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RBI/2025-26/09 DOR.CAP.REC.03/09.18.201/2025-26 April 01, 2025 All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Dear Sir / Madam, Master Circular - Prudential Norms on Capital Adequacy - Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs) Please refer to our Master Circular DOR.CAP.REC.5/09.18.201/2024-25 dated April 01, 2024 on the captioned subject. 2. The enclosed Master Circular consolidates and updates all the instructions / guidelines on the subject issued up to March 31, 2025 as listed in the Appendix. Yours faithfully (Usha Janakiraman) Chief General Manager-in-Charge Encl: As above

RBI/2025-26/08 DOR.CAP.REC.2/21.06.201/2025-26 April 01, 2025 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Small Finance Banks, Payments Banks and Regional Rural Banks) Madam / Dear Sir, Master Circular – Basel III Capital Regulations Please refer to the Master Circular No. DOR.CAP.REC.4/21.06.201/2024-25 dated April 01, 2024, consolidating therein the prudential guidelines on Basel III capital adequacy issued to banks till that date.

RBI/2025-2026/07 DoR.HGG.GOV.No.1/18.10.010/2025-26 April 1, 2025 The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Dear Sir/Madam, Master Circular on Board of Directors - UCBs Please refer to our Master Circular DoR.HGG.GOV.No.1/18.10.010/2024-25 dated April 1, 2024 on the captioned subject (available at RBI website www.rbi.org.in). The enclosed Master Circular consolidates and updates all the instructions / guidelines on the subject issued till date.

RBI/DOR/2024-25/135 DOR.STR.REC.72/21.04.048/2024-25 March 29, 2025 All 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) Revised norms for Government Guaranteed Security Receipts (SRs)

RBI/DOR/2024-25/129 DOR.CAP.REC.No.70/21.06.201/2024-25 March 25, 2025 All Regional Rural Banks Dear Sir/ Madam, Master Direction – Reserve Bank of India (Prudential Norms on Capital Adequacy for Regional Rural Banks) Directions, 2025

RBI/2024-2025/128 DOR.CAP.REC.No.68/21.01.002/2024-25 March 21, 2025 Dear Sir/Madam, Treatment of Right-of-Use (ROU) Asset for Regulatory Capital Purposes

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/2024-25/120 DOR.STR.REC.61/21.06.001/2024-25 February 25, 2025 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (including Small Finance Banks but excluding Regional Rural Banks and Payments Banks) Madam / Dear Sir, Exposures of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) to Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) – Review of Risk Weights

RBI/2024-25/119 DOR.CRE.REC. 63/21.06.001/2024-25 February 25, 2025 All Commercial Banks (including Small Finance Banks, Local Area Banks and Regional Rural Banks) excluding Payments Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Review of Risk Weights on Microfinance Loans

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/2024-25/116 DOR.MRG.REC.60/00-00-017/2024-25 February 17, 2025 Madam / Dear Sir, 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 - Amendment Please refer to paragraph 34.2 of the 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 issued on September 21, 2023.

RBI/2024-25/112 DOR.CO.SOG(Leg) No.59/09.08.024/2024-25 February 11, 2025 All Agency Banks Madam / Dear Sir All Agency Banks to remain open for public on March 31, 2025 (Monday)

RBI/2024-25/111 DoR.RET.REC.57/12.01.001/2024-25 February 07, 2025 All Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Change in Bank Rate

RBI/2024-25/107 DOR.FIN.REC.No.58/03.10.136/2024-25 January 29, 2025 All Housing Finance Companies (HFCs) Dear Sir/ Madam, Private Placement of Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs) with maturity period of more than one year by HFCs – Review of guidelines Please refer to Chapter XI of Master Direction – Non-Banking Financial Company – Housing Finance Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2021 wherein guidelines on private placement of NCDs by HFCs have been prescribed.

RBI/2024-25/106 DoR.SIG.FIN.REC. 56/26.03.001/2024-25 January 20, 2025 All Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) Dear Sir/ Madam, Guidelines on Settlement of Dues of borrowers by ARCs Please refer to paragraph 15 of the Master Direction – Reserve Bank of India (Asset Reconstruction Companies) Directions, 2024 dated April 15, 2024 which prescribes guidelines on settlement of dues payable by the borrowers of the ARCs. On a review, it has been decided to revise these guidelines and the amended paragraph 15 of the Master Direction ibid is provided in the Annex.

RBI/DoR/2024-25/125 DoR.FIN.REC.No. 55/20.16.056/2024-25 January 06, 2025 All Commercial Banks including Small Finance Banks, Local Area Banks and Regional Rural Banks and excluding Payment 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 – Reserve Bank of India (Credit Information Reporting) Directions, 2025

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/2024-25/95 DoR.RET.REC.52/12.01.001/2024-25 December 06, 2024 All Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Maintenance of Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)

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/2024-2025/87 DOR.AML.REC. 49 /14.01.001/2024-25 November 06, 2024 All the Regulated Entities Dear Sir/Madam, Amendment to the Master Direction - Know Your Customer (KYC) Direction, 2016