Regulating Commercial Banking

In pursuance of the announcement made in the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies dated October 01, 2025, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has today issued the following draft Directions for public comments:

In terms of para 7(b) of the captioned Directions dated July 29, 2025, it has been stipulated that the Reserve Bank may, in consultation with the Government of India, by a notification, exempt certain Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) from the scope of the above Directions (except for paragraph 5 – “General Requirement”), and the previous circulars dated December 19, 2023 and March 27, 2024 issued on the matter.

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs, SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 04-Oct-2024 19-Sep-2025* 03-Oct-2025* 04-Oct-2024 19-Sep-2025* 03-Oct-2025* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 287920.78 319607.38 318430.38 292252.74 327583.51 326733.06** b) Borrowings from banks 127899.61 84796.98 84733.28 127950.17 84841.98 84761.78 c) Other demand & time liabilities 22225.29 27486.35 28435.54 22565.39 27991.42 28945.86

The Reserve Bank has constantly endeavoured to optimise its regulatory framework with a focus inter alia on reducing the regulatory burden and compliance costs, apart from timely re-evaluation of the currency of existing instructions. Pursuant to the above, the Reserve Bank has undertaken a comprehensive exercise of consolidating the regulatory instructions currently administered by the Department of Regulation, on ‘as is’ basis. The existing universe of regulatory instructions issued up to October 9, 2025 have been consolidated into 238 Master Directions, across 11 types of regulated entities on up to 30 functions / areas. Consequently, approximately 9000 circulars (including Master Circulars / Master Directions) administered by the Department of Regulation will be repealed.

In pursuance of the announcement made in the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies dated October 01, 2025, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has today issued the following draft Directions: A. Draft Reserve Bank of India (Scheduled Commercial Banks - Capital Charge for Credit Risk – Standardised Approach) Directions, 2025 The proposed Directions seek to implement one of the key elements of the global reforms implemented by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), suitably tailored to the Indian context. The Directions amend the existing standardised approach fram

In pursuance of the announcement made in the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies dated December 08, 2023, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has today issued the draft regulatory framework, for public comments, on lending to related parties by various regulated entities (REs), as enumerated below: i. Reserve Bank of India (Commercial Banks – Lending to Related Parties) Directions, 2025 ii. Reserve Bank of India (Small Finance Banks – Lending to Related Parties) Directions, 2025 iii. Reserve Bank of India (Regional Rural Banks – Lending to Related Parties) Directions, 2025 iv. Reserve Bank of India (Local Area Banks – Lending to Related Parties) Directions, 2025 v. Reserve Bank of India (Urban Co-operative Banks – Lending to Related Parties) Directions, 2025

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs, SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 20-Sep-2024 05-Sep-2025* 19-Sep-2025* 20-Sep-2024 05-Sep-2025* 19-Sep-2025* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 305203.01 322323.47 319556.99 309831.75 329890.75 327533.12** b) Borrowings from banks 134095.86 96816.68 84796.98 134219.35 96885.30 84841.98 c) Other demand & time liabilities 22841.08 27734.75 26959.04 23153.09 28235.86 27464.11 II LIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A) a) Deposits (other than from banks) 21505667.14 23668910.14 23545570.85 21956319.68 24164674.52 24042840.13 i) Demand 2498373.27 2891510.19 2847059.08 2546570.84 2942733.86 2896921.75 ii) Time 19007293.88 20777399.95 20698511.76 19409748.85 21221940.66 21145918.38 b) Borrowings @ 879625.90 816568.99 858518.19 883958.80 820898.80 863263.69 c) Other demand & time liabilities 1031197.11 1115400.14 1074848.64 1045153.26 1131382.59 1090461.02

Analysis of the performance under the Citizen’s Charter during the month of September 2025 has been carried out and the summary thereof is given below –

The Reserve Bank through its public awareness initiatives, has been encouraging members of public to activate their inoperative accounts and claim their unclaimed deposits from the banks. In this endeavour, to encourage the banks to actively pursue customers/ depositors for re-activation of their inoperative accounts and return of their unclaimed amounts lying with Depositor Education and Awareness (DEA) Fund, the Reserve Bank of India today announced a ‘Scheme for Facilitating Accelerated Payout - Inoperative Accounts and Unclaimed Deposits’. The Scheme aims to reduce both the stock of existing unclaimed deposits and fresh accretion of flows to the DEA Fund. It will run for a period of one year, viz., October 01, 2025 to September 30, 2026.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has today issued seven Directions/Circulars, proposing to amend some of the extant Directions/Circulars applicable to banks and other regulated entities. While three of these amendments come into effect immediately (Part A), public comments are solicited on the other four (Part B).

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 06-Sep-2024 22-Aug-2025* 05-Sep-2025* 06-Sep-2024 22-Aug-2025* 05-Sep-2025* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 298116.19 346928.84 322142.98 302401.77 354508.87 329710.26** b) Borrowings from banks 128865.30 100383.06 96816.68 129153.89 100411.43 96885.30 c) Other demand & time liabilities 23518.75 24498.34 28046.56 23846.90 25023.28 28547.67 II LIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A) a) Deposits (other than from banks) 21550315.52 23504534.61 23669753.44 22002066.95 23999553.75 24165517.81 i) Demand 2457243.56 2889394.78 2892106.55 2505648.23 2939197.45 2943330.22 ii) Time 19093071.95 20615139.83 20777646.89 19496418.71 21060356.30 21222187.60 b) Borrowings @ 843672.46 862408.87 816469.05 847826.98 866787.67 820798.87 c) Other demand & time liabilities 1052347.33 1033325.08 1115663.05 1066192.83 1047572.60 1131645.50 III BORROWINGS FROM R.B.I. (B) 7740.00 1818.00 3936.00 7740.00 1818.00 3936.00

In continuation of the Framework for Formulation of Regulations , the Reserve Bank of India has decided to strengthen the institutional mechanism for review of regulations and has constituted a Regulatory Review Cell (RRC). 2. The mandate of the RRC is to ensure that all the regulations issued by the Bank are subject to a comprehensive and systematic internal review every 5 to 7 years. The RRC shall be set up in the Department of Regulation effect from October 1, 2025 and would undertake the review of regulations in a phased manner.

A comprehensive review of the various services offered by Reserve Bank of India under Citizens’ Charter and Regulatory Approvals was undertaken and the revised Citizen’s Charter was released on July 1, 2025. 2. An analysis of the performance under

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 09-Aug-2024 25-Jul-2025* 08-Aug-2025* 09-Aug-2024 25-Jul-2025* 08-Aug-2025* LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 291422.53 342422.14 341955.78 295618.64 347963.84 349533.04** b) Borrowings from banks 130962.87 105206.09 100840.03 130982.37 105216.43 100849.93 c) Other demand & time liabilities 76963.73 22326.92 25575.97 77260.46 22827.68 26107.24 LIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A) a) Deposits (other than from banks) 21329643.09 23349826.99 23473888.12 21780903.56 23843714.65 23970007.08

Please refer to instructions on Counterparty Credit Risk (CCR) as contained in paragraph 5.15.3 of the Master Circular DOR.CAP.REC.2/21.06.201/2025-26 dated April 1, 2025 on ‘Basel III Capital Regulations’. Reserve Bank has released today the draft circular on Counterparty Credit Risk: Add-on factors for computation of Potential Future Exposure – Revised Instructions which modifies the aforementioned instructions.

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 26-Jul-2024 11-Jul-2025* 25-Jul-2025* 26-Jul-2024 11-Jul-2025* 25-Jul-2025* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 281386.40 341401.19 342422.12 285474.81 347250.78 348027.21** b) Borrowings from banks 138751.80 95570.56 105206.09 138778.69 95575.46 105216.43 c) Other demand & time liabilities 75507.30 22524.44 22320.87 75768.14 23038.31 22838.72

The Reserve Bank has decided to grant 'in-principle’ approval to AU Small Finance Bank Limited (AUSFB) for transitioning from a Small Finance Bank (SFB) to a Universal Bank.

In pursuance of the announcement made in the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies dated August 06, 2025 regarding the review of extant regulatory guidelines on settlement of claims in respect of deceased depositors, Reserve Bank has released today the draft circular in this regard.

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs, SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 12-Jul-2024 27-Jun-2025* 11-Jul-2025* 12-Jul-2024 27-Jun-2025* 11-Jul-2025* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 277173.40 371106.12 341404.91 281152.83 376973.30 347254.50** b) Borrowings from banks 137361.61 100640.87 95555.56 137371.11 100646.66 95560.46 c) Other demand & time liabilities 75090.42 24746.46 22524.43 75387.79 25198.77 23038.31

The Reserve Bank has released the draft Master Direction on ‘Digital Banking Channels Authorisation’. The comments on the draft Directions are invited from public/stakeholders till August 11, 2025. Comments/feedback may be submitted through the respective link under the ‘Connect 2 Regulate’ Section available on the RBI’s website or may alternatively be forwarded to: