Notifications

RBI/2024-25/64 CO.DPSS.POLC.No. S528 / 02-14-003 / 2024-25 August 22, 2024 The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks, including Regional Rural Banks / Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks / District Central Co-operative Banks / Payments Banks / Small Finance Banks / Local Area Banks / Non-bank Prepaid Payment Instrument issuers / Authorised Card Payment Networks / National Payments Corporation of India Madam / Dear Sir, Processing of e-mandates for recurring transactions A reference is invited to our circulars DPSS.CO.PD.No.447 / 02.14.003 / 2019-20 dated August 21, 2019, and other related circulars (collectively referred to as “e-mandate framework”). The e-mandate framework prescribed, inter alia, that the issuer shall send a pre-debit notification to the customer at least 24 hours prior to the actual charge / debit to the account.

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. 

RESERVE BANK OF INDIA (Financial Markets Regulation Department) (CENTRAL OFFICE) NOTIFICATION Mumbai, the 2nd August, 2024 Foreign Exchange Management (Debt Instruments) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2024 No. FEMA.396(3)/2024-RB. — In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 6 and section 47 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999), the Reserve Bank of India hereby makes the following amendment to the Foreign Exchange Management (Debt Instruments) Regulations, 2019 (Notification No. FEMA.396/2019-RB dated October 17, 2019) (hereinafter referred to as 'the Principal Regulation'), namely:-

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/2024-25/52 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

RBI/2024-25/51 DoS.CO.PPG/SEC.4/11.01.005/2024-25 July 12, 2024 All Scheduled Commercial Banks All Foreign Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Withdrawal of Circulars – Internal Review An internal review of circulars has been carried out to remove obsolete instructions and to rationalize and simplify the existing guidelines. 2. In this context, it has been decided to withdraw the circulars listed in the Annex with effect from close of business today. Yours faithfully, (Tarun Singh) Chief General Manager Encl: As above

RBI/2024-25/49 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 15 July 10, 2024 To, All Authorised Persons Madam / Sir, Remittances to International Financial Services Centres (IFSCs) under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS)

RBI/2024-2025/48 July 08, 2024 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 14 All Category – I Authorised Dealer Banks Madam/Sir Export-Import Bank of India’s GOI-supported Line of Credit of USD 2.50 mn to the Government of Co-operative Republic of Guyana, for installation of Solar Photo Voltaic Power Plant at Cheddi Jagan International Airport Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) has entered into an agreement dated February 29, 2024 with the Government of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana (GO-GUY), for making available to the latter, Government of India supported Line of Credit (LoC) of USD 2.50 mn (USD Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Only) for installation of Solar Photo Voltaic Power Plant at Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Guyana.