RBI /2004-05/ 421 RPCD.SP.BC.No. 94 /09.01.01/2004-05April 13, 2005 The Chairman and Managing Director All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Except RRBs)Dear Sir, Interest rates to be charged on group loans under Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) As you are aware that Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) is a major poverty alleviation and employment generation programme of the Government of India, implemented in the rural areas of the country, focuses on Group

RBI / 2004-05 /372 DCM(NPD) No. 402 /09.39.00/2004-05 February 22, 2005The Chairman / Managing Director, All Banks having currency chests.Dear Sir, Clean Note Policy - Sorting of banknotes As you are aware in order to achieve the objectives of the Clean Note Policy and with the intention of salvaging re-issuable banknotes, banks had been issued directives vide DBOD No. Dir. 42 /13.03.00/2001-02 dated November 7, 2001, instructing, inter alia, to sort banknotes into is

Ref. RBI 2004-05 /356 DBS.CO.PP.BC. 17/11.01.005/2004-05 February 1, 2005 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Except Regional Rural Banks) Dear Sirs, Implementation of Risk-based internal audit (RBIA) in banks As you would recall the guidelines relating to risk-based internal audit were issued by us on December 27, 2002 vide our letter DBS.CO.PP.BC.10 /11.01.005/2002-03. A review of the implementation of the risk-based internal audit in various banks has revealed that the

RBI/2004-05/346 RPCD/PLNFS/BC. No. 73 /06.02.31/2004-05 January 15, 2005The Chairman/Managing Director All Scheduled Commercial Banks (including RRBs )Dear Sir, Notification No.S.O.1169 (E) dated 20.10.2004 regarding-changes in the list of reserved items for exclusive manufacture in the Small Scale Sector. Please refer to our circular RPCD/PLNFS/BC.No.23/06.02.31/2003-04 dated 15 September 2003 on the captioned subject.2.We advise that Government of India, Ministry of

RBI/2004-05/343 RPCD/PLNFS/BC. No. 72 /06.02.31/2004-05 January 12, 2005 The Chairman/Managing Director All Scheduled Commercial Banks (including RRBs)Dear Sir,Enhancement in SSI Investment Limit in respect of Sports Goods Please refer to our circular RPCD/PLNFS/BC.No.7/06.02.31/2003-04 dated 14 July 2003 regarding enhancement in the ceiling limit on investment in plant and machinery from Rs.1 crore to Rs.5 crore in respect of certain items on Stationery and Drugs and

RBI/ 2004-2005/239 RPCD.PLFS.BC.No. 46 /05.05.14/2004-05 October 26,2004 The Chief Executive Officer (All Indian Private Sector Banks) Dear Sir, Special Agricultural Credit Plans (SACP) At present, public sector banks are formulating Special Agricultural Credit Plans (SACP) under which they fix for themselves targets for disbursement of agricultural credit during a year. The banks have been advised to fix targets at about 20 to 25 per cent higher than the disbursement

RBI/2004/244 RPCD. Plan. BC. 49 /04.09.01/2004-05 October 26, 2004 The Chairman / Managing Director (Public Sector Banks) Dear Sir/ Madam, Data on Priority Sector Advances – Agricultural Lending As you are aware, the scheduled commercial banks are required to achieve a target of 18 per cent of net bank credit (NBC) towards lending to agriculture. The agriculture lending by public sector banks was recently reviewed by the Prime Minister. He desired that all public sect

RBI/ 2004-2005/241 RPCD. PLFS. BC. No. 48 /05.02.02/2004-05 October 26,2004@@NBSP@@The Chairman and Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer(All Scheduled Commercial Banks)(Excluding Regional Rural Banks)Dear Sir,Lending to dealers in agricultural machinery and distributors of inputs for allied activitiesPlease refer to paragraph Nos. 1.2.1 (ii) and 1.2.7 (ix) of the Master Circular on Lending to Priority Sector forwarded with our circular RPCD No. PLAN.BC. 7 /04.09.

Circular No. RBI/2004-05 /220 RPCD.SP. BC.No. 41 /09.01.01/2004-05 October 16, 2004 Chairman/ Managing Director All Scheduled Commercial Banks, (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir, Submission of progress reports under Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY)-certain modifications Please refer to our circular RBI/2004-05/125,Ref RPCD.SP.BC.18/09.01.01/2004-05 dated 17th August 2004. 2. In view of certain difficulties faced by the banks in compiling/reporting of the data correct

Circular No. RBI/2004-05/125 Ref: RPCD.SP.BC.No 18/09.01.01/2004-05 August 17, 2004Chairman/ Managing DirectorAll Scheduled Commercial Banks,(excluding RRBs)Submission of progress reports and change in the periodicity of returns under Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY)Please refer to our Circular No. RBI/2004/ 116, Ref: RPCD.SP.BC.No. 72 /09.01.01/2003-04 dated 25th March, 2004 wherein banks have been advised to furnish us the data under SGSY on monthly basis.2