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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It has been decided by the Government of India to issue 7.75% Savings (Taxable) Bonds, 2018 with effect from January 10, 2018 in terms of GoI notification F.No.4(28) - W&M/2017 dated January 03, 2018. A copy of the Government Notification is enclosed. The salient features of the Bond are detailed below. A copy of the Circular, Government Notification and Press Release with regard to this Scheme also have been placed on our website (www.rbi.org.in). ...

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Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Economic Affairs Budget Division, (W&M Section) New Delhi, January 01, 2018 Notification Cessation of 8 percent GoI Savings (Taxable) Bonds 2003 No.F.4(10)-W&M/2003 : The Government of India, hereby notifies that the 8 percent GoI Savings(Taxable) Bonds, 2003 as per Notification F.4(10)-W&M/2003, dated March 21, 2003 shall cease for subscription with effect from the close of business on Tuesday, the 2n...

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RBI/2017-18/111 DGBA.GBD/1616/15.02.005/2017-18 December 21, 2017 All Agency Banks Dear Sir / Madam, Prompt implementation of Governments’ instructions by agency banks It is brought to our notice that some agency banks are not adhering to instructions/ notifications issued by Government (Central as well as States) promptly by stating that further communications have not been received by them from RBI. 2. In this connection, all agency banks are advised to scrupulously fo...

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RBI/2017-18/110 DBR.No.Leg.BC.98/09.08.019/2017-18 December 19, 2017 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Including RRBs), Small Finance Banks, Local Area Banks, All Co-operative Banks, All NBFCs and All India Financial Institutions Dear Sir/Madam Submission of Financial Information to Information Utilities According to Section 215 of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016, a financial creditor shall submit financial information and information relating to assets in relation to...

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RBI/2017-18/109 DCBR.BPD.(PCB/RCB).Cir.No.06/12.05.001/2017-18 December 14, 2017 The Chief Executive Officer All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks/ All State Co-operative Banks/ All District Central Co-operative Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Customer Protection - Limiting Liability of Customers of Co-operative Banks in Unauthorised Electronic Banking Transactions Please refer to our circular UBD.BSD.I/PCB/No.45/12.05.00/2001-02 dated May 30, 2002 and para 13 of circular RPCD.CO.RCB...

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RBI/2017-18/107 DGBA.GBD.No-1498/31.02.007/2017-18 December 7, 2017 The Chairman/ Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer/ Agency Banks Dear Sir/ Madam As per the existing arrangements in certain states, in certain cases, some agency banks are routing their agency transactions of state governments through another agency bank, that acts as an aggregator, that in turn settles these agency transactions with concerned Regional Office of RBI for both receipts and paym...

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RBI/2017-18/105 DPSS.CO.PD No. 1633/02.14.003/2017-18 December 06, 2017 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officers All Scheduled Commercial Banks including RRBs / Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks / District Central Co-operative Banks / Payment Banks and Small Finance Banks /All Card Network Providers ...

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RBI/2017-18/103 DGBA.GBD.1472/31.02.007/2017-18 November 30, 2017 All Agency Banks Dear Sir Reporting of Transactions by agency banks to RBI It has been brought to our notice that some agency banks are reporting government transactions after considerable delay and along with the current transactions to RBI, without taking necessary authorisation from the concerned government departments. 2....

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