RBI/2016-17/ DBR.No.BP.BC…/21.07.005/2016-17 February 2, 2017 The Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks) Madam / Dear Sir, Draft Guidelines on governance, measurement and management of Interest Rate Risk in Banking Book Please refer to the paragraph 5 of the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies, by RBI, dated October 4, 2016. It was indicated therein that RBI would issue draft guideli

1. Introduction 1.1 A bank’s exposures to its counterparties may result in concentration of its assets to a single counterparty or a group of connected counterparties. As a first step to address the concentration risk, the Reserve Bank, in March 1989, fixed limits on bank exposures to an individual business concern and to business concerns of a group.RBI’s prudential exposure norms have evolved since then and a bank’s exposure to a single borrower and a borrower group

Draft Circular (for public comments) RBI/2016-17/ DBR.No.Leg.BC. /09.07.005/2016-17 August 11, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (including RRBs) All Co-operative Banks Dear Sir/Madam, Customer Protection – Limiting Liability of Customers in Unauthorised Electronic Banking Transactions Please refer to our circular DBOD.Leg.BC.86/09.07.007/2001-02 dated April 8, 2002 regarding reversal of erroneous debits arising from fraudulent and other transactions. 2. With the in

Preamble The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had issued guidelines for licensing of new banks in the private sector on February 22, 2013. Reserve Bank issued in-principle approval to two applicants and they have since established the banks as per the licences. Recognising the need for having an explicit policy on banking structure in India in line with the recommendations of the Narasimham Committee, Raghuram G. Rajan Committee, and other viewpoints, the Reserve Bank came

RBI/2015-16/ DBR.No.BP.BC./21.06.201/2015-16 June 22, 2016 The Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks) Madam / Dear Sir, Draft Guidelines for computing exposure for counterparty credit risk arising from derivative transactions Please refer to the paragraph 27 of the first bi-monthly monetary policy statement for 2016-17. It was indicated therein that RBI will issue draft guidelines on Standardised A

In March 2015, RBI issued a Discussion Paper titled “Large Exposures Framework and Enhancing Credit Supply through Market Mechanism” for stakeholders’ comments. Apart from introducing the contours of ‘Large Exposures Standards’ for banks in India, the Discussion Paper also focused on the need to encourage sources of funding other than bank credit for the corporate sector to finance growth. Specifically, the paper proposed ways to encourage large corporates with borrow

Preamble The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had issued guidelines for licensing of new banks in the private sector on February 22, 2013. Reserve Bank issued in-principle approval to two applicants and they have since established the banks as per the licences. Recognising the need for having an explicit policy on banking structure in India in line with the recommendations of the Narasimham Committee, Raghuram G. Rajan Committee and other viewpoints, the Reserve Bank came

Background 1. Under Base Rate system which came into effect from July 1, 2010, all categories of domestic rupee loans should be priced only with reference to the Base Rate, subject to the conditions mentioned in our circulars DBOD.No.Dir.BC.88/13.03.00/2009-10 dated April 9, 2010 and DBR. Dir.BC.No.63/13.03.00/2014-15 dated January 19, 2015. For monetary transmission to occur, lending rates have to be sensitive to the policy rate. At present, banks follow different me

RBI/2014-15/ DBR.BP.BC.XX/21.04.098/2014-15 May 28, 2015 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir, Basel III Framework on Liquidity Standards – Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) – Draft Guidelines Please refer to the ‘First Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2015-16’ announced on April 7, 2015, wherein the following proposal was made: 19. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision issued the final rules on the Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) in Octobe

March 27, 2015 Background A bank’s exposure to its counterparties may result in concentration of its assets to a single counterparty or a group of connected counterparties. Internationally, concentration risk has been addressed by prescribing regulatory and statutory limits on exposures towards counterparties and various sectors of the economy. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) too recognised the need for banks to measure and limit the size of large ex