RBI/2024-25/61 DOR.FIN.REC.No.34/03.10.136/2024-25 August 12, 2024  All Housing Finance Companies (HFCs) All Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs)  Dear Sir/ Madam,  Review of regulatory framework for HFCs and harmonisation of regulations applicable to HFCs and NBFCs Please refer to the circular DOR.NBFC (HFC).CC.No.118/03.10.136/2020-21 dated October 22, 2020. In terms of para 4 of the above circular, it was advised that further harmonisation of regulations applicable to HFCs and NBFCs will be taken up in a phased manner over the next two years to ensure that the transition is achieved with least disruption.

RBI/2024-25/60 DoR.FIN.REC.No. 32/ 20.16.056/ 2024-25 August 08, 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, Frequency of reporting of credit information by Credit Institutions to Credit Information Companies Please refer to the circular DBR. No. CID. BC. 60/ 20.16.056/ 2014-15 dated January 15, 2015, inter-alia, directing the credit information companies (CICs) and credit institutions (CIs) to keep the credit information collected/maintained by them updated regularly on a monthly basis or at such shorter intervals as mutually agreed upon between the CI and the CIC.

RBI/2024-25/59 FIDD.CO.FSD.BC.No.8/05.02.001/2024-25 August 06, 2024 The Chairman/Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer All Public Sector Banks, Private Sector Banks and Small Finance Banks Madam/Dear Sir, Modified Interest Subvention Scheme for Short Term Loans for Agriculture and Allied Activities availed through Kisan Credit Card (KCC) during the financial year 2024-25 Please refer to our circular FIDD.CO.FSD.BC.No.13/05.02.001/2022-23 dated November 23, 2022 conveying the decision of the Government of India for continuation of the Modified Interest Subvention Scheme for short term loans for agriculture and allied activities for the years 2022-23 and 2023-24. 

RBI/2024-25/58 DOR.CAP.REC.No.27/09.18.201/2024-25 August 02, 2024 Dear Sir/ Madam, Prudential Treatment of Bad and Doubtful Debt Reserve by Co-operative Banks As you are aware, under the provisions of the respective State Co-operative Societies Acts, or otherwise, on prudential consideration, several co-operative banks have created Bad and Doubtful Debt Reserve (BDDR) . While in some cases, BDDR is created by recognising an expense in the Profit and Loss (P&L) Account, in other cases it is created through appropriations from net profits.

RBI/2024-25/57 DOR.CAP.REC.No.30/09.18.201/2024-25 July 30, 2024 Dear Sir/ Madam, Guidelines on treatment of Dividend Equalisation Fund (DEF)- Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs)

RBI/2024-25/56 FMRD.FMID.No. 03/14.01.006/2024-25 July 29, 2024 To All participants in Government Securities market Madam/Sir, ‘Fully Accessible Route’ for Investment by Non-residents in Government Securities – Exclusion of new issuances in 14-year and 30-year tenor securities A reference is invited to the Fully Accessible Route introduced by the Reserve Bank, vide A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 25 dated March 30, 2020, wherein certain specified categories of Central Government securities were opened fully for non-resident investors without any restrictions, apart from being available to domestic investors as well.

RBI/2024-25/55 DOS.CO.PPG.SEC.No.8/11.01.005/2024-25 July 26, 2024 All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) Framework for Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs)

RBI/2024-25/54 DOR.CRE.REC. 29/07.10.002/2024-25 July 25, 2024 All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Bank Finance against Shares and Debentures

RBI/2024-25/53 DOR.CRE.REC. 28/07.10.002/2024-25 July 25, 2024 All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Small Value Loans – Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs) Please refer to paras 2.2 and 2.2.1 of the circular DOR (PCB).BPD.Cir No.10/13.05.000/2019-20 dated March 13, 2020, in terms of which, UCBs were required, inter alia, to have at least 50 per cent of their aggregate loans and advances comprising of Small Value Loans, i.e., loans of value not more than ₹25 lakh or 0.2 per cent of their Tier I capital, whichever is higher, subject to a maximum of ₹1 crore, per borrower. The target date for complying with the above requirement was March 31, 2024.

RBI/2024-25/52 CO.DPSS.POLC.No. S415 / 02.27.019 / 2024-25 July 24, 2024 The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer Authorised Payment System Operators / Participants (Banks and Non-banks) Madam / Dear Sir, Domestic Money Transfer – Review of Framework The framework for Domestic Money Transfer (DMT) was introduced in 2011, vide RBI circular DPSS.PD.CO.No. 622 / 02.27.019 / 2011-2012 dated October 5, 2011. There has been significant increase in the availability of banking outlets, developments in payment systems for funds transfers, and ease in fulfilling KYC requirements etc., since then; and now users have multiple digital options for funds transfer. A review was recently undertaken of various services facilitated in the current framework