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RBI/2025-26/56 FIDD.CO.GSSD.BC.No.07/09.09.001/2025-26 June 16, 2025 The Chairman/ Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks (including Small Finance Banks) Madam/ Dear Sir, Master Circular - Credit facilities to Scheduled Castes (SCs) & Scheduled Tribes (STs)

RBI/2025-26/13 DOR.STR.REC.9/21.04.048/2025-26 April 01, 2025 All Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Madam/Dear Sir Master Circular - Prudential norms on Income Recognition, Asset Classification and Provisioning pertaining to Advances

RBI/2025-26/12 DOR. STR. REC. 06/13.07.010/2025-26 April 01, 2025 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding Payment Banks and RRBs) Dear Sir / Madam Master Circular - Guarantees and Co-acceptances

RBI/2025-26/08 DOR.CAP.REC.2/21.06.201/2025-26 April 01, 2025 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Small Finance Banks, Payments Banks and Regional Rural Banks) Madam / Dear Sir, Master Circular – Basel III Capital Regulations Please refer to the Master Circular No. DOR.CAP.REC.4/21.06.201/2024-25 dated April 01, 2024, consolidating therein the prudential guidelines on Basel III capital adequacy issued to banks till that date.

RBI/2025-26/06 CO.DGBA.GBD.No.S2/31-12-010/2025-2026 April 1, 2025 All Agency Banks Madam / Dear Sir Master Circular on Conduct of Government Business by Agency Banks - Payment of Agency Commission

RBI/2025-26/05 CO.DGBA.GBD.No.S1/31.02.007/2025-26 April 01, 2025 All Agency Banks Madam/Dear Sir Master Circular - Disbursement of Government Pension by Agency Banks

RBI/2025-26/04 FIDD.CO.LBS.BC.No.03/02.01.001/2025-26 April 01, 2025 The Chairman/Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer SLBC/UTLBC Convenor Banks/Lead Banks Madam/Dear Sir, Master Circular – Lead Bank Scheme The Reserve Bank of India has issued a number of guidelines/ instructions on Lead Bank Scheme from time to time. This Master Circular consolidates the relevant guidelines/ instructions issued by Reserve Bank of India on Lead Bank Scheme up to March 31, 2025 as listed in the Appendix I.

RBI/2025-26/03 FIDD.CO.GSSD.BC.No.02/09.09.001/2025-26 April 01, 2025 The Chairman/ Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks (including Small Finance Banks) Madam/ Dear Sir, Master Circular - Credit facilities to Scheduled Castes (SCs) & Scheduled Tribes (STs)

RBI/2025-26/02 FIDD.GSSD.CO.BC.No.01/09.01.003/2025-26 April 1, 2025 The Chairman/Managing Director & CEO Public Sector Banks, Private Sector Banks (including Small Finance Banks) Madam/Dear Sir, Master Circular – Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) Please refer to the Master Circular FIDD.GSSD.CO.BC.No.03/09.01.003/2024-25 dated April 16, 2024 on Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM).

RBI/2025-26/01 FIDD.CO.FID.BC. No.4/12.01.033/2025-26 April 01, 2025 The Chairman/ Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks Madam/ Dear Sir Master Circular on SHG-Bank Linkage Programme The Reserve Bank of India has, from time to time, issued a number of guidelines/instructions to banks on SHG-Bank Linkage Programme. The enclosed Master Circular consolidates the circulars issued by Reserve Bank on the subject up to March 31, 2025, as indicated in the Appendix.

RBI/2024-25/20 FIDD.GSSD.CO.BC.No.03/09.01.003/2024-25 April 16, 2024 The Chairman/Managing Director & CEOPublic Sector Banks, Private Sector Banks (including Small Finance Banks)

RBI/2024-25/19 FIDD.CO.GSSD.BC.No.04/09.09.001/2024-25 April 16, 2024 The Chairman/ Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks (including Small Finance Banks)

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CO.DGBA.GBD.No.xxx/31-12-010/2024-2025 April 1, 2024 All Agency Banks Madam / Dear Sir Master Circular on Conduct of Government Business by Agency Banks - Payment of Agency Commission

RBI/2024-25/02 FIDD.CO.LBS.BC.No.01/02.01.001/2024-25 April 01, 2024 The Chairman/ Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer
SLBC/ UTLBC Convenor Banks / Lead Banks Madam/ Dear Sir, Master Circular – Lead Bank Scheme

RBI/2024-25/06 DGBA.GBD.No.S1/31.02.007/2024-25 April 01, 2024 All Agency Banks Madam/Dear Sir Master Circular - Disbursement of Government Pension by Agency Banks 
Please refer to our Master Circular RBI/2023-24/10 dated April 03, 2023 on the above subject. We have revised and updated the Master Circular which consolidates important instructions on the subject issued by the Reserve Bank of India till March 31, 2024.

RBI/2024-25/05 FIDD.CO.FID.BC. No.1/12.01.033/2024-25 April 01, 2024 The Chairman/ Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks Madam/ Dear Sir Master Circular on SHG-Bank Linkage Programme

RBI/2016-2017/16 DPSS.CO.PD.PPI.No.01/02.14.006/2016-17 July 01, 2016 All Prepaid Payment Instrument Issuers, System Providers, System Participants and all other Prospective Prepaid Payment Instrument Issuers Madam / Dear Sir, Master Circular – Policy Guidelines on Issuance and Operation of Pre-paid Payment Instruments in India As you are aware, the Reserve Bank of India has, from time to time, issued a number of circulars containing policy guidelines on Issuance and

RBI/2014-15/99 IDMD.PCD. 05/14.01.03/2014-15 July 1, 2014 All market participants Dear Sir / Madam, Master Circular - Guidelines for Issue of Certificates of Deposit With a view to further widening the range of money market instruments and giving investors greater flexibility in deployment of their short-term surplus funds, Certificates of Deposit (CDs) were introduced in India in 1989. Guidelines for issue of CDs are presently governed by various directives issued by

RBI/2014-15/104 DPSS.CO.PD.Mobile Banking. No.2/02.23.001/2014-15 July 1, 2014 (As updated on December 04, 2014) The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officers All Scheduled Commercial Banks including RRBs / Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks / District Central Co-operative Banks Madam /Dear Sir, Master Circular – Mobile Banking transactions in India – Operative Guidelines for Banks As you are aware, the Reserve Bank of India has, from

RBI/2014-15/106 DGBA.CDD. No.7921/13.01.299/2014-15 July 01, 2014 The Chairman/Managing DirectorHead Office (Government Accounts Department)State Bank of India and Associates, All Nationalized banks (Excluding Punjab and Sind Bank & Andhra Bank),Axis Bank Ltd./ICICI Bank Ltd./HDFC Bank Ltd.,Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd. (SHCIL) Dear Sir/Madam, Master Circular on Appointment & Delisting of Brokers and Payment of Brokerage on Relief/Savings Bonds Pleas

RBI/ 2013-14/104 IDMD.PCD. 05 /14.01.03/2013-14 July 1, 2013 All market participants Dear Sir/Madam, Master Circular - Guidelines for Issue of Certificates of Deposit With a view to further widening the range of money market instruments and giving investors greater flexibility in deployment of their short-term surplus funds, Certificates of Deposit (CDs) were introduced in India in 1989. Guidelines for issue of CDs are presently governed by various directives issued b

RBI/2013-14/82 DGBA.CDD. No. 7917/13.01.299/2013-14 July 01, 2013 The Chairman/Managing Director Head Office (Government Accounts Department) State Bank of India and Associates, All Nationalized banks (Excluding Punjab and Sind Bank & Andhra Bank), Axis Bank Ltd./ICICI Bank Ltd./HDFC Bank Ltd./ Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd. (SHCIL) Dear Sir/Madam, Master Circular on Nomination facility for Relief/Savings Bonds Please refer to our Master Circular DGBA.CDD

RBI/2013-14/81 DGBA.CDD. No.7921/13.01.299/2013-14 July 01, 2013 The Chairman/Managing Director Head Office (Government Accounts Department) State Bank of India and Associates, All Nationalized banks (Excluding Punjab and Sind Bank & Andhra Bank), Axis Bank Ltd./ICICI Bank Ltd./HDFC Bank Ltd./ Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd. (SHCIL) Dear Sir/Madam, Master Circular on Appointment & Delisting of Brokers and Payment of Brokerage on Relief/Savings Bonds Pl

RBI/2012-13/99 IDMD.PCD. 04/14.01.02/2012-13 July 2, 2012 The Chairmen/Chief Executives of All Scheduled Banks, Primary Dealers and All-India Financial Institutions Dear Sir/Madam, Master Circular - Guidelines for Issue of Commercial Paper Commercial Paper (CP), an unsecured money market instrument issued in the form of a promissory note, was introduced in India in 1990 with a view to enable highly rated corporate borrowers to diversify their sources of short-term bor