RBI/2017-18/147 DBR.No.BP.BC.102/21.04.141/2017-18 April 2, 2018 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks), Small Finance Banks Dear Sir/Madam, Prudential Norms for Classification, Valuation and Operation of Investment Portfolio by Banks – Spreading of MTM losses and creation of Investment Fluctuation Reserve (IFR) Please refer to Master Circular DBR.No.BP.BC.6/21.04.141/2015-16 dated July 1, 2015 on the captioned subject. Banks are required to mar...

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RBI/2017-18/145 DPSS.CO.CHD.No./2707/03.01.03/2017-18 March 28, 2018 The Chairman and 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/Local Area Banks Madam / Dear Sir,...

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RBI/2017-18/144 DGBA.GBD.No.2388/42.01.029/2017-18 March 27, 2018 All agency banks Dear Sir / Madam Annual Closing of Government Accounts – Transactions of Central / State Governments – Special Measures for the Current Financial Year (2017-18) The Government of India has desired that all government transactions with banks for Financial Year 2017-18 must be accounted for within the same financial year and has requested that, as in previous years, certain special arrang...

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RBI/2017-18/143 DBR.AML.No.8528/14.06.056/2017-18 March 23, 2018 All Regulated Entities Dear Sir/Madam, Implementation of UNSCR 2397 (2017), pertaining to Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Please find enclosed a copy of the ‘Order’ issued by Ministry of External Affairs dated March 5, 2018, published in the Gazette of India on implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 2397 (2017) on Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. 2. Regu...

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RBI/2017-18/142 DGBA.GBD.No.2324/42.01.029/2017-18 March 19, 2018 All Agency Banks Dear Sir / Madam, Reporting and Accounting of Central Government Transactions of March 2018 Please refer to Circular DGBA.GAD.No. 2376/42.01.029/2016-17 dated March 16, 2017 advising the procedure to be followed for reporting and accounting of Central Government transactions (including CBDT, CBEC, departmentalised ministries and non-Civil Ministries) at the Receiving/Nodal/Focal Point branches of y...

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RBI/2017-18/141 DNBS.PD.CC.No.1925/66.08.001/2017-18 March 15, 2018 To All Government-Owned Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) Madam/ Sir, Submission of returns by the Government-owned Non-Banking Financial Companies In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45JA, 45K and 45L of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (hereinafter referred to as the RBI Act), it has been decided to apply theMaster Direction – Non-Banking Financial Company Returns (Reserve Bank) D...

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RBI/2017-18/140 DGBA.GBD.2294/15.01.001/2017-18 March 15, 2018 All Agency Banks handling Special Deposit Scheme Dear Sir, Agency commission payable to banks for operating Special Deposit Scheme (SDS) Please refer to para 2 of ourMaster Circular RBI/2017-18/2 dated July 1, 2017on Conduct of Government Business by Agency Banks- Payment of Agency Commission where in it is mentioned that SDS transactions undertaken by agency banks are eligible for agency commission. 2. In this...

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RBI/2017-18/139 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 20 March 13, 2018 All Authorised Dealer Category – I Banks Madam/ Sir Discontinuance of Letters of Undertaking (LoUs) and Letters of Comfort (LoCs) for Trade Credits Attention of Authorised Dealer Category - I (AD Category - I) banks is invited to paragraph 2 ofA.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 24 dated November 1, 2004andparagraph No. 5.5of Master Direction No.5 dated January 1, 2016 on ‘External Commercial Borrowings, ...

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RBI/2017-18/138 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 19 March 12, 2018 To All Category - I Authorised Dealer Banks Madam / Sir, Hedging of Commodity Price Risk and Freight Risk in Overseas Markets (Reserve Bank) Directions Attention of Authorised Dealer Category - I (AD Category-I) banks is invited to regulation 6 and 6A of the Foreign Exchange Management (Foreign Exchange Derivative Contracts) Regulations, 2000 dated May 3, 2000 (Notification No.FEMA. 25/RB-2000 dated May 3, 2000)...

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RBI/2017-18/137 FMRD.DIRD.6/14.03.001/2017-18 March 1, 2018 All market participants Madam/Sir, Separate limit of Interest Rate Futures (IRFs) for Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) Please refer to Paragraph 8 of the statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies, issued as part of the third Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2017- 18 dated August 02, 2017, wherein a separate limit of Interest Rate Futures for Foreign Portfolio Investors was proposed. 2. Currently, th...

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RBI/2017-18/135 FIDD.CO.Plan.BC.18/04.09.01/2017-18 March 01, 2018 The Chairman/ Managing Director & CEOs All Scheduled Commercial Banks Dear Sir/ Madam, Priority Sector Lending – Targets and Classification Please refer to the revised priority sector guidelines issued to banks vide FIDD.CO.Plan.BC.54/04.09.01/2014-15 circular dated April 23, 2015. It was stipulated therein under Para (II) (i) that the sub-targets for lending to small and marginal farmers and micro ente...

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RBI/2017-18/136 DCM (CC) No. 3071/03.41.01/2017-18 March 01, 2018 The Chairman & Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer, All Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Review of Currency Distribution & Exchange Scheme (CDES) Please refer to the announcement made in Part B of the Bi-Monthly Review of Monetary Policy dated February 7, 2018. The RBI has been providing several incentives to banks, from time to time for installation of various machines by them to encourage technology abso...

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RBI/2017-18/134 A. P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 18 February 26, 2018 All Category - I Authorised Dealer banks Madam/Sir, Risk Management and Inter-bank Dealings: Revised guidelines relating to participation of a person resident in India and Foreign Portfolio Investor (FPI) in the Exchange Traded Currency Derivatives (ETCD) Market Attention of Authorized Dealers Category - I (AD Category - I) banks is invited to the Foreign Exchange Management (Foreign Exchange Derivative Contract...

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RBI/2017-18/133 DNBR.PD.CC.No 091/03.10.001/2017-18 February 23, 2018 All NBFCs Madam/ Dear Sir, Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Banking Financial Companies, 2018 - Appointment of the Nodal Officer/Principal Nodal Officer The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has brought into operation today theOmbudsman Scheme for Non-Banking Financial Companies, 2018(The Scheme). The Scheme is available on the RBI websitehttp://www.rbi.org.in. The Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) that are covered und...

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ORIENTAL BANK OF COMMERCE (A GOVERNMENT OF INDIA UNDERTAKING) CORPORATE OFFICE, GURGAON HO/I&C/Circular letter No./41/2017-18 Date: 19.02.2018 To All Concurrent Auditors / Branches / Offices Re: Verification of all Outward SWIFT messages Attention of all concurrent auditors is invited towards the scope & coverage of activities while undertaking audit work of Branches/Clusters/Offices. In this connection, detailed guidelines on scope & coverage of activities have ...

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Reserve Bank of India (RBI), as part of its ongoing efforts for strengthening of the supervisory framework in the country, has been issuing necessary instructions to banks from time to time on a variety of issues of prudential supervisory concern, including the management of operational risks inherent in the functioning of banks. The risks arising from the potential malicious use of the SWIFT infrastructure, created by banks for their genuine business needs, has always been a component of their ...

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RBI/2017-18/132 DCM (RMMT) No.2945/11.37.01/2017-18 February 15, 2018 The Chairman and Managing Director / The Managing Director/ The Chief Executive Officer All Banks Dear Sir Acceptance of coins We invite a reference to Paragraph 1 (d) of our Master Circular DCM (NE) No. G - 1/08.07.18/2017-18 dated July 03, 2017 on Facility for Exchange of Notes and Coins where it was advised that none of the bank branches should refuse to accept small denomination notes and / or coins tend...

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RBI/2017-18/131 DBR.No.BP.BC.101/21.04.048/2017-18 February 12, 2018 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks (RRB)), All-India Financial Institutions (Exim Bank, NABARD, NHB and SIDBI) Dear Sir/Madam, Resolution of Stressed Assets – Revised Framework 1. The Reserve Bank of India has issued various instructions aimed at resolution of stressed assets in the economy, including introduction of certain specific schemes at different points of time. In vi...

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RBI/2017-18/130 DCM (CC) No. 2885/03.35.01/2017-18 February 9, 2018 1. The Chairman & Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer (All Banks having currency chests) 2. The Director Treasuries (State Governments) Madam / Dear Sir, Levy of Penal Interest – Delayed Reporting Please refer to ourMaster Direction DCM (CC) No.G-2/03.35.01/2017-18 dated October 12, 2017on captioned subject. 2. Presently, penal interest is levied for all cases where the bank has enjoyed ...

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RBI/2017-18/129 DBR.No.BP.BC.100/21.04.048/2017-18 February 07, 2018 All banks and NBFCs regulated by the Reserve Bank of India Madam / Dear Sir, Relief for MSME Borrowers registered under Goods and Services Tax (GST) Presently, banks and NBFCs in India generally classify a loan account as Non-Performing Asset (NPA) based on 90 day and 120 day delinquency norms, respectively. It has been represented to us that formalisation of business through registration under GST had adver...

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RBI/2017-18/127 DGBA.GBD.No.1972/15.02.005/2017-18 February 01, 2018 All Agency Banks handling Small Saving Schemes Dear Sir / Madam Small Saving Schemes – Payment of Agency Commission Please refer to Government of India Notification F. No. 7/10/2014-NS dated October 10, 2017, wherein, all Public Sector Banks, ICICI Bank Ltd., Axis Bank Ltd., and HDFC Bank Ltd., were authorised to receive subscriptions under National Saving Time Deposit Scheme, 1981, National Saving (Monthl...

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RBI/2017-18/125 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.17 January 25, 2018 All Category – I Authorised Dealer Banks Madam/Sir Exim Bank's Government of India supported Line of Credit of USD 71.40 million to the Government of Côte d’Ivoire Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) has entered into an Agreement on May 22, 2017 with the Government of Côte d'Ivoire for making available to the latter, a Government of India supported Line of Credit (LoC) of USD 71.4 millio...

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RBI/2017-18/124 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.16 January 25, 2018 All Category – I Authorised Dealer Banks Madam/Sir Exim Bank's Government of India supported Line of Credit of USD 100 million to the Government of the Republic of Kenya Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) has entered into an agreement dated January 11, 2017 with the Government of the Republic of Kenya for making available to the latter, a Government of India supported Line of Credit (LOC) of USD 100 mill...

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RBI/2017-18/122 FIDD.CO.LBS.BC.No.2195/02.08.001/2017-18 January 18, 2018 The Chairmen & Managing Directors/ Chief Executive Officers All Lead Banks Dear Sir/Madam, Formation of new districts in the State of Assam - Assignment of Lead Bank Responsibility The Government of Assam vide Gazette Notifications dated January 25, 2016, February 26, 2016 and August 5, 2016 had notified the creation of eight new districts in the State of Assam. It has been decided to assign the lead bank respo...

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RBI/2017-18/120 DGBA.GBD.1781/15.02.005/2017-18 January 11, 2018 All Agency Banks handling Small Saving Schemes Dear Sir Interest rates for Small Savings Schemes Please refer to ourcircular DGBA.GBD.954/15.02.005/2017-18 dated October 12, 2017on the above subject. The Government of India, had vide their Office Memorandum (OM) No.F.No.01/04/2016–NS dated December 27, 2017 advised the rate of interest on various small savings schemes for the fourth quarter of the financial ye...

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RBI/2017-18/119 IDMD.CDD.No.1728/13.01.299/2017-18 January 08, 2018 The Chairman & Managing Director State Bank of India & 18 Nationalised Banks Axis Bank Ltd., ICICI Bank Ltd., HDFC Bank Ltd., Stock Holding Corporation of India ltd.(SHCIL) Dear Sir/Madam, 7.75% Savings (Taxable) Bonds, 2018 - Amendments Please refer to ourCircular RBI/2017-18/114 IDMD.CDD.No.1671/13.01....

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RBI/2017-18/115 DNBR.PD(ARC)CC.No.05/26.03.001/2017-18 January 04, 2018 The Chairman/ Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer All registered Asset Reconstruction Companies Dear Sir/Madam, Submission of Financial Information to Information Utilities Please refer to circular DBR.No.Leg.BC.98/09.08.019/2017-18 dated December 19, 2017 on the captioned subject. Instructions contained therein are applicable to all registered Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) a...

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Attention of Authorized Dealer Category - I (AD Category - I) banks is invited to paragraph 2 of the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies issued along with the Fifth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2017-18. In terms of the extant provisions in paragraphs 2.15 and 2.16 (xiii) of Master Direction No.5 dated January 1, 2016 on “External Commercial Borrowings, Trade Credit, Borrowing and Lending in Foreign Currency by Authorised Dealers and Persons other than Authorised ...

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The Reserve Bank of India had constituted an inter-departmental Task-force in December 2014, to provide “harmonised” definitions of major balance sheet/ profit and loss/ off-balance sheet items covered in the banking/ regulatory returns received across RBI departments. A set of harmonised definitions for 106 data elements reported in multiple returns was released vide press release dated March 30, 2017. The Reserve Bank has now harmonized the definitions for another set of 83 data el...

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Foreign Investment in India is regulated in terms of clause (b) sub-section 3 of section 6 and section 47 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) read with Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of a Security by a Person resident Outside India) Regulations, 2017 issued vide Notification No. FEMA 20(R)/2017-RB dated November 7, 2017. These Regulations are amended from time to time to incorporate the changes in the regulatory framework and published through amendment noti...

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