RBI/2020-21/91 DOR.No.Ret.BC.36/12.01.001/2020-21 February 05, 2021 All Scheduled Banks Dear Sir / Madam Section 24 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 – Maintenance of Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) – Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) - Extension of Relaxation Please refer to ourcirculars DOR.No.Ret.BC.52/12.01.001/2019-20 dated March 27, 2020,DOR.RRB.No.28/31.01.001/2020-21 dated December 4, 2020andPress Release No.2020-2021/401 dated September 28, 2020on Marginal ...

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RBI/2020-21/90 DOR.No.Ret.BC.35/12.01.001/2020-21 February 5, 2021 All Banks Dear Sir / Madam Maintenance of Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) Please refer to ourCircular DOR.No.Ret.BC.49/12.01.001/2019-20 dated March 27, 2020, on the captioned subject. The cash reserve ratio (CRR) of all banks was reduced by 100 basis points to 3.00 per cent of their Net Demand and Time liabilities (NDTL) effective from the reporting fortnight beginning March 28, 2020. The dispensation was available for ...

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RBI/2020-21/89 DOR.CRG.CRS.Cir.No.5/13.05.000/2020-21 February 5, 2021 The Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Dear Sir / Madam, Loans and advances to directors, their relatives, and firms / concerns in which they are interested Please refer to ourcircular BPD.Cir.50/13.05.00/2002-03 dated April 29, 2003on the captioned subject and subsequent i...

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RBI/2020-21/88 Ref.No.DoS.CO.PPG./SEC.05/11.01.005/2020-21 February 03, 2021 The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All deposit taking Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs) All non-deposit taking NBFCs (including Core Investment Companies) with asset size of ₹5,000 crore and above All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs) with asset size of ₹500 crore and above Madam / Dear Sir, Risk-Based Internal Audit (RBIA) An independent and effective internal ...

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General Circular No.04/2021 F.No. 01/34/2013 CL-V -Part-III Government of India Ministry of Corporate Affairs 5th Floor, ‘A’ Wing, Shastri Bhawan, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi-1 Dated: 28th January, 2021 To All Regional Directors, All Registrar of Companies, All Stakeholders. Subject: Relaxation on levy of additional fees in filing of e-forms AOC-4, AOC-4 (CFS), AOC-4 XBRL and AOC-4 Non-XBRL for the financial year ended on 31.03.2020 under the Companies Act,...

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RBI/2020-21/87 CEPD.CO.PRD.Cir.No.01/13.01.013/2020-21 January 27, 2021 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks) Madam/Dear Sir, Strengthening of Grievance Redress Mechanism in Banks Please refer to the ‘Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies’ issued as part of theMonetary Policy statement dated December 4, 2020, wherein it was stated that with a view to strengthen and improve the efficacy of the grievance redress mechanism of banks ...

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RBI/2020-21/86 DOR.No.CRE.BC.33/21.06.007/2020-21 January 27, 2021 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Payment Banks, Local Area Banks and Regional Rural Banks) Dear Sir/Madam, Prudential Guidelines on Capital Adequacy and Market Discipline - New Capital Adequacy Framework (NCAF) - Eligible Credit Rating Agencies – CRISIL Ratings Limited Please refer to theMaster Circular DBR.No.BP.BC.4./21.06.001/2015-16 dated July 1, 2015on 'Prudential Guidelines on Capital Ade...

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RBI/2020-21/84 DGBA.GBD.No.SUO 546/45.01.001/2020-21 January 21, 2021 The Chairman / Chief Executive Officer All Agency Banks Dear Sir, Withdrawal of circulars - on Recovery of excess pension made to pensioners It has been brought to the notice of RBI that the recovery of excess /wrong pension payments from the pensioners are being made in a manner that is not in keeping with the extant gui...

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Government of India Ministry of Home Affairs Foreigners Division (FCRA) First Floor, Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium India Gate Circle, New Delhi-110001 Dated: 12th January, 2021 PUBLIC NOTICE Subject: Extension of the validity of the registration certificates issued under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 expiring during the period between 29th September, 2020 and 31st May, 2021 upto 31st May, 2021. The Ministry of Home Affairs is mandated to administer the Fore...

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Clarification on spending of CSR funds for Awareness and public outreach on COVID-19 Vaccination programme...

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G.S.R.(E). -In exercise of the powers conferred under section 3 read with section 5 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) and section 3 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (13 of 2017), the Government, hereby makes the following notification further to amend the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue No. 2/2017-Central Tax, dated the 19 th June, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Sect...

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The Hon'ble Gujarat High Court vide judgement dated 8 th January, 2021 in the case of The All India Gujarat Federation of Tax Consultants Vs. Union of India, SCA 13653 of 2020, has directed the Ministry of Finance to look into the issue of extension of due dates for filing of Audit Report under section 44AB of the Income tax Act more particularly the representation dated 12.10.2020 and take an appropriate decision in accordance with law....

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RBI/2020-21/83 Ref.No.DoS.CO.PPG./SEC.04/11.01.005/2020-21 January 07, 2021 The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs) All Local Area Banks All Small Finance Banks and All Payments Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Risk Based Internal Audit (RBIA) Framework – Strengthening Governance arrangements In terms of the Guidance Note on Risk-Based Internal Audit issued by RBI videcircular DBS.CO.PP.BC.10/11.01.005/2002-03 da...

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RBI/2020-21/81 DPSS.CO.AD No.900/02.29.005/2020-21 January 05, 2021 The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer Card Issuing and Acquiring Banks and Non-banks / Authorised Card Networks Madam / Dear Sir, Operationalisation of Payments Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) Scheme Please refer to theStatement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies dated October 4, 2019and th...

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RBI/2020-21/82 DPSS.CO.OD No.901/06.24.001/2020-21 January 05, 2021 The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer of member banks participating in RTGS / NEFT Madam / Dear Sir, Introduction of Legal Entity Identifier for Large Value Transactions in Centralised Payment Systems The Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) is a 20-digit number used to uniquely identify parties to financial t...

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G.S.R……(E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by section 164 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, namely: - 1. Short title and commencement. - (1) These rules may be called the Central Goods and Services Tax (Fourteenth Amendment) Rules, 2020...

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G.S.R.....(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 128 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) (hereafter in this notification referred to as the said Act), read with section 148 of the said Act, the Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 73/2017– Central Tax, dated the 29th December, 2017, pu...

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S.O. ...... (E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Finance Act, 2020 (12 of 2020) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Central Government hereby appoints the 1st day of January, 2021, as the date on which the provisions of sections 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 126, 127 and 131 of the said Act shall come into force....

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MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS ORDER New Delhi, the 17th December, 2020 S.O. 4588(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), the Central Government hereby makes the following Order further to amend the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020, namely:- 1. Short title, application and commencement. – (1) This Order may be called the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Second Amendment Order, 2020. ...

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RBI/2020-21/80 DOR.AML.BC.No.31/14.01.001/2020-21 December 18, 2020 The Chairpersons/ CEOs of all the Regulated Entities Dear Sir/Madam, Amendment to Master Direction (MD) on KYC – Centralized KYC Registry – Roll out of Legal Entity Template & other changes Regulated Entities (REs) have been uploading the KYC data pertaining to all individual accounts opened on or after January 1, 2017 on to CKYCR in terms of the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering (M...

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Vide Circular No.63/37/2018-GST dated 14th September, 2018 & corrigendum to the said circular dated 6th September 2019, waiver from recording of UIN on the invoices issued by retailers/other suppliers were given to UIN entities till March,2020. 2. It has been bought to the notice of the Board that the issue of non-recording of UINs has continued even after 31st March,2020. Therefore, it has been decided to give waiver from recording of UIN on the invoices issued by the retailers/suppliers...

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RBI/2020-21/79 DOR.No.BP.BC.30/21.04.048/2020-21 December 14, 2020 All Scheduled Commercial Banks All Payments Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Opening of Current Accounts by Banks - Need for Discipline Please refer to thecirculars DOR.No.BP.BC/7/21.04.048/2020-21 dated August 6, 2020andDOR.No.BP.BC.27/21.04.048/2020-21 dated November 2, 2020on the captioned subject. On a review, it has been decided to permit banks to open specific accounts which are stipulated under various statutes and...

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RBI/2020-21/78 FMRD.DIRD.01/14.01.001/2020-21 December 04, 2020 All Eligible Market Participants Madam/Sir, Regional Rural Banks- Access to Call/Notice/Term Money Market A reference is invited to theStatement of Developmental and Regulatory Policies dated December 4, 2020wherein it was announced that Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) shall be permitted to participate in the call/notice/term money market. 2. Accordingly, RRBs shall be permitted to participate in the call/notice and t...

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RBI/2020-21/77 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 08 December 04, 2020 To, All Category - I Authorised Dealer Banks Madam / Sir, External Trade – Facilitation - Export of Goods and Services Please refer to theStatement on Development and Regulatory Polices announced as part of Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement dated December 4, 2020. With a view to further enhance the ease of doing bus...

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RBI/2020-21/76 DOR.RRB.No.28/31.01.001/2020-21 December 4, 2020 All Regional Rural Banks Madam/ Sir, Introduction of Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) and Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) for Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) In order to provide an additional avenue for liquidity management to Regional Rural Banks (RRBs), it has been decided that Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) and Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) will be extended to Scheduled RRBs meeting the following criteria:...

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RBI/2020-21/75 DOR.BP.BC.No.29/21.02.067/2020-21 December 4, 2020 All Commercial Banks and All Cooperative Banks, Madam / Dear Sir, Declaration of dividends by banks Please refer to ourcircular DOR.BP.BC.No.64/21.02.067/2019-20 dated April 17, 2020, on the captioned subject. 2. In view of the ongoing stress and heightened uncertainty on account of COVID-19, it is imperative that banks continue to conserve capital to support the economy and absorb losses. In order to further st...

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RBI/2020-21/74 DPSS.CO.PD No.754/02.14.003/2020-21 December 04, 2020 The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks, including Regional Rural Banks / Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks / District Central Co-operative Banks / Payments Banks / Small Finance Banks / Local Area Banks / Non-bank Prepaid Payment Instrument issuers / Authorised Card Payment Networks / National Payments Corporation of India Madam / Dear Sir, ...

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RBI/2020-21/73 DPSS.CO.OD.No.753/06.08.005/2020-21 December 4, 2020 The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer Non-bank Payment System Operators Madam / Dear Sir Authorisation of entities for operating a Payment System under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 (PSS Act) – Introduction of Cooling Period Please refer to provisions contained in Section 4 of ...

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RBI/2020-21/72 DPSS.CO.AD.No.724/02.27.005/2020-21 December 4, 2020 The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer Authorised Non-bank Payment System Operators Madam / Dear Sir. Perpetual Validity for Certificate of Authorisation (CoA) issued to Payment System Operators (PSOs) under Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 (PSS Act) This has reference to theStatement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies dated October 9, 2020wherein Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had...

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RBI/2020-21/71 DPSS.CO.PD No.752/02.14.003/2020-21 December 04, 2020 The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks including Regional Rural Banks / Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks / District Central Co-operative Banks / Payments Banks / Small Finance Banks / Local Area Banks / Non-bank Prepaid Payment Instrument issuers / Authorised Card Payment Networks Madam / Dear Sir, Card transactions in Contactless mode - Re...

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