Review of the Monetary Policy for the year 2009-10 announced o

Over the last two decades, the Reserve Bank licensed twelve banks in the private sector. This happened in two phases. Ten banks were licensed on the basis of guidelines issued in January 1993. The guidelines were revised in January 2001 based on the experience gained from the functioning of these banks, and fresh applications were invited. The applications received in response to this invitation were vetted by a High Level Advisory Committee constituted by the Reserve

DBOD.No.BP. /21.06.001/2011-12 August 10, 2011 The Chairmen and Managing Directors / Chief Executive Officers of All Commercial Banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks and Local Area Banks) Dear Sir/Madam, Implementation of the Internal Rating Based Approaches (IRB) for Calculation of Capital Charge for Credit Risk - Draft Guidelines Please refer to our circular DBOD.BP.BC.23/21.06.001/2009-10 dated July 7, 2009, inter alia, advising banks that they can apply for migrat

RBI/2011--12 DBOD.FSD.BC. / /2011-12 July 6, 2011 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir, Section 19 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949- Equity Investments in subsidiaries and other companies– Draft Guidelines Please refer to the instructions contained in paragraphs 2 and 3 of our Master Circular DBOD. No. FSD.BC.15/24.01.001/2011-12 dated July 1, 2011 on Para-Banking Activities which deal with the guidelines for setting up of subsidiaries by banks

Introduction The system of PDs in the Government Securities (G-Sec) market was introduced in 1995 to strengthen the infrastructure in the G-Sec market, improve secondary market trading system, which would contribute to price discovery, enhance liquidity and turnover and encourage voluntary holding of G-Sec amongst a wider investor base and make PDs an effective conduit for conducting open market operations (OMO). The current guidelines to authorise PDs in the Indian G

Introduction As a part of financial sector reforms, the Reserve Bank has deregulated interest rates on deposits, other than savings bank deposits. The interest rate on savings bank deposits has remained unchanged at 3.5 per cent per annum since March 1, 2003. Keeping in view progressive deregulation of interest rates, it was proposed in the Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2010-11 announced on November 2, 2010 to prepare a Discussion Paper to delineate the pro

1. Objective The objective of introducing Credit Default Swaps (CDS) on corporate bonds is to provide market participants a tool to transfer and manage credit risk in an effective manner through redistribution of risk. CDS as a risk management product offers the participants the ability to hive off credit risk and also to assume credit risk which otherwise may not be possible. Since CDS have benefits like enhancing investment and borrowing opportunities and reducing t

1. Introduction 1.1 In 2005, the Reserve Bank released the “Road map for presence of foreign banks in India” laying out a two track and gradualist approach aimed at increasing the efficiency and stability of the banking sector in India. One track was the consolidation of the domestic banking system, both in private and public sectors, and the second track was the gradual enhancement of foreign banks in a synchronised manner. The Road map was divided into two phases, t

DBOD.No.BP.BC. /21.06.014/2010-11 January 6, 2011 The Chairmen and Managing Directors / Chief Executive Officers of All Commercial Banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks and Local Area Banks) Dear Sir, Implementation of the Advanced Measurement Approach (AMA) for Calculation of Capital Charge for Operational Risk - Draft Guidelines Please refer to our circular DBOD.BP.BC.23/21.06.001/2009-10 dated July 7, 2009, inter alia advising banks that they can apply for migratin

1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 The Union Finance Minister, in his budget speech for the year 2010-11 had announced that ‘The Indian banking system has emerged unscathed from the crisis. We need to ensure that the banking system grows in size and sophistication to meet the needs of a modern economy. Besides, there is a need to extend the geographic coverage of banks and improve access to banking services. In this context, I am happy to inform the Honourable Members that the RBI i