RBI/DoR/2024-25/122 DoR.FIN.REC.No.31/20.16.003/2024-25 July 30, 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, Master Direction on Treatment of Wilful Defaulters and Large Defaulters This Master Direction on wilful defaulters serves as a comprehensive guideline delineating the regulatory framework and procedures for classification of borrowers as wilful defaulters. This directive plays a crucial role in maintaining the integrity of the financial system by outlining the measures and consequences for those borrowers who deliberately default on their financial obligations.

RBI/DOS/2024-25/120 DOS.CO.FMG.SEC.No.7/23.04.001/2024-25 July 15, 2024 The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Non-Banking Financial Companies (including Housing Finance Companies) Madam / Dear Sir, Master Directions on Fraud Risk Management in Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) (including Housing Finance Companies) Please find enclosed as Annex ‘Reserve Bank of India (Fraud Risk Management in NBFCs) Directions, 2024’ issued in exercise of the powers conferred by Sections 45K, 45L and 45M of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (Act 2 of 1934) and Sections 30A, 32 and 33 of the National Housing Bank Act, 1987. These Directions shall supersede the earlier Directions on the subject, namely, the Master Direction – Monitoring of Frauds in NBFCs (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2016 dated September 29, 2016. Yours faithfully (Rajnish Kumar) Chief General Manager Encl.: as above.

RBI/DOR/2024-25/116 DoR.FIN.REC.16/26.03.001/2024-25 April 24, 2024 All Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) Dear Sir/ Madam, Master Direction – Reserve Bank of India (Asset Reconstruction Companies) Directions, 2024 ARCs play a critical role in the resolution of stressed financial assets of banks and financial institutions, thereby enhancing the overall health of the financial system. To ensure prudent and efficient functioning of ARCs and to protect the interest of investors, Reserve Bank of India hereby issues the Master Direction – Reserve Bank of India (Asset Reconstruction companies) Directions, 2024 (the Directions), hereinafter specified. These Directions have been issued in exercise of the powers conferred by Sections 3, 9, 10, 12 and 12A of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (54 of 2002).

All Commercial Banks excluding Regional Rural Banks All Primary (Urban) Cooperative Banks  Select All India Financial Institutions (Exim Bank, NABARD, NHB, SIDBI and NABFID) All Non-Banking Financial Companies (excluding Housing Finance Companies) and All Asset Reconstruction Companies
 

RBI/DoR/2023-24/106 DoR.FIN.REC.No.45/03.10.119/2023-24 October 19, 2023 (Updated as on October 10, 2024) (Updated as on March 21, 2024) (Updated as on November 10, 2023) Master Direction – Reserve Bank of India (Non-Banking Financial Company– Scale Based Regulation) Directions, 2023 The Reserve Bank of India, having considered it necessary in the public interest, and being satisfied that, for the purpose of enabling the Reserve Bank to regulate the financial system to the advantage of the country and to prevent the affairs of any Non-Banking Financial Company from being conducted in a manner detrimental to the interest of investors and depositors or in any manner prejudicial to the interest of such NBFCs, and in exercise of the powers conferred under sections 45JA, 45K, 45L and 45M of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (Act 2 of 1934) and section 3 read with section 31A and section 6 of the Factoring Regulation Act, 2011 (Act 12 of 2012), hereby issues to every NBFC, in supersession of the Non-Banking Financial Company–Non-Systemically Important Non-Deposit taking (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2016 and Non-Banking Financial Company–Systemically Important Non-Deposit taking Company and Deposit taking Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2016, Master Direction – Reserve Bank of India (Non-Banking Financial Company – Scale Based Regulation) Directions, 2023 (the Directions), hereinafter specified. (J P Sharma) Chief General Manager

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DoR.FIN.REC.40/01.02.000/2023-24

September 21, 2023

Master Direction - Reserve Bank of India (Prudential Regulations on Basel III Capital Framework, Exposure Norms, Significant Investments, Classification, Valuation and Operation of Investment Portfolio Norms and Resource Raising Norms for All India Financial Institutions) Directions, 2023

In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 45L of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, the Reserve Bank of India (hereinafter called the Reserve Bank) being satisfied that it is necessary and expedient in the public interest and in the interest of financial sector policy so to do, hereby, issues the Directions hereinafter specified.

RBI/2022-23/92 DoR.AUT.REC.No.27/24.01.041/2022-23 April 21, 2022 Master Direction – Credit Card and Debit Card – Issuance and Conduct Directions, 2022 In exercise of the powers conferred by Sections 35A and Section 56 of the Banking Regula

RBI/DOR/2021-22/89 DoR.FIN.REC.95/03.10.038/2021-22 March 14, 2022 (Updated as on October 10, 2024) (Updated as on July 25, 2022) All Commercial Banks (including Small Finance Banks, Local Area Banks and Regional Rural Banks) excluding Payments Banks All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks/ State Co-operative Banks/ District Central Co-operative Banks All Non-Banking Financial Companies (including Microfinance Institutions and Housing Finance Companies) Madam/ Dear Sir, Master Direction – Reserve Bank of India (Regulatory Framework for Microfinance Loans) Directions, 2022 Please refer to paragraph 8 of the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies announced as a part of the Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2020-21 dated February 5, 2021, regarding review of the regulatory framework for microfinance.

RBI/2020-21/73 DOR.FIN.HFC.CC.No.120/03.10.136/2020-21 February 17, 2021 (Updated as on October 10, 2024*) (Updated as on March 21, 2024*) (Updated as on December 15, 2023*) (Updated as on October 19, 2023*) (Updated as on August 29, 2023*) (Updated as on June 20, 2023*) (Updated as on December 27, 2022*) (Updated as on September 29, 2022*) (Updated as on August 17, 2022*) (Updated as on July 22, 2022*) (Updated as on June 14, 2022*) (Updated as on April 22, 2022*) (Updated as on April 01, 2022*) (Updated as on December 28, 2021*) (Updated as on October 05, 2021*) (Updated as on August 25, 2021*) (Updated as on July 29, 2021*) Master Direction – Non-Banking Financial Company – Housing Finance Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2021 The Reserve Bank of India (the Bank), having considered it necessary in the public interest, and being satisfied that, for the purpose of enabling the Bank to regulate the financial system to the advantage of the country and to prevent the affairs of any Housing Finance Company (HFCs) from being conducted in a manner detrimental to the interest of investors and depositors or in any manner prejudicial to the interest of such HFCs, and in exercise of the powers conferred under sections 45L and 45MA of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 and Sections 30, 30A, 32 and 33 of the National Housing Bank Act, 1987, hereby issues to every HFC, in supersession of the regulations/ directions as given in Chapter XVII of these directions, the Non-Banking Financial Company – Housing Finance Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2021 hereinafter specified.

RBI/DNBR/2017-18/57 Master Direction DNBR (PD) 090/03.10.124/2017-18 October 04, 2017 (Updated as on September 09, 2024) (Updated as on August 16, 2024) (Updated as on December 29, 2022) (Updated as on September 29, 2022) (Updated as on October 05, 2021) (Updated as on December 23, 2019) (Updated as on November 22, 2019) (Updated as on February 23, 2018) (Updated as on November 09, 2017) Master Direction - Non-Banking Financial Company – Peer to Peer Lending Platform (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2017 The Reserve Bank of India, (the Reserve Bank) issued a Notification No DNBR.045/CGM (CDS)-2017 dated August 24, 2017 in terms of sub-clause (iii) of clause (f) of section 45I of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 and on being satisfied that it is necessary to do so, in exercise of the powers conferred under section 45IA, 45JA, 45L,and 45M of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, and of all the powers enabling it in this behalf, hereby issues these Directions for compliance of the same by every Non-Banking Financial Company that carries on the business of a Peer to Peer Lending Platform.

RBI/DNBS/2016-17/53 Master Direction DNBS.PPD.No.04/66.15.001/2016-17 June 08, 2017 Master Direction - Information Technology Framework for the NBFC Sector In exercise of the powers conferred in terms of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of 45-

RBI/DNBR/2016-17/50
Master Direction DNBR.(PD-MGC) No. 01/23.11.001/2016-17

November 10, 2016
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RBI/DNBR/2016-17/46 Master Direction DNBR.PD.009/03.10.119/2016-17 September 02, 2016 (Updated as on September 06, 2024) (Updated as on February 22, 2024) (Updated as on November 10, 2023) (Updated as on December 29, 2022) (Updated as on November 23, 2022) (Updated as on October 05, 2021) (Updated as on November 22, 2019) (Updated as on February 23, 2018) (Updated as on November 09, 2017) Master Direction - Non-Banking Financial Company - Account Aggregator (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2016 The Reserve Bank of India, (the Bank), in exercise of the powers conferred under section 45JA of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (hereinafter referred to “the Act”), and of all the powers enabling it in this behalf, hereby issues these directions for compliance of the same by every non-banking financial company undertaking the business of Account Aggregator as defined herein. 1. Short title, commencement and applicability of the directions :