DBOD.BP.BC. 14054/21.06.001/2009-10 February 11, 2010 The Chairman and Managing Directors/ Chief Executive Officers of All Commercial Banks Dear Sir Implementation of The Standardised Approach (TSA) for Calculation of Capital Charge for Operational Risk- Draft Guidelines Please refer to our circular DBOD BP. BC. 23/21.06.001/2009-10 dated July 7, 2009, inter alia advising banks that they can apply for migrating to The Standardised Approach and Alternative Standardised

Draft Circular RBI/2009-10/ Ref.No.MPD.BC. /10.14.01/2009-10 February , 2010 Magha , 1931(S) To All Scheduled Commercial Banks Guidelines on the Base Rate Following the announcement in the Annual Policy Statement for the year 2009-10, the Reserve Bank constituted a Working Group on Benchmark Prime Lending Rate (Chairman: Shri Deepak Mohanty) to review the present benchmark prime lending rate (BPLR) system and suggest changes to make credit pricing more transparent. Th

Discussion paper on Regulation of Off-Balance Sheet Activities of Banks

1. Introduction These parameters provide the minimum standards for cash handling machines used by banks (hereinafter called ‘the machines’). Notes can only be recycled/reissued if they are evaluated as genuine and fit according to these parameters. Authenticity check is a prerequisite for fitness sorting. Fitness sorting can be done only in case of genuine notes. The machines shall be able to identify and separate suspected counterfeits and notes which are unfit for c

ANNEX I Comprehensive Guidelines on Foreign Exchange Derivatives and Hedging Commodity Price Risk and Freight Risk Overseas Given below is a description of the categories of persons who are permitted to access the OTC foreign exchange market in India for managing exchange rate risks as also the menu of permitted products that can be used for hedging different categories of exchange rate exposures. Additionally, the facilities for residents to hedge commodity price ris

Annex Draft guidelines for issuance of Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs) of maturity less than one year 1. Definition For the purpose of these guidelines, Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs) will mean secured, negotiable money market instruments with original maturity of less than one year issued by corporates (including NBFCs) to meet their short term funding requirements, issued by way of private placement with investors. The guidelines also cover NCDs with original m

The Mid-Term Review of the Annual Policy for the year 2007-08 had indicated that the Reserve Bank will permit market repo in corporate bonds once the corporate debt market develops and the Reserve Bank is assured of the availability of fair prices, and an efficient and safe settlement system based on delivery versus payment (DvP) III and Straight Through Processing (STP) is in place. In pursuance thereof, as indicated in the Annual Policy Statement for the year 2009-1

Draft Guidelines for issuance and operation of Prepaid Payment Instruments in India A. Purpose To provide a framework for the regulation and supervision of all the entities involved in issuance of Prepaid Payment Instruments in the country and to ensure orderly development of this segment of the payments and settlement system in a prudent and customer friendly manner. B. Scope These guidelines lay down the eligibility criteria and the basic conditions for issuance of

DBOD. No. BP.11021/ 08.12.015/ 2008-09January 7, 2009All Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs & LABs)</P>Dear Sir,Draft Guidelines on Classification of Exposures as Commercial Real Estate (CRE) ExposuresPlease refer to our circular DBS.CO.PP.BC.21/11.01.005/2004-05 dated June 29, 2005 on the captioned subject, inter alia, defining CRE Exposures (Please see Annex). In view of a number of queries received from banks and other quarters as to whether or not certain