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RBI/2016-17/198 DBR.No.BP.BC.49/21.04.048/2016-17 December 28, 2016 All Regulated Entities Madam / Dear Sir, Prudential Norms on Income Recognition, Asset Classification and Provisioning pertaining to Advances Please refer to circular DBR.No.BP.BC.37/21.04.048/2016-17 dated November 21, 2016. 2. On a review, it has been decided to: (i) Provide 30 days, in addition to the 60 days provided vide the abovementioned circular, in the following categories of loans: (a) Runni

RBI/2016-17/193 IDMD No.1569/14.04.050/2016-17 December 23, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs)Designated Post OfficesStock Holding Corporation of India Ltd. (SHCIL)BSE & NSEDepositories/Depository Participants Madam/Sir, Procedural Guidelines for Servicing the Sovereign Gold Bonds The Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme was launched by Government of India (GOI) on October 30, 2015. The Sovereign Gold Bonds (henceforth referred to as bonds) are issued by G

RBI/2016-17/183 DBR.AML.BC.48/14.01.01/2016-17 December 15, 2016 All Regulated Entities Dear Sir/Madam, Compliance to provisions of Master Direction on Know Your Customer (KYC) A reference may be made to the following provisions of the Master Direction on Know Your Customer (KYC): (i) Section 8(d) and (e), wherein it is mentioned that concurrent/internal audit system of the Regulated Entities (REs) has to verify the compliance with KYC/AML policies and procedures and

RBI/2016-17/174 DBR.No.Ret.BC.46/12.01.001/2016-17 December 7, 2016 The Chairperson / CEOs of all Scheduled Commercial Banks/ Regional Rural Banks / All Scheduled Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks / All Scheduled State Co-operative Banks Dear Sir, Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 – Section 42(1A)Withdrawal of the Incremental CRR Please refer to our circular DBR.No.Ret.BC.41/12.01.001/2016-17 dated November 26, 2016 whereby all scheduled banks were required to maintain

RBI/2016-17/173 DBR.AML.BC.No.44/14.01.001/2016-17 December 06, 2016 All Regulated Entities (REs) Dear Sir/Madam, Requirement of customer due diligence and need for maintenance of records It has been reported that, of late, a lot of customers are approaching banks for re-activation of dormant accounts. 2. In this regard, we invite attention to paragraph 24.2 (ix) of the Master Circular on ‘Customer Services in Banks’ dated July 1, 2015, requiring that operation in dor

RBI/2016-17/167 DBR.No.BP.BC.43/21.01.003/2016-17 December 01, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks) Madam/Dear Sir, Large Exposures Framework Please refer to the paragraph 3 of the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies issued by RBI on October 4, 2016 (extract enclosed). It was indicated therein that RBI will issue final guidelines on Large Exposures Framework (LEF) by end-October, 2016. Accordingly, the final guidelines ar

RBI/2016-17/168 DBR.BP.BC.No.42/08.12.014/2016-17 December 1, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs) All India Term-Lending and Refinancing Institutions (Exim Bank, NABARD, NHB and SIDBI) Madam/Dear Sir, Financing of Infrastructure – ‘Definition of 'Infrastructure Lending' Please refer to our circular DBOD.BP.BC.No.66/08.12.014/2013-14 November 25, 2013 on 'Definition of Infrastructure Lending' harmonising the RBI definition of Infrastructure Lending wit

RBI/2016-17/152 DBR.Appt.BC.No.39/29.39.001/2016-17 November 24, 2016 All Commercial Banks excluding RRBs Dear Sir / Madam, Special knowledge or practical experience useful to banking companies In the backdrop of innovations in banking and technology, it is felt that the domain knowledge and experience enumerated under various statutory provisions for the directors on the boards of commercial banks (excluding RRBs) need to be augmented by knowledge and experience in o

RBI/2016-17/143 DBR.No.BP.BC.37/21.04.048/2016-17 November 21, 2016 All Entities Regulated by the Reserve Bank of India Madam / Dear Sir, Prudential Norms on Income Recognition, Asset Classification and Provisioning pertaining to Advances It has been represented to us that consequent upon withdrawal of the legal tender status of the existing ₹ 500 and ₹ 1,000 notes (SBN) small borrowers may need some more time to repay their loan dues. Taking these representations int

RBI/2016-17/134 DBR.RRB.BC.No.36/31.01.002/2016-17 November 16 , 2016 All Regional Rural Banks Dear Sir / Madam, Section 23 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 - Master Circular on BranchLicensing - Census data 2011 Please refer to our Master circular on Branch Licensing DBR.CO.RRB.BL.BC.No.17/31.01.002/2015-16 dated July 1, 2015. As the Census data for 2011 are available in public domain, Regional Rural Banks are advised to follow Census 2011 for all purposes of cate