Regulating Non-Banking

RBI/2025-26/100 DOR.RRC.REC.302/33-01-010/2025-26 November 28, 2025 Consolidation of Regulations – Withdrawal of circulars Please refer to the press release issued on November 28, 2025 announcing the release of 244 Master Directions consolidating the instructions currently administered by the Department of Regulation (DoR) of the Reserve Bank of India.

RBI/2025-26/96 DOR.STR.REC.60/21.04.048/2025-26 November 14, 2025 Reserve Bank of India (Trade Relief Measures) Directions, 2025 Chapter I: Preliminary Preamble 1. Reserve Bank is statutorily mandated to operate the credit system of the country to its advantage. In this endeavour, and with a view to mitigating the burden of debt servicing brought about by trade disruptions caused by global headwinds and to ensure the continuity of viable businesses, Reserve Bank being satisfied that it is necessary and expedient in the public interest to do so, issues these Directions hereinafter specified.

RBI/2025-26/34 DIT.CO.No.S-106/07.71.039/2025-26 April 28, 2025 The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks (including Small Finance Banks, Local Area Banks and Regional Rural Banks) All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks/ State Co-operative Banks/ Central Cooperative Banks All All-India Financial Institutions All Non-Banking Financial Companies (including Housing Finance Companies) All Primary Dealers All Non-bank Payment System Operators (PSOs) All Credit Information Companies (CICs) Madam / Dear Sir, Processing of Regulatory Authorisations/ Licenses/ Approvals through PRAVAAH

RBI/2024-25/104 Ref.No.DoS.CO.PPG/SEC.13/11.01.005/2024-25 January 17, 2025 The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs) All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks All Deposit Taking NBFCs (Excluding HFCs) [Supervised Entities (SEs)] Madam / Dear Sir

RBI/2024-25/81 DoR.FIN.REC. 47/20.16.042/2024-25 October 10, 2024 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 Asset Reconstruction Companies All Credit Information Companies Dear Sir/ Madam, Implementation of Credit Information Reporting Mechanism subsequent to cancellation of licence or Certificate of Registration The Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005 (CICRA) stipulates that only Credit Institutions (CIs) can furnish credit information to Credit Information Companies (CICs). Section 17(1) of CICRA mandates that CICs can collect credit information from its member CIs or member CICs only. Therefore, only the entities that are covered under the ambit of section 2(f) of CICRA, 2005 can submit credit information to CICs.

RBI/2024-25/60 DoR.FIN.REC.No. 32/ 20.16.056/ 2024-25 August 08, 2024 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-India Financial Institutions (Exim Bank, NABARD, NHB, SIDBI and NaBFID) All Non-Banking Financial Companies (including Housing Finance Companies) All Asset Reconstruction Companies All Credit Information Companies Dear Sir/ Madam, Frequency of reporting of credit information by Credit Institutions to Credit Information Companies Please refer to the circular DBR. No. CID. BC. 60/ 20.16.056/ 2014-15 dated January 15, 2015, inter-alia, directing the credit information companies (CICs) and credit institutions (CIs) to keep the credit information collected/maintained by them updated regularly on a monthly basis or at such shorter intervals as mutually agreed upon between the CI and the CIC.

RBI/ 2023-24/127 DOR.GOV.REC.79/18.10.006/2023-24 February 27, 2024 All Asset Reconstruction Companies Dear Sir / Madam Appointment/re-appointment of Director, Managing Director or Chief Executive Officer in Asset Reconstruction Companies

RBI/2023-24/111 DoR.MCS.REC.61/01.01.001/2023-24 December 29, 2023 All Commercial Banks (including Small Finance Banks, Local Area Banks and Regional Rural Banks, excluding Payments Banks) All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks All NBFCs (including HFCs) and All India Financial Institutions (EXIM Bank, NABARD, NHB, SIDBI and NaBFID)

RBI/2023-24/85 DOR.STR.REC.57/21.06.001/2023-24 November 16, 2023 Commercial Banks (including Small Finance Banks, Local Area Banks and Regional Rural Banks) Non-Banking Financial Companies (including HFCs) Madam/Dear Sir, Regulatory measures towards consumer credit and bank credit to NBFCs Please refer to Governor’s Statement dated October 6, 2023 flagging the high growth in certain components of consumer credit and advising banks and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) to strengthen their internal surveillance mechanisms, address the build-up of risks, if any, and institute suitable safeguards, in their own interest. The high growth seen in consumer credit and increasing dependency of NBFCs on bank borrowings were also highlighted by Governor in the interactions with MD/CEOs of major banks and large NBFCs in July and August 2023, respectively.

RBI/2023-24/77 DoR.FIN.REC.53/03.10.123/2023-24 October 26, 2023 All Regulated Entities of the Bank Dear Sir/ Madam, Joining the Account Aggregator Ecosystem as Financial Information User Please refer to the Master Direction – Non-Banking Financial Company - Account Aggregator (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2016.

RBI/2023-24/76 DoR.FIN.REC.52/03.10.123/2023-24 October 26, 2023 All Regulated Entities of the Bank Madam/ Dear Sir, Review of Financial Information Provider (FIP) under Account Aggregator Framework Please refer to the paragraph 3(1)(xi) of Master Direction – Non-Banking Financial Company - Account Aggregator (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2016 defining the term ‘Financial Information Provider’.

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/2012-13/62 UBD.BPD.(PCB) MC No. 5 /13.05.000/2012-13 July 2, 2012 The Chief Executive Officers All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Master Circular- Management of Advances - UCBs Please refer to our Master Circular UBD.BPD.(PCB) MC No.5/13.05.000/2011-12 dated July 1, 2011 on the captioned subject (available at RBI website www.rbi.org.in). The enclosed Master Circular consolidates and updates all the instructions / guidelines issued on the subj

REF: No. MPD. BC.244/07.01.279/ 2003-04 November 5, 2003Kartika 14, 1925(S)To All Primary DealersDear Sirs,Primary Dealers' Access to Call/Notice Money MarketPlease refer to Paragraphs 62 and 63 of the Governor’s statement on Mid-term Review of Monetary and Credit Policy for the year 2003-04 enclosed with his letter No. MPD. BC.241/07.01.279/2003-04 dated November 3, 2003 (copy of the paragraphs enclosed). 2. It may be recalled that following the annual policy Stateme

REF: No. MPD. BC.244/07.01.279/ 2003-04 November 5, 2003Kartika 14, 1925(S)To All Primary DealersDear Sirs,Primary Dealers' Access to Call/Notice Money MarketPlease refer to Paragraphs 62 and 63 of the Governor’s statement on Mid-term Review of Monetary and Credit Policy for the year 2003-04 enclosed with his letter No. MPD. BC.241/07.01.279/2003-04 dated November 3, 2003 (copy of the paragraphs enclosed). 2. It may be recalled that following the annual policy Stateme

REF: No. MPD. BC.244/07.01.279/ 2003-04 November 5, 2003Kartika 14, 1925(S)To All Primary DealersDear Sirs,Primary Dealers' Access to Call/Notice Money MarketPlease refer to Paragraphs 62 and 63 of the Governor’s statement on Mid-term Review of Monetary and Credit Policy for the year 2003-04 enclosed with his letter No. MPD. BC.241/07.01.279/2003-04 dated November 3, 2003 (copy of the paragraphs enclosed). 2. It may be recalled that following the annual policy Stateme