Notifications

RBI/2016-17/152 DBR.Appt.BC.No.39/29.39.001/2016-17 November 24, 2016 All Commercial Banks excluding RRBs Dear Sir / Madam, Special knowledge or practical experience useful to banking companies In the backdrop of innovations in banking and technology, it is felt that the domain knowledge and experience enumerated under various statutory provisions for the directors on the boards of commercial banks (excluding RRBs) need to be augmented by knowledge and experience in o

RBI/2016-17/143 DBR.No.BP.BC.37/21.04.048/2016-17 November 21, 2016 All Entities Regulated by the Reserve Bank of India Madam / Dear Sir, Prudential Norms on Income Recognition, Asset Classification and Provisioning pertaining to Advances It has been represented to us that consequent upon withdrawal of the legal tender status of the existing ₹ 500 and ₹ 1,000 notes (SBN) small borrowers may need some more time to repay their loan dues. Taking these representations int

RBI/2016-17/134 DBR.RRB.BC.No.36/31.01.002/2016-17 November 16 , 2016 All Regional Rural Banks Dear Sir / Madam, Section 23 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 - Master Circular on BranchLicensing - Census data 2011 Please refer to our Master circular on Branch Licensing DBR.CO.RRB.BL.BC.No.17/31.01.002/2015-16 dated July 1, 2015. As the Census data for 2011 are available in public domain, Regional Rural Banks are advised to follow Census 2011 for all purposes of cate

RBI/2016-17/122 DBR.No.BP.BC.34/21.04.132/2016-17 November 10, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs), All-India Term-lending and Refinancing Institutions (Exim Bank, NABARD, NHB and SIDBI) Non-Banking Financial Companies, including Securitisation Companies/ Reconstruction Companies Madam / Dear Sir, Schemes for Stressed Assets - Revisions In the recent past, the Reserve Bank of India has taken various regulatory measures to strengthen the lenders’ abili

RBI/2016-17/120 DBR.No.BP.BC.30/21.06.201/2016-17 November 10, 2016 The Managing Director/Chief Executive OfficerAll Scheduled Commercial Banks(Excluding Regional Rural Banks) Madam / Dear Sir, Guidelines on capital requirements for bank exposures to central counterparties Please refer to the paragraph 4 of Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies issued by RBI on October 4, 2016. It was indicated therein that RBI will issue final guidelines on capital requi

RBI/2016-17/119 DBR.No.BP.BC.29/21.06.201/2016-17 November 10, 2016 The Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks) Madam / Dear Sir, Guidelines for computing exposure for counterparty credit risk arising from derivative transactions Please refer to the paragraph 4 of the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies issued by RBI on October 4, 2016. It was indicated therein that RBI will issue fin

RBI/2016-17/118 DBR.IBD.BC.32/23.13.004/2016-17 November 10, 2016 Chairman/Managing Director and CEOs All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks) Dear Sir/Madam, Setting up of IFSC Banking Units (IBUs) – Permissible activities Please refer to our circular DBR.IBD.BC.14570/23.13.004/2014-15 dated April 01, 2015 setting out RBI directions relating to IFSC Banking Units (IBUs). We have received a few suggestions and queries during the last few months

RBI/2016-17/114 DBR.No.Leg.BC.31/09.07.005/2016-17 November 9, 2016 The Chairman / Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Public Sector Banks/ Private Sector Banks / Foreign Banks/ Small Finance Banks / Regional Rural Banks / Local Area Banks All Cooperative Banks Dear Sir/ Madam, Banks to remain open for public on Saturday, November 12 and Sunday, November 13, 2016 In order to meet the anticipated heavy demand from members of public to conduct their banking t

RBI/2016-17/108 DBR.BP.BC.No.28 /21.06.001/2016-17 November 03, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks) Dear Sir, Issue of Rupee Denominated Bonds overseas Please refer to A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.14 dated November 03, 2016 on issue of rupee denominated bonds overseas by Indian banks. 2. We advise that banks are permitted to raise funds through issuance of rupee denominated bonds overseas for the following purposes: Perpetual Debt Ins

RBI/2016-17/99 IDMD.CDD.No.894 /14.04.050/2016-17 October 20, 2016 The Chairman & Managing Director All Scheduled Commercial Banks, (Excluding RRBs) Designated Post Offices Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd.(SHCIL) National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. & Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd. Dear Sir/Madam, Sovereign Gold Bonds 2016-17 Series III – Operational Guidelines This has reference to the GoI notification F.No.4(16)-W&M/2016 and RBI circular IDMD.CDD.No.