Financial Inclusion and Development

RBI/2013-14/472 RPCD.RRB.RCB.BC.No. 80/07.51.014/2013-14 January 28, 2014 The Chairmen / CEOs of All Regional Rural Banks / State and Central Co-operative Banks Dear Sir/Madam, Collection of Account Payee Cheques – Prohibition on Crediting Proceeds to Third Party Account Please refer to our circulars RPCD.CO.RRB.BC.No.30/03.05.33/2011-12 dated November 11, 2011 and RPCD.CO.RCBD.BC.No.34/07.38.03/2011-12 dated November 24, 2011 advising Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) and

RBI/2013-14/458A RPCD.CO.RRB.BC.No.78/03.05.33/2013-14 January 22, 2014 The Chairmen All Regional Rural Banks Dear Sir/Madam, Ensuring Reasonableness of Bank Charges and Charges Levied for Sending SMS Alerts by Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) Please refer to paragraph 37 of the Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy Statements 2013-14 announced on October 29, 2013 (extract enclosed) on ‘Customer Service – Charges Levied by Banks for sending SMS alerts’. Regional Rural B

RBI/2013-14/433 RPCD.RCB.BC.73/07.51.012/2013-14 January 7, 2014 The Chairman / Managing Director All State and Central Cooperative Banks Dear Sir / Madam, Application of Minimum Capital Adequacy Norms to State and Central Cooperative Banks (StCBs/CCBs) Please refer to the circular RPCD.CO.RF.BC.40/07.38.03/2007-08 dated December 4, 2007 wherein the State and Central Cooperative Banks had been advised to disclose the level of Capital to Risk weighted Assets Ratio (CRA

RBI/2013-14/434 RPCD.CO.RRB.BC.No. 74/03.05.33/2013-14 January 07, 2014 The Chairmen All Regional Rural Banks Dear Sir/Madam, Guidelines for Classification and Valuation of Investments Please refer to our circular RPCD.RRB.BC.No.59/03.05.34/2010-11 dated April 11, 2011, in terms of which RRBs were exempted from ‘Mark to Market’ (MTM) norms in respect of their entire investment in SLR securities, upto the financial year 2012-13. It has now been decided to withdraw the

RBI/2013-14/407 RPCD.RRB.RCB.AML.No.6235/07.51.018/2013-14 December 10, 2013 The Chairmen / CEOs of All Regional Rural Banks / State and Central Co-operative Banks Dear Sir/Madam, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) / Combating of Financing of Terrorism (CFT) - Standards Please refer to our letter RPCD.RRB.RCB.AML.No.342/07.51.018/2013-14 dated July 5, 2013 on risks arising from the deficiencies in AML / CFT regime of certain jurisdictions. 2. Financial Action Task Force (FAT

RBI/2013-14/394 RPCD.RCB.BC.No. 68 /07.51.014/2013-14 December 02, 2013 All State and Central Co-operative Banks Dear Sir / Madam, Deregulation of Interest Rates on Non-Resident (External) Rupee (NRE) Deposits Please refer to our circular RPCD.CO.RCB.Dir.BC.No.26/07.51.014/2013-14 dated August 22, 2013 allowing State and Central Cooperative Banks the freedom to offer interest rates on incremental NRE deposits with maturity of 3 years and above without any ceiling in o

RBI/2013-14/392 RPCD.CO.RRB.BC.NO. 65 /03.05.33/2013-14 December 2, 2013 The Chairmen Regional Rural Banks Dear Sir/Madam, Deregulation of Interest Rates on Non-Resident (External) Rupee (NRE) Deposits Please refer to our circular RPCD.CO.RRB.BC.No.24/03.05.33/2013-14 dated August 19, 2013 allowing banks the freedom to offer interest rates on incremental NRE deposits with maturity of 3 years and above without any ceiling in order to pass on the benefit of exemption pr

RBI/2013-14/348 RPCD.CO.RRB.RCB.BC.No.50/03.05.33/2013-14 October 30, 2013 The Chairmen/Chief Executive Officers, All Regional Rural Banks / State and Central Co-operative Banks Dear Sir/Madam, Bank Rate Please refer to our circular RPCD.CO.RRB.RCB.BC.No.44/03.05.33/2013-14 dated October 8, 2013 on the captioned subject. 2. As announced in the Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2013-14 dated October 29, 2013, the Bank Rate stands adjusted by 25 basis points from