RBI/2025-26/52 DOR.SOG(LEG).REC/ 32/ 09.08.024/2025-26 June 12, 2025 All Commercial Banks (including RRBs) and all Co-operative Banks Madam/ Dear Sir Inoperative Accounts/ Unclaimed Deposits in Banks - Revised Instructions (Amendment) 2025 As per instructions, issued vide circular DOR.SOG(LEG).REC/64/ 09.08.024/2023-24 dated January 1, 2024 (hereinafter called the extant instructions), the credit balance in any deposit account maintained with banks, which have not been operated upon for ten years or more, or any amount remaining unclaimed for ten years or more, as mentioned in paragraph 3(iii) of the “Depositor Education and Awareness” (DEA) Fund Scheme, 2014, are required to be transferred by banks to DEA Fund maintained by the Reserve Bank of India. There is a need to enable Business Correspondents to facilitate updation of KYC.

RBI/2025-26/46 DoR.RET.REC.23/12.01.001/2025-26 June 06, 2025 All banks, Madam / Sir, Maintenance of Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) Please refer to our circular DoR.RET.REC.52/12.01.001/2024-25 dated December 06, 2024 and relative notification on the captioned subject. 2. As announced in the Governor’s Statement dated June 06, 2025, it has been decided to reduce the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) of all banks by 100 basis points in four equal tranches of 25 basis points each to 3.0 per cent of net demand and time Liabilities (NDTL). Accordingly, banks are required to maintain the CRR at 3.75 per cent

DoR.FIN.REC. 25/03.10.038/2025-26 June 06, 2025 All Non-Banking Financial Companies - Microfinance Institutions Dear Sir/ Madam, Review of Qualifying asset criteria Please refer to paragraph 8.1 of the Master Direction - Reserve Bank of India (Regulatory Framework for Microfinance Loans) Directions, 2022 dated March 14, 2022 which prescribes Qualifying Assets Criteria for Non-Banking

RBI/2025-26/36 DOR.STR.REC.19/21.07.001/2025-26 May 8, 2025 Reserve Bank of India (Digital Lending) Directions, 2025

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/2025-26/28 CO.DIT.DCD.No.S81/01-71-110/2025-26 April 22, 2025 All Commercial Banks All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks All State Co-operative Banks and District Central Co-operative Banks Dear Sir/Madam, Circular - Migration to '.bank.in' domain

RBI/2025-26/26 DOR.MCS.REC.17/01.01.003/2025-26 April 21, 2025 All Commercial Banks All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks All State Co-operative Banks and District Central Co-operative Banks Madam/ Dear Sir, Opening of and operation in deposit accounts of minors

RBI/2025-26/21 DOR.CO.SOG(Leg) No.15/09.08.024/2025-26 April 8, 2025 All Scheduled Commercial Banks All Co-operative Banks Madam / Dear Sir Review of Regulatory Guidelines– Withdrawal of Circulars

In terms of paragraph 3 of the circular DOR (PCB).BPD.Cir No.10/13.05.000/2019-20 dated March 13, 2020, read with paragraph 2 of the circular DOR.CRE.REC.18/07.10.002/2023-24 dated June 8, 2023, UCBs are required to achieve an overall PSL target of 75 per cent of ANBC or CEOBSE , whichever is higher, by FY2025-26, with interim targets of 60 per cent (FY2023-24) and 65 per cent (FY2024-25).

RBI/2024-25/127 DOR.ACC.REC.No.67/21.04.018/2024-25 March 20, 2025 Madam / Sir, Amortisation of additional pension liability- Implementation of Pension Scheme in Regional Rural Banks with effect from November 1, 1993-Prudential Regulatory Treatment

RBI/2024-2025/126 DOR.ACC.REC.No.66/21.04.018/2024-25 March 20, 2025 Madam / Sir, Reserve Bank of India (Financial Statements - Presentation and Disclosures) Directions, 2021: Clarifications

RBI/2024-25/118 DOR.CRE.REC. 62/07.10.002/2024-25 February 24, 2025 All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Review and rationalization of prudential norms - UCBs

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/2024-25/100 DOR.STR.REC.54/21.04.048/2024-25 December 31, 2024 All Commercial Banks (including Regional Rural Banks and Local Area Banks) All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks All State Cooperative Banks & Central Cooperative Banks All Non-Banking Financial Companies (including Housing Finance Companies) All All-India Financial Institutions Madam/Dear Sir, Government Debt Relief Schemes (DRS)

RBI/2024-25/94 DoR.SPE.REC.No.51/13.03.00/2024-2025 December 06, 2024 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (including Regional Rural Banks) All Small Finance Banks All Local Area Banks All Payments Banks All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks/ DCCBs /State Cooperative Banks Madam / Sir, Interest Rates on Foreign Currency (Non-resident) Accounts (Banks) [FCNR(B)] Deposits Please refer to paragraph 2 of the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies issued as a part of theBi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2024-25 dated December 06, 2024 read with instructions regarding interest rates on FCNR(B) deposits contained in Section 19 of the Master Direction (MD) on Interest Rate on Deposits dated March 03, 2016 and Section 18 of the Master Direction on Co-operative Banks - Interest Rate on Deposits dated May 12, 2016, as amended from time to time.

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/2024-25/80
DOR.STR.REC.45/04.02.001/2024-25

October 9, 2024

All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs),
Primary (Urban) Cooperative Banks & State Cooperative Banks (scheduled banks having
AD category-I license), and
Exim Bank

Dear Sir / Madam,

RBI/2024-25/76 DOR.STR.REC.44/04.02.001/2024-25 September 20, 2024 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs), Primary (Urban) Cooperative Banks & State Cooperative Banks (scheduled banks having AD category-I license), and Exim Bank Madam/ Sir, Interest Equalization Scheme (IES) on Pre and Post Shipment Rupee Export Credit Please refer to the instructions issued vide circular No.DOR.STR.REC.41/04.02.001/2024-25 dated August 29, 2024. 2. Government of India (Gol), vide Trade Notice No.16/2024-2025 dated August 31, 2024, read with Trade Notice No.17/2024-2025 dated September 17, 2024, has allowed for an extension of the Interest Equalization Scheme for Pre and Post Shipment Rupee Export Credit ('Scheme') from September 1, 2024, to September 30, 2024.

RBI/2024-25/71 DOR.STR.REC.41/04.02.001/2024-25 August 29, 2024 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs), Primary (Urban) Cooperative Banks & State Cooperative Banks (scheduled banks having AD category-I license), and Exim Bank Dear Sir / Madam, Interest Equalization Scheme (IES) on Pre and Post Shipment Rupee Export Credit Please refer to the instructions issued vide circular No. DOR.STR.REC. 78/04.02.001/2023-24 dated February 22, 2024.

RBI/2024-25/69 DoR.RET.REC.40/12.07.160/2024-25 August 22, 2024 All Commercial and Co-operative Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Cessation of “Krung Thai Bank Public Company Limited” as a banking company within the meaning of sub section (2) of Section 36 (A) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 It is advised that the “Krung Thai Bank Public Company Limited” has ceased to be a banking company within the meaning of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 vide Notification DoR.LIC.No.S1999/23.13.066/2024-25 dated July 3, 2024, which is published in the Gazette of India (Part III - Section 4) dated August 17 – August 23, 2023.