RBI/2012-13/ DBOD.No.BP.BC. /21.06.102/2012-13 August 14, 2012 The Chairman and Managing Directors/ Chief Executive Officers of All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs and LABs) Dear Sir, Management of Intra-Group Transactions and Exposures – Draft Guidelines As a prudential measure aimed at avoiding concentration of credit risk, the Reserve Bank of India has prescribed regulatory limits on banks’ exposure to individual and Group borrowers which are laid down i

RBI No. 2011-12/ DBOD. BP. No. /21.04.098/ 2011-12 February 21, 2012 The Chairmen and Managing Directors / Chief Executive Officers of All Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs and LABs) Madam/Dear Sir, Liquidity Risk Management and Basel III Framework on Liquidity Standards – Draft Guidelines The recent global financial crisis re-emphasised the importance of sound liquidity risk management framework to the functioning of financial institutions and markets. The reversal in

RBI/2011-12 DBOD.No.BP. / /21.04.177/2011-12 September 27, 2011 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officers of All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs and Local Area Banks) and All-India Term Lending and Refinancing Institutions (Exim Bank, NABARD, NHB and SIDBI) Dear Sir, Revisions to the Guidelines on Securitisation Transactions Please refer to paragraph 161 of the Second Quarter Review of the Monetary Policy for the year 2009-10 announced o

Over the last two decades, the Reserve Bank licensed twelve banks in the private sector. This happened in two phases. Ten banks were licensed on the basis of guidelines issued in January 1993. The guidelines were revised in January 2001 based on the experience gained from the functioning of these banks, and fresh applications were invited. The applications received in response to this invitation were vetted by a High Level Advisory Committee constituted by the Reserve

DBOD.No.BP. /21.06.001/2011-12 August 10, 2011 The Chairmen and Managing Directors / Chief Executive Officers of All Commercial Banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks and Local Area Banks) Dear Sir/Madam, Implementation of the Internal Rating Based Approaches (IRB) for Calculation of Capital Charge for Credit Risk - Draft Guidelines Please refer to our circular DBOD.BP.BC.23/21.06.001/2009-10 dated July 7, 2009, inter alia, advising banks that they can apply for migrat

RBI/2011--12 DBOD.FSD.BC. / /2011-12 July 6, 2011 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir, Section 19 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949- Equity Investments in subsidiaries and other companies– Draft Guidelines Please refer to the instructions contained in paragraphs 2 and 3 of our Master Circular DBOD. No. FSD.BC.15/24.01.001/2011-12 dated July 1, 2011 on Para-Banking Activities which deal with the guidelines for setting up of subsidiaries by banks

Introduction As a part of financial sector reforms, the Reserve Bank has deregulated interest rates on deposits, other than savings bank deposits. The interest rate on savings bank deposits has remained unchanged at 3.5 per cent per annum since March 1, 2003. Keeping in view progressive deregulation of interest rates, it was proposed in the Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2010-11 announced on November 2, 2010 to prepare a Discussion Paper to delineate the pro

1. Introduction 1.1 In 2005, the Reserve Bank released the “Road map for presence of foreign banks in India” laying out a two track and gradualist approach aimed at increasing the efficiency and stability of the banking sector in India. One track was the consolidation of the domestic banking system, both in private and public sectors, and the second track was the gradual enhancement of foreign banks in a synchronised manner. The Road map was divided into two phases, t

DBOD.No.BP.BC. /21.06.014/2010-11 January 6, 2011 The Chairmen and Managing Directors / Chief Executive Officers of All Commercial Banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks and Local Area Banks) Dear Sir, Implementation of the Advanced Measurement Approach (AMA) for Calculation of Capital Charge for Operational Risk - Draft Guidelines Please refer to our circular DBOD.BP.BC.23/21.06.001/2009-10 dated July 7, 2009, inter alia advising banks that they can apply for migratin

1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 The Union Finance Minister, in his budget speech for the year 2010-11 had announced that ‘The Indian banking system has emerged unscathed from the crisis. We need to ensure that the banking system grows in size and sophistication to meet the needs of a modern economy. Besides, there is a need to extend the geographic coverage of banks and improve access to banking services. In this context, I am happy to inform the Honourable Members that the RBI i