Regulating Co-operative Banking

RBI/DoR/2024-25/125 DoR.FIN.REC.No. 55/20.16.056/2024-25 January 06, 2025 All Commercial Banks including Small Finance Banks, Local Area Banks and Regional Rural Banks and excluding Payment 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, Master Direction – Reserve Bank of India (Credit Information Reporting) Directions, 2025

RBI/2024-25/100 DOR.STR.REC.54/21.04.048/2024-25 December 31, 2024 All Commercial Banks (including Regional Rural Banks and Local Area Banks) All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks All State Cooperative Banks & Central Cooperative Banks All Non-Banking Financial Companies (including Housing Finance Companies) All All-India Financial Institutions Madam/Dear Sir, Government Debt Relief Schemes (DRS)

RBI/2024-25/94 DoR.SPE.REC.No.51/13.03.00/2024-2025 December 06, 2024 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (including Regional Rural Banks) All Small Finance Banks All Local Area Banks All Payments Banks All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks/ DCCBs /State Cooperative Banks Madam / Sir, Interest Rates on Foreign Currency (Non-resident) Accounts (Banks) [FCNR(B)] Deposits Please refer to paragraph 2 of the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies issued as a part of theBi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2024-25 dated December 06, 2024 read with instructions regarding interest rates on FCNR(B) deposits contained in Section 19 of the Master Direction (MD) on Interest Rate on Deposits dated March 03, 2016 and Section 18 of the Master Direction on Co-operative Banks - Interest Rate on Deposits dated May 12, 2016, as amended from time to time.

RBI/2024-25/80
DOR.STR.REC.45/04.02.001/2024-25

October 9, 2024

All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs),
Primary (Urban) Cooperative Banks & State Cooperative Banks (scheduled banks having
AD category-I license), and
Exim Bank

Dear Sir / Madam,

RBI/2024-25/76 DOR.STR.REC.44/04.02.001/2024-25 September 20, 2024 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs), Primary (Urban) Cooperative Banks & State Cooperative Banks (scheduled banks having AD category-I license), and Exim Bank Madam/ Sir, Interest Equalization Scheme (IES) on Pre and Post Shipment Rupee Export Credit Please refer to the instructions issued vide circular No.DOR.STR.REC.41/04.02.001/2024-25 dated August 29, 2024. 2. Government of India (Gol), vide Trade Notice No.16/2024-2025 dated August 31, 2024, read with Trade Notice No.17/2024-2025 dated September 17, 2024, has allowed for an extension of the Interest Equalization Scheme for Pre and Post Shipment Rupee Export Credit ('Scheme') from September 1, 2024, to September 30, 2024.

RBI/2024-25/71 DOR.STR.REC.41/04.02.001/2024-25 August 29, 2024 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs), Primary (Urban) Cooperative Banks & State Cooperative Banks (scheduled banks having AD category-I license), and Exim Bank Dear Sir / Madam, Interest Equalization Scheme (IES) on Pre and Post Shipment Rupee Export Credit Please refer to the instructions issued vide circular No. DOR.STR.REC. 78/04.02.001/2023-24 dated February 22, 2024.

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/DoR/2024-25/122 DoR.FIN.REC.No.31/20.16.003/2024-25 July 30, 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, Master Direction on Treatment of Wilful Defaulters and Large Defaulters This Master Direction on wilful defaulters serves as a comprehensive guideline delineating the regulatory framework and procedures for classification of borrowers as wilful defaulters. This directive plays a crucial role in maintaining the integrity of the financial system by outlining the measures and consequences for those borrowers who deliberately default on their financial obligations.

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/2024-25/13 DOR.STR.REC.9 /21.04.048/2024-25 April 02, 2024 The Chief Executive Officer All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Master Circular - Income Recognition, Asset Classification, Provisioning and Other Related Matters - UCBs

RBI/2024-25/10 DOR.CRE.REC.No.6/07.10.002/2024-25 April 2, 2024 All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Madam/Dear Sir, Master Circular - Housing Finance for UCBs Please refer to the Master Circular DOR.CRE.REC.No.9/07.10.002/2023-24 dated April 11, 2023 on the captioned subject, consolidating the instructions / guidelines issued to UCBs till April 10, 2023. Attached is the revised Master Circular, updated to reflect all instructions issued upto March 31, 2024 on the above matter, as listed in the Appendix. It may be noted that this Master Circular only consolidates all instructions on the above matter issued up to March 31, 2024 and does not contain any new instructions/guidelines.

RBI/2024-25/09 DOR.CAP.REC.5/09.18.201/2024-25 April 01, 2024 All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Dear Sir / Madam, Master Circular- Prudential Norms on Capital Adequacy - Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs) Please refer to our Master Circular DOR.CAP.REC.11/09.18.201/2023-24 dated April 20, 2023 on the captioned subject. 2. The enclosed Master Circular consolidates and updates all the instructions / guidelines on the subject issued up to March 31, 2024 as listed in the Appendix. Yours faithfully (Usha Janakiraman) Chief General Manager Encl: As above

RBI/2024-25/04 DoR.STR.REC.3/09.27.000/2024-25 April 01, 2024 The Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officers All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Dear Sir/ Madam, Master Circular- Guarantees, Co-Acceptances & Letters of Credit - UCBs Please refer to our Master Circular DoR.STR.REC.4/09.27.000/2023-24 dated April 1, 2023 on the captioned subject (available at RBI website https://rbi.org.in/). Attached is the revised Master Circular, updated to reflect all instructions issued upto March 31, 2024 on the above matter, as listed in the Annex. It may be noted that this Master Circular only consolidates all instructions on the above matter issued up to March 31, 2024 and does not contain any new instructions/guidelines.

RBI/2024-25/01 DoR.HGG.GOV.No.1/18.10.010/2024-25 April 1, 2024 The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Dear Sir/Madam,

RBI/2023-24/115 DoR.REG/LIC.No.72/16.05.000/2023-24 January 17, 2024 Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks

RBI/2023-34/114 DoR.CRE.REC.71/07.10.002/2023-24 January 16, 2024 The Chief Executive Officers All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Madam / Dear Sir,

RBI/2023-24/15 DOR.CRE.REC.No.9/07.10.002/2023-24 April 11, 2023 All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Madam/Dear Sir, Master Circular - Housing Finance for UCBs Please refer to our Master Circular DOR.CRE.REC.No.49/09.22.010/2022-23 dated June 23, 2022 on the captioned subject (available at RBI website /en/web/rbi). The enclosed Master Circular consolidates and updates all the instructions / guidelines on the subject issued till date. Yours faithfully (Manoranjan Mi