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RBI/2017-18/15 DBR.No.Leg.BC.78/09.07.005/2017-18 July 6, 2017 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (including RRBs) All Small Finance Banks and Payments Banks Dear Sir/ Madam, Customer Protection – Limiting Liability of Customers in Unauthorised Electronic Banking Transactions Please refer to our circular DBOD.Leg.BC.86/09.07.007/2001-02 dated April 8, 2002 regarding reversal of erroneous debits arising from fraudulent or other transactions. 2. With the increased thrust on

RBI/2016-17/329 DBR.NBD.No.77/16.13.218/2016-17 June 29, 2017 Chief Executive Officers of Payments Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Limits on balances in customer accounts with payments banks – sweep out arrangements with other banks Please refer to paragraph 7(i) of the Operating Guidelines for Payments Banks (‘Operating Guidelines’) dated October 6, 2016, under which payments banks (PBs) were permitted to make arrangements with a scheduled commercial bank / small finance ban

RBI/2016-17/326 DBR.No.Leg.BC.76/09.07.005/2016-17 June 22, 2017 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (including RRBs) All Small Finance Banks and Payments Banks Dear Sir/ Madam, Recording of Details of Transactions in Passbook/ Statement of Account Please refer to instructions contained in Paragraphs 6 and 7 of our circular DBOD.No.Leg.BC.74/09.07.005/2003-04 dated April 10, 2004 on "Committee on Procedures and Performance Audit on Public Services - Report No. 3 - Banking

RBI/2016-17/321 DBR.No.BP.BC.74/21.06.009/2016-17 June 13, 2017 The Chairman / CMD / MD / CEOAll Scheduled Commercial Banks(Excluding Local Area Banks and Regional Rural Banks) Madam/Dear Sir, Prudential Guidelines on Capital Adequacy and Market Discipline- New Capital Adequacy Framework (NCAF) - Eligible Credit Rating Agencies – INFOMERICS Valuation and Rating Pvt Ltd. (INFOMERICS) Please refer to the Master Circular DBR.No.BP.BC.4./21.06.001/2015-16 dated July 1, 20

RBI/2016-17/318 DBR.No.Ret.BC.71/12.02.001/2016-17 June 7, 2017 All Commercial Banks, Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs), State and Central Co-operative Banks (StCBs/CCBs) Madam/Dear Sir, Section 24 and Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 - Maintenance of Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) Please refer to our circular DBR.No.Ret.BC.64/12.01.001/2015-16 dated December 10, 2015, on maintenance of Statutory Liquidity Ratio under Section 24 and Section 56 o

RBI/2016-17/317 DBR.BP.BC.No.72/08.12.015/2016-17 June 7, 2017 All Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks and Local Area Banks) Madam/Dear Sir, Individual Housing Loans: Rationalisation of Risk-Weights and Loan to Value (LTV) Ratios Please refer to the Second Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2017-18, announced today. 2. As a countercyclical measure, the LTV ratios, risk weights and standard asset provisioning rate for individual housing loans sanctio

RBI/2016-17/306 DBR.No.BAPD.BC.69/22.01.001/2016-17 May 18, 2017 The Chairman and Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer All Domestic Scheduled Commercial Banks(Excluding Regional Rural Banks), Small Finance Banks,Payment Banks and Local Area Banks Madam/Dear Sir, Rationalisation of Branch Authorisation Policy- Revision of Guidelines Please refer to the paragraph 11 on ‘Banking Outlets – Final Guidelines’ (extract enclosed) of the Statement on Developmental and Reg

RBI/2016-17/305 DBR.No.BP.BC.70/21.04.142/2016-17 May 18, 2017 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks) Madam/Dear Sir, Partial Credit Enhancement to Corporate Bonds Please refer to paragraph 21 (a) of the Guidelines on Partial Credit Enhancement to Corporate Bonds by Banks annexed to the circular DBR.BP.BC.No.40/21.04.142/2015-16 dated September 24, 2015, on the capital requirements during the lifetime of the bond in respect of which partial cr

RBI/2016-17/304 DBR.Appt.No.BC.68/29.67.001/2016-17 May 18, 2017 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Madam/ Dear Sir, Minimum qualifications and experience for CFO and CTO Rapid innovations in banking and technology call for better risk governance in the areas of finance and technology. A Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in banks’ management structure would play a crucial role in strengthening and sustaining the banks’ risk

RBI/2016-17/302 Ref: DBR.CO.No.Ret.BC/66/12.07.144/2016-17 May 11, 2017 The Chairperson All RRBs Madam/Dear Sir, Submission of Statutory returns (SLR-Form VIII) in XBRL platform It has been decided to move the reporting of SLR from PCRPCD to XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) platform. You are therefore advised to submit the returns (Form VIII) in XBRL from the month of April 2017. Yours faithfully, (S K Kar) Chief General Manager

RBI/2016-17/296 DCBR.RAD (PCB/RCB) Cir.No.4/7.12.001/2016-17 April 28, 2017 The Chief Executive Officers All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks /All State Co-operative Banks (StCBs) /All District Central Co-operative Banks Dear Sir/Madam, Guidelines on Merchant Acquisition for Card Transactions Co-operative banks have been permitted to install both onsite/offsite ATM networks and can issue debit cards on their own or through sponsor banks based on certain eligibility

RBI/2016-17/295 DNBR. PD (ARC) CC. No. 03/26.03.001/2016-17 April 28, 2017 The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All registered Asset Reconstruction Companies. Dear Sir, Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002- Section 3 (1) (b) - Requirement of Net Owned Fund (NOF) for Asset Reconstruction Companies. A reference is invited to paragraph 9 of the Bank’s Monetary Policy Statement on Develo

RBI/2016-17/294 DBR.BP.BC.No.65/21.04.103/2016-17 April 27, 2017 The Chairman and Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks(Excluding Local Area Banks and Regional Rural Banks)AndSmall Finance Banks Madam/Dear Sir, Risk Management Systems – Role of the Chief Risk Officer (CRO) Please refer to the guidelines on Risk Management Systems issued vide our circular DBOD.No.BP.(SC).BC.98/21.04.103/99 dated October 7, 1999 and the Guidance Notes

RBI/2016-17/282 DBR.No.BP.BC.64/21.04.048/2016-17 April 18, 2017 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks) Madam/Dear Sir, Additional Provisions For Standard Advances At Higher Than The Prescribed Rates Please refer to paragraph 5 of the Master Circular - Prudential norms on Income Recognition, Asset Classification and Provisioning pertaining to Advances dated July 1, 2015. 2. It is advised that the provisioning rates prescribed in the abovementi

RBI/2016-17/273 DBR.IBD.BC.59/23.13.004/2016-17 April 10, 2017 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks) Dear Sir/Madam, Setting up of IFSC Banking Units (IBUs) – Permissible activities Please refer to RBI circular DBR.IBD.BC.14570/23.13.004/2014-15 dated April 01, 2015, as modified from time to time, setting out RBI directions relating to IFSC Banking Units (IBUs). We have received a few suggestions and queries from the stakeholders regarding op

RBI/2016-17/270 DBR.No.Ret.BC.58/12.01.001/2016-17 April 06, 2017 The Chairperson / CEOs of all Scheduled and Non Scheduled Banks Dear Sir / Madam, Change in Bank Rate Please refer to our circular DBR.No.Ret.BC.19/12.01.001/2016-17 dated October 04, 2016 on the captioned subject. 2. As announced in the First Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2017-18 dated April 06, 2017, the Bank Rate stands adjusted by 25 basis points from 6.75 per cent to 6.50 per cent with effec

RBI/2016-17/259 DBR.No.Leg.BC.56/09.07.005/2016-17 March 29, 2017 All Agency Banks Dear Sir/ Madam, Opening of all Agency Banks for government business on April 1, 2017 – Revised instructions We had vide our circular DBR.No.Leg. BC.55/09.07.005/2016-17 dated March 24, 2017 advised all Agency Banks to keep all their branches dealing with government business open on all days in the current financial year and on April 1, 2017 (including Saturday, Sunday and all holidays)

RBI/2016-17/256 DBR.No.Leg.BC.55/09.07.005/2016-17 March 24, 2017 All Agency Banks Dear Sir/ Madam, All Agency Banks to remain open for public on all days from March 25, 2017 to April 1, 2017 The Government of India has advised that all Pay and Account Offices will remain open on all days up to April 1, 2017 to facilitate government receipt and payment functions. Accordingly, all Agency Banks are advised to keep all their branches dealing with government business open

RBI/2016-17/222 DBR.BP.BC.No.50/21.06.201/2016-17 February 02, 2017 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks) Madam/ Sir, Basel III Capital Regulations- Additional Tier 1 Capital Please refer to the paragraph 1.8 on ‘Coupon Discretion’ under Annex 4 on ‘'Criteria for Inclusion of Perpetual Debt Instruments (PDI) in Additional Tier 1 Capital' of the Master Circular, DBR.No.BP.BC.1/21.06.201/2015-16 dated July 1, 2015 on ‘Basel III Capital Regulati

RBI/2016-17/198 DBR.No.BP.BC.49/21.04.048/2016-17 December 28, 2016 All Regulated Entities Madam / Dear Sir, Prudential Norms on Income Recognition, Asset Classification and Provisioning pertaining to Advances Please refer to circular DBR.No.BP.BC.37/21.04.048/2016-17 dated November 21, 2016. 2. On a review, it has been decided to: (i) Provide 30 days, in addition to the 60 days provided vide the abovementioned circular, in the following categories of loans: (a) Runni

RBI/2016-17/193 IDMD No.1569/14.04.050/2016-17 December 23, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs)Designated Post OfficesStock Holding Corporation of India Ltd. (SHCIL)BSE & NSEDepositories/Depository Participants Madam/Sir, Procedural Guidelines for Servicing the Sovereign Gold Bonds The Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme was launched by Government of India (GOI) on October 30, 2015. The Sovereign Gold Bonds (henceforth referred to as bonds) are issued by G

RBI/2016-17/183 DBR.AML.BC.48/14.01.01/2016-17 December 15, 2016 All Regulated Entities Dear Sir/Madam, Compliance to provisions of Master Direction on Know Your Customer (KYC) A reference may be made to the following provisions of the Master Direction on Know Your Customer (KYC): (i) Section 8(d) and (e), wherein it is mentioned that concurrent/internal audit system of the Regulated Entities (REs) has to verify the compliance with KYC/AML policies and procedures and

RBI/2016-17/177 DBR.AML.BC.47/14.01.01/2016-17 December 8, 2016 All Regulated Entities Dear Sir/Madam, Amendment to Master Direction on Know Your Customer In exercise of the powers conferred under Section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, it has been decided to make certain amendments to the Master Direction on Know Your Customer (KYC). The two major changes being notified are as under: It has been decided to allow One Time Pin (OTP) based e-KYC subject to cert

RBI/2016-17/176 DBR.AML.BC. No. 18/14.01.001/2016-17 December 8, 2016 All Regulated Entities (REs) Dear Sir/Madam, Amendment to Master Direction (MD) on KYC In exercise of the powers conferred under Section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and section 35A read with section 56 of that Act, Rule 9 (14) of the Prevention of Money Laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules, 2005 and all other laws enabling the Reserve Bank in this behalf, the Reserve Bank makes the

RBI/2016-17/174 DBR.No.Ret.BC.46/12.01.001/2016-17 December 7, 2016 The Chairperson / CEOs of all Scheduled Commercial Banks/ Regional Rural Banks / All Scheduled Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks / All Scheduled State Co-operative Banks Dear Sir, Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 – Section 42(1A)Withdrawal of the Incremental CRR Please refer to our circular DBR.No.Ret.BC.41/12.01.001/2016-17 dated November 26, 2016 whereby all scheduled banks were required to maintain

RBI/2016-17/173 DBR.AML.BC.No.44/14.01.001/2016-17 December 06, 2016 All Regulated Entities (REs) Dear Sir/Madam, Requirement of customer due diligence and need for maintenance of records It has been reported that, of late, a lot of customers are approaching banks for re-activation of dormant accounts. 2. In this regard, we invite attention to paragraph 24.2 (ix) of the Master Circular on ‘Customer Services in Banks’ dated July 1, 2015, requiring that operation in dor

RBI/2016-17/167 DBR.No.BP.BC.43/21.01.003/2016-17 December 01, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks) Madam/Dear Sir, Large Exposures Framework Please refer to the paragraph 3 of the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies issued by RBI on October 4, 2016 (extract enclosed). It was indicated therein that RBI will issue final guidelines on Large Exposures Framework (LEF) by end-October, 2016. Accordingly, the final guidelines ar

RBI/2016-17/168 DBR.BP.BC.No.42/08.12.014/2016-17 December 1, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs) All India Term-Lending and Refinancing Institutions (Exim Bank, NABARD, NHB and SIDBI) Madam/Dear Sir, Financing of Infrastructure – ‘Definition of 'Infrastructure Lending' Please refer to our circular DBOD.BP.BC.No.66/08.12.014/2013-14 November 25, 2013 on 'Definition of Infrastructure Lending' harmonising the RBI definition of Infrastructure Lending wit

RBI/2016-17/152 DBR.Appt.BC.No.39/29.39.001/2016-17 November 24, 2016 All Commercial Banks excluding RRBs Dear Sir / Madam, Special knowledge or practical experience useful to banking companies In the backdrop of innovations in banking and technology, it is felt that the domain knowledge and experience enumerated under various statutory provisions for the directors on the boards of commercial banks (excluding RRBs) need to be augmented by knowledge and experience in o

RBI/2016-17/143 DBR.No.BP.BC.37/21.04.048/2016-17 November 21, 2016 All Entities Regulated by the Reserve Bank of India Madam / Dear Sir, Prudential Norms on Income Recognition, Asset Classification and Provisioning pertaining to Advances It has been represented to us that consequent upon withdrawal of the legal tender status of the existing ₹ 500 and ₹ 1,000 notes (SBN) small borrowers may need some more time to repay their loan dues. Taking these representations int

RBI/2016-17/134 DBR.RRB.BC.No.36/31.01.002/2016-17 November 16 , 2016 All Regional Rural Banks Dear Sir / Madam, Section 23 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 - Master Circular on BranchLicensing - Census data 2011 Please refer to our Master circular on Branch Licensing DBR.CO.RRB.BL.BC.No.17/31.01.002/2015-16 dated July 1, 2015. As the Census data for 2011 are available in public domain, Regional Rural Banks are advised to follow Census 2011 for all purposes of cate

RBI/2016-17/122 DBR.No.BP.BC.34/21.04.132/2016-17 November 10, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs), All-India Term-lending and Refinancing Institutions (Exim Bank, NABARD, NHB and SIDBI) Non-Banking Financial Companies, including Securitisation Companies/ Reconstruction Companies Madam / Dear Sir, Schemes for Stressed Assets - Revisions In the recent past, the Reserve Bank of India has taken various regulatory measures to strengthen the lenders’ abili

RBI/2016-17/120 DBR.No.BP.BC.30/21.06.201/2016-17 November 10, 2016 The Managing Director/Chief Executive OfficerAll Scheduled Commercial Banks(Excluding Regional Rural Banks) Madam / Dear Sir, Guidelines on capital requirements for bank exposures to central counterparties Please refer to the paragraph 4 of Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies issued by RBI on October 4, 2016. It was indicated therein that RBI will issue final guidelines on capital requi

RBI/2016-17/119 DBR.No.BP.BC.29/21.06.201/2016-17 November 10, 2016 The Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks) Madam / Dear Sir, Guidelines for computing exposure for counterparty credit risk arising from derivative transactions Please refer to the paragraph 4 of the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies issued by RBI on October 4, 2016. It was indicated therein that RBI will issue fin

RBI/2016-17/118 DBR.IBD.BC.32/23.13.004/2016-17 November 10, 2016 Chairman/Managing Director and CEOs All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks) Dear Sir/Madam, Setting up of IFSC Banking Units (IBUs) – Permissible activities Please refer to our circular DBR.IBD.BC.14570/23.13.004/2014-15 dated April 01, 2015 setting out RBI directions relating to IFSC Banking Units (IBUs). We have received a few suggestions and queries during the last few months

RBI/2016-17/114 DBR.No.Leg.BC.31/09.07.005/2016-17 November 9, 2016 The Chairman / Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Public Sector Banks/ Private Sector Banks / Foreign Banks/ Small Finance Banks / Regional Rural Banks / Local Area Banks All Cooperative Banks Dear Sir/ Madam, Banks to remain open for public on Saturday, November 12 and Sunday, November 13, 2016 In order to meet the anticipated heavy demand from members of public to conduct their banking t

RBI/2016-17/108 DBR.BP.BC.No.28 /21.06.001/2016-17 November 03, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks) Dear Sir, Issue of Rupee Denominated Bonds overseas Please refer to A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.14 dated November 03, 2016 on issue of rupee denominated bonds overseas by Indian banks. 2. We advise that banks are permitted to raise funds through issuance of rupee denominated bonds overseas for the following purposes: Perpetual Debt Ins

RBI/2016-17/99 IDMD.CDD.No.894 /14.04.050/2016-17 October 20, 2016 The Chairman & Managing Director All Scheduled Commercial Banks, (Excluding RRBs) Designated Post Offices Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd.(SHCIL) National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. & Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd. Dear Sir/Madam, Sovereign Gold Bonds 2016-17 Series III – Operational Guidelines This has reference to the GoI notification F.No.4(16)-W&M/2016 and RBI circular IDMD.CDD.No.

RBI/2016-17/96 IDMD.CDD.No.892/14.04.050/2016-17 October 20, 2016 The Chairman & Managing Director All Scheduled Commercial Banks, (Excluding RRBs) Designated Post Offices Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd.(SHCIL) National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. & Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd. Dear Sir/Madam, Sovereign Gold Bonds- Maximum Limit of Investment and Acceptance as Collateral- Clarification As you are aware, the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme was notified by GOI

RBI/2016-17/95 DBR.BP.BC.No.20/21.06.001/2016-17 October 20, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks) Dear Sir, Risk Weights for exposures to HFCs It has been observed that there is a lack of uniformity among banks in the application of risk weights on their exposures to Housing Finance Companies (HFCs). 2. The matter of risk weights prescribed in respect of banks’ exposures to HFCs has been examined and it is advised that exposures to all

RBI/2016-17/83 DBR.No.Ret.BC.15/12.02.001/2016-17 October 13, 2016 All Commercial Banks, Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs),State and Central Co-operative Banks (StCBs/CCBs) Dear Sir, Section 24 and Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 - Maintenance of Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) Please refer to circulars DBR.Ret.BC.64/12.01.001/2015-16 dated December 10, 2015, on maintenance of Statutory Liquidity Ratio under Section 24 and Section 56 of the Bank

RBI/2016-17/81 DBR.NBD.No.26/16.13.218/2016-17 October 6, 2016 Chief Executive Officers of Small Finance Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Operating Guidelines for Small Finance Banks Please refer to the Guidelines for Licensing of Small Finance Banks (‘Licensing Guidelines’) dated November 27, 2014, under which in-principle approvals / licences were issued to the applicants for setting up of the small finance banks. 2. The need for separate Operating Guidelines for small finan