Ans. The ATM / ATM cum debit cards, credit cards and prepaid cards, as permitted by the issuer, can be used at ATMs/WLAs for various transactions.

Ans. Provisions related to penalty are contained in paragraph 15 of these Directions. The detailed procedure for premature withdrawal including partial premature withdrawal are determined by the banks in terms of their comprehensive Board approved policy.

Response: Government of India, vide its press release ID 2115009 dated March 25, 2025 has discontinued the Medium and Long Term Government Deposit (MLTGD) components of GMS. Accordingly, the mobilization of a MLTGD, including renewal, has been discontinued with effect from March 26, 2025. There is no change in the provisions pertaining to STBD under GMS.

Yes. REs may formulate an appropriate Board approved policy and adopt a suitable structure of penal charges that is ‘reasonable’ and ‘commensurate’ with the non-compliance of material terms and conditions of the loan contract.

No. Banks are advised not to impose restrictions like age and income criteria of the individual for opening BSBDA.

Ans: In terms of MD-TLE dated September 24, 2021, Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (PUCBs), State Co-operative Banks (StCBs) and Central Co-operative Banks (CCBs) have been recognised as eligible transferors of stressed loans. The relevant provisions of circular “Guidelines on Sale of Financial Assets to Securitisation Company/Reconstruction Company (SC/RC) by Multi State Urban Cooperative Banks’ dated March 28, 2014, in terms of which only multistate cooperative banks could sell stressed assets to ARCs have been repealed. Accordingly, all cooperative banks are permitted to transfer stressed assets to ARCs in compliance with the provisions of the MD-TLE and other extant regulatory instructions.

The Resolution Framework may be invoked for resolution of all exposures of lending institutions to eligible borrowers, including investment exposures. However, the Resolution Framework is without prejudice to all applicable guidelines issued by the relevant financial sector regulators and other Departments of the RBI in respect of any particular exposure.

Ans. With effect from July 01, 2019, RBI has waived the processing charges levied by it for RTGS transactions. Banks may pass on the benefit to its customers. With a view to rationalise the service charges levied by banks for offering funds transfer through RTGS system, a broad framework of charges has been mandated as under: a) Inward transactions – Free, no charge to be levied. b) Outward transactions – ₹ 2,00,000/- to 5,00,000/-: not exceeding ₹ 25/- (exclusive of tax, if any) Above ₹ 5,00,000/-: not exceeding ₹ 50 (exclusive of tax, if any) Banks may decide to charge a lower rate but cannot charge more than the rates prescribed by RBI.

Ans. These PPIs are issued by an entity for facilitating the purchase of goods and services from that entity only. Cash withdrawals are not permitted. These instruments cannot be used for payment or settlement for third party services. The issuance or operation of such instruments is not classified as a payment system requiring approval / authorisation by RBI and are, therefore, not regulated or supervised by RBI.

• For calculating the index ratio for a specific date, daily reference WPI values would be linearly interpolated using ‘Ref WPI’ for the first day of the calendar month and the first day of the following calendar month.

• The formula for computing the reference WPI for a particular day is as under:

  

  [Ref WPI_M = Ref WPI for the first day of the calendar month in which Date falls, Ref WPI_M+1 = Ref WPI for the first day of the calendar month following the settlement date, D = Number of days in month (e.g. 31 days in August), and t= settlement date (e.g. August 6)]

• An example of daily reference WPI computed through interpolation is furnished below.

Date	Ref WPI (Given)	T-1	D	Ref WPI (Interpolation)
1-May-13	168.8
2-May-13		1	31	168.85
3-May-13		2	31	168.90
4-May-13		3	31	168.95
5-May-13		4	31	168.99
6-May-13		5	31	169.04
7-May-13		6	31	169.09
8-May-13		7	31	169.14
9-May-13		8	31	169.19
10-May-13		9	31	169.24
11-May-13		10	31	169.28
12-May-13		11	31	169.33
13-May-13		12	31	169.38
14-May-13		13	31	169.43
15-May-13		14	31	169.48
16-May-13		15	31	169.53
17-May-13		16	31	169.57
18-May-13		17	31	169.62
19-May-13		18	31	169.67
20-May-13		19	31	169.72
21-May-13		20	31	169.77
22-May-13		21	31	169.82
23-May-13		22	31	169.86
24-May-13		23	31	169.91
25-May-13		24	31	169.96
26-May-13		25	31	170.01
27-May-13		26	31	170.06
28-May-13		27	31	170.11
29-May-13		28	31	170.15
30-May-13		29	31	170.20
31-May-13		30	31	170.25
1-June-13	170.3