Reserve Bank of India (Local Area Banks – Income Recognition, Asset Classification and Provisioning) Amendment Directions, 2026

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Reserve Bank of India (Local Area Banks – Income Recognition, Asset Classification and Provisioning) Amendment Directions, 2026

RBI/2026-27/53
DOR.STR.REC.42/21-04-048/2026-27

April 29, 2026

Reserve Bank of India (Local Area Banks – Income Recognition, Asset Classification and Provisioning) Amendment Directions, 2026

Please refer to Reserve Bank of India (Local Area Banks – Resolution of Stressed Assets) Amendment Directions, 2026 dated April 29, 2026.

2. Consequent to the aforesaid Amendment Directions, in exercise of the powers conferred by the sections 21 and 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and all other laws enabling the Reserve Bank of India (hereinafter called the Reserve Bank) in this regard, the Reserve Bank being satisfied that it is necessary and expedient in the public interest so to do, hereby issues the Amendment Directions hereinafter specified.

3. These Amendment Directions modify the Directions as under:

i. Paragraph 48A and 48B shall be inserted as under:

48A. If a resolution plan is implemented in adherence to the provisions of Chapter IV-A of Reserve Bank of India (Local Area Banks – Resolution of Stressed Assets) Directions, 2025 dated November 28, 2025, borrower accounts which are classified as ‘Standard’ may be retained as such upon implementation. Borrower accounts which may have slipped into NPA between the date of occurrence of the calamity and implementation of the resolution plan, shall be upgraded as ‘Standard’, upon implementation of the resolution plan.

Provided that after implementation of the resolution plan, the subsequent asset classification shall be governed by the criteria laid out in these Directions.

48B. Accounts which are restructured under paragraph 31J to 31R of the Reserve Bank of India (Local Area Banks – Resolution of Stressed Assets) Directions, 2025 dated November 28, 2025, where a subsequent restructuring is necessitated under the provisions of Chapter IV-A of the afore-mentioned Directions, shall continue to be classified as ‘Standard’.

ii. The following shall be inserted in Chapter IV - Provisioning Norms