RBI/2004/272UBD.BPD.PCB.Cir. 55/12.05.05/ 2003-2004 June 30, 2004 All Primary (Urban) Co-operative banksDear Sir, Annual Policy Statement for the year 2004-05:Additional Provisioning Requirement for NPAs As per our circular UBD.No.IP.30/12.05.05/02-03 dated December 26, 2002 banks are required to make provisions on NPAs on a graded scale based on the age of the NPA. However, in respect of NPAs included in 'doubtful for more than three years' category, the provisioning

RBI/2004/228 UBD.No.PCB. 49 /12.05.03/2003.04 1 June 2004 The Chief Executive Officers of all Urban Co-operative Banks Dear Sir, Income Recognition, Asset Classification and Provisioning Norms Please refer to paragraph 2.1.3 of our Master circular on Prudential Norms, forwarded with our letter BSD.No.IP.30/12.05.05/2002.03 dated 26 December 2002, advising the banks to ensure that classification of non performing assets is done on an ongoing basis and that doubts in as

RBI/2004/227UBD No.UBD.BPD. PCB. Cir. 48 /09.161.00/2003-04May 29, 2004 The Chief Executive Officers of all Primary (Urban) Co-operative BanksDear Sir"Know Your Customer" Guidelines-CompliancePlease refer to our circular UBD No. DS.PCB. Cir 17/13.01.00/2002-03 dated September 18, 2002 on "Know Your Customer" guidelines to be followed by urban cooperative banks while opening accounts. While complying with the above requirements, UCBs also collect a lot of additional pe

RBI / 2004/214 UBD. No. BPD. 47 /12.05.10(WA)/ 2003-2004 May 24, 2004 The Chief Executive Officers of All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Dear Sir, Loan against house property Certain instances of housing loans granted against mortgage of house property the value of which has been shown to be unrealistically high, have come to our notice. In such cases, the possibility of banks incurring a loss in the event of a need arising to recover the loan through disposal of

RBI/2004/ 119 UBD.BPD. PCB. Cir 41 /09.161.00/2003-04 March 26, 2004   The Chief Executive Officers of all Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Dear Sir, "Know Your Customer" Guidelines-Compliance Please refer to our circular UBD No. DS.PCB. Cir 17/13.01.00/2002-03 dated September 18, 2002 on " Know Your Customer Guidelines" to be followed by banks. 2. In this connection, we invite your attention to para 3 of the circular wherein you were advised that banks should

RBI / 2004 / 111 UBD. No. BSD. IP. 39 /12.05.01/ 2003-2004 March 20 , 2004   The Chief Executive Officers of All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Dear Sir, Concurrent Audit – Serious irregularities Please refer to our circular UBD No. BPD.CIR. 37 /09.06.00 / 2002-03 dated March 6, 2003 advising all Urban Co-operative Banks to introduce concurrent audit. 2. We advise that if any serious irregularities are brought out in the Concurrent Audit Report by the Concurr

RBI/2004/110Ref No.UBD.CO. BPD. 38/09.09.01/2003-04 March 19, 2004 To All Urban Co-operative Banks Dear Sir, Priority Sector Advances- Enhancement in SSI Investment limit for specified items Please refer to our Circular No. UBD.POT. 40/09.09.01/2001-02 dated April 6, 2002 on the captioned subject. 2. We advise that Government of India have since issued a Gazette Notification No. S.O. 655(E) dated June 5, 2003 detailing the list of 13 items of the Stationery Sector and

RBI/2004/101 UBD.No.BPD.PCB.Cir.37/13.05.00/2003-2004 March 16, 2004 The Chief Executive Officers of all Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Dear Sir, Discounting / Rediscounting of Bills by Banks Please refer to our circular UBD.No.PCB.11/DC.R.1(B)/92-93 dated September 17, 1992 on the above subject. 2. Banks may be aware that in December 1999, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had constituted a Working Group on Discounting of Bills by Banks under the Chairmanship of Shri K

RBI/2004/59UBD.No.OSS.SUB.Cir.3/18.00.00/2003-2004 February 14, 2004 The Chief Executive Officers of allScheduled Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Dear Sir,Off-site Surveillance System for Primary (Urban) Co-operative BanksA supervisory reporting system comprising 10 Off-site Surveillance (OSS) Returns was introduced for all Scheduled Primary (Urban) Co-operatives banks (Scheduled UCBs) with effect from March 31, 2001 vide our Circular UBD.No.BSD.I/SCB.4/12.05.01/20

RESERVE BANK OF INDIA CENTRAL OFFICE URBAN BANKS DEPARTMENT February 11, 2004 RBI/2004/53 Ref. UBD. No. BPD.PCB.Cir. 34 /13.05.00/2003-04. The Chief Executive Officers of all Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Dear Sir/Madam, Maximum Limit on advances – Limits on credit Exposure to Individual/group of borrowers - Computation of capital funds. Please refer to para 2(ii) of circular UBD No. DS 4/13.05.00/2000-01 dated August 25, 2000 read with circular UBD No. DS.PCB.Ci

RESERVE BANK OF INDIA CENTRAL OFFICE MUMBAI- 400 018 URBAN BANKS DEPARTMENT February 11, 2004 RBI/2004/52 Ref.UBD No.BPD.PCB Cir. 33/09.11.00/2003-04 The Chief Executive Officers of All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Dear Sir/Madam, Maintenance of CSGL accounts. As per the extant instructions, urban co-operative banks are not allowed to open and maintain Constituent Subsidiary General Ledger (CSGL) Accounts of other Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs). It has, however

January 17, 2004RBI/2004/20 UBD No.BPD. PCB. Cir 31 /09.73.00/2003-04 CEOs of All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Dear Sir, Non Stapling of Note Packets As you are aware, the Reserve Bank of India had issued a directive under Section 35 A of the Banking Regulation Act 1949 read with Section 56 of the Act directing the banks to stop stapling the note packets and making it mandatory for banks to sort notes into re-issuable and non-issuables and issue only re-issuable

UBD.No.DS.PCB.Cir.17/13.01.00/2002-03 September 18, 2002 The Chief Executives of All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Dear Sir / Madam, Guidelines on "Know Your Customer" Norms and "Cash Transactions" As part of 'Know Your Customer' (KYC) principle, RBI has issued several guidelines relating to identification of depositors and advised the banks to put in place systems and procedures to help control financial frauds, identify money laundering and suspicious activitie

UBD.No.DS.PCB.CIR.16/13.05.00/2001-02@@NBSP@@@@NBSP@@ October 22, 2001 Chief Executive Officers of All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Dear Sir, Bank finance against shares and debentures Please refer to our circular no. DS.PCB.CIR.41/13.05-00/2000-01 dated April 19, 2001 on the above subject, in terms of which urban co-operative banks (UCBs) are prohibited from entertaining any fresh proposals for lending directly or indirectly against security of shares either to

UBD.(PCB)78/DC.V.1(B)/92-93All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks May 26, 1993 Dear Sirs, Interest Rates on Deposits - Premature Withdrawal Please refer to paragraphs 11 and 12 of our directive No. UBD.DC.102/V.1-87/88 dated 25 June 1987 regarding premature withdrawal closure of term deposits. 2.   As banks are aware, in terms of paragraph 12 of our above directive dated 25 June 1987, in case of premature closure of a term deposit, a deposit in the form

RBI/2008/ 157 UBD.PCB.Cir.No.9 /13.05.000/2008-09 September 5, 2008 The Chief Executive Officer of all Primary (Urban) co-operative banks Dear Sir/Madam, Union Budget – 2008-09 – Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme, 2008-UCBs Please refer to our circular UBD.PCB.Cir.No.43/13.05.000/07-08 @@NBSP@@dated May 23, 2008, forwarding therewith the Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme 2008, and our subsequent circular UBD.PCB.Cir.No.50/13.05.000/07-08 da