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Meant For : All Banks
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/191DOR.No.Ret.BC.49/12.01.001/2019-20
Subject : Maintenance of Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)
Department : Department of Regulation
Date Of Issue : 27 March, 2020
Meant For : All Scheduled and Non Scheduled Banks
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/190DOR.No.Ret.BC.53/12.01.001/2019-20
Subject : Change in Bank Rate
Department : Department of Regulation
Date Of Issue : 27 March, 2020
Meant For : All Scheduled Banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks)
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/189DOR.No.Ret.BC.52/12.01.001/2019-20
Subject : Section 24 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 – Maintenance of Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) – Marginal Standing Facility (MSF)
Department : Department of Regulation
Date Of Issue : 27 March, 2020
Meant For : All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs and LABs)
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/188DOR.BP.BC.No.45/21.06.201/2019-20
Subject : Basel III Capital Regulations- Review of transitional arrangements
Department : Department of Regulation
Date Of Issue : 27 March, 2020
Meant For : All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs)
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/187DOR.BP.BC.No.46/21.04.098/2019-20
Subject : Basel III Framework on Liquidity Standards – Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR)
Department : Department of Regulation
Date Of Issue : 27 March, 2020
Meant For : All Commercial Banks (including Small Finance Banks, Local Area Banks and Regional Rural Banks) All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks/State Co-operative Banks/ District Central Co-operative Banks All All-India Financial Institutions All Non-Banking Financial Companies (including Housing Finance Companies)
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/186DOR.No.BP.BC.47/21.04.048/2019-20
Subject : COVID-19 – Regulatory Package
Department : Department of Regulation
Date Of Issue : 27 March, 2020
Meant For : All eligible market participants
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/185FMRD.FMID.No.24/11.01.007/2019-20
Subject : Legal Entity Identifier: Extension of deadline
Department : Financial Markets Regulation Department
Date Of Issue : 27 March, 2020
Meant For : All Primary Dealers,
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/184REF.No.MPD.BC.390/07.01.279/2019-20
Subject : Standing Liquidity Facility for Primary Dealers
Department : Monetary Policy Department
Date Of Issue : 27 March, 2020
Meant For : All Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) participants
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/183FMOD.MAOG.No.139/01.18.001/2019-20
Subject : Marginal Standing Facility
Department : Financial Markets Operation Department
Date Of Issue : 27 March, 2020
Meant For : All Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) participants
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/182FMOD.MAOG.No.140/01.01.001/2019-20
Subject : Liquidity Adjustment Facility – Repo and Reverse Repo Rates
Department : Financial Markets Operation Department
Date Of Issue : 27 March, 2020
Meant For : The Chairmen / Managing Directors & Chief Executive Officers All Lead Banks
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/181FIDD.CO.LBS.BC.No.21/02.08.001/2019-20
Subject : Formation of new district in the State of Chhattisgarh – Assignment of Lead Bank Responsibility
Department : Financial Inclusion and Development Department
Date Of Issue : 26 March, 2020
Meant For : The Chairmen/ Managing Directors & CEOs SLBC/ UTLBC Convenor Banks
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/180FIDD.CO.LBS.BC.No.20/02.01.001/2019-20
Subject : Formation of new Union Territory of The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu - Assignment of UTLBC Convenorship
Department : Financial Inclusion and Development Department
Date Of Issue : 26 March, 2020
Meant For : The Chairman/ Managing Director Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks & Small Finance Banks)
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/179FIDD.CO.Plan.BC.No.19/04.09.01/2019-20
Subject : Priority Sector Lending - Lending by banks to NBFCs for On-Lending
Department : Financial Inclusion and Development Department
Date Of Issue : 23 March, 2020
Meant For : All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks)
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/178DOR.No.BP.BC.43 /21.01.003/2019-20
Subject : Large Exposures Framework
Department : Department of Regulation
Date Of Issue : 23 March, 2020
Meant For : All Authorised Dealer Category - I Banks
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/177A. P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 22
Subject : Settlement system under Asian Clearing Union (ACU) Mechanism
Department : Foreign Exchange Department
Date Of Issue : 17 March, 2020
Meant For : All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs)
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/176DOR.No.BP.BC.41/08.12.014/2019-20
Subject : Issue of Long Term Bonds by Banks – Financing of Infrastructure and Affordable Housing
Department : Department of Regulation
Date Of Issue : 17 March, 2020
Meant For : All Scheduled Commercial Banks
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/175DOR.BP.BC.No.42/21.04.141/2019-20
Subject : Prudential Norms for Classification, Valuation and Operation of Investment Portfolio by Banks – Spreading of MTM losses and creation of Investment Fluctuation Reserve (IFR)
Department : Department of Regulation
Date Of Issue : 17 March, 2020
Meant For : All Payment System Providers and System Participants
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/174DPSS.CO.PD.No.1810/02.14.008/2019-20
Subject : Guidelines on Regulation of Payment Aggregators and Payment Gateways
Department : Department of Payment and Settlement Systems
Date Of Issue : 17 March, 2020
Meant For : All Agency Banks
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/173DGBA.GBD.No.1744/42.01.029/2019-20
Subject : Reporting and Accounting of Central Government Transactions of March 2020
Department : Department of Government and Bank Accounts
Date Of Issue : 17 March, 2020
Meant For : The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs) All Local Area Banks All Small Finance Banks and All Payment Banks/All UCBs/NBFCs
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/172DoS.CO.PPG.BC.01/11.01.005/2019-20
Subject : COVID-19- Operational and Business Continuity Measures
Department : Department of Supervision
Date Of Issue : 16 March, 2020
Meant For : The Chief Executive Officer All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/171DOR (PCB).BPD.Cir No.10/13.05.000/2019-20
Subject : Limits on exposure to single and group borrowers/parties and large exposures and Revision in the target for priority sector lending – UCBs
Department : Department of Regulation
Date Of Issue : 13 March, 2020
Meant For : Non-Banking Financial Companies and Asset Reconstruction Companies implementing Indian Accounting Standards
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/170DOR (NBFC).CC.PD.No.109/22.10.106/2019-20
Subject : Implementation of Indian Accounting Standards
Department : Department of Regulation
Date Of Issue : 13 March, 2020
Meant For : The Chairpersons/ CEOs of all the Regulated Entities
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/169DOR.AML.BC.No.40/14.06.001/2019-20
Subject : Implementation of Section 51A of UAPA, 1967 - Addition of three entities to 1267 List
Department : Department of Regulation
Date Of Issue : 06 March, 2020
Meant For : The Chairmen / Managing Directors & Chief Executive Officers All Lead Banks
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/168FIDD.CO.LBS.BC.No.18/02.08.001/2019-20
Subject : Formation of new districts in the State of Tamil Nadu – Assignment of Lead Bank Responsibility
Department : Financial Inclusion and Development Department
Date Of Issue : 28 February, 2020
Meant For : All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) All Small Finance Banks All Local Area Banks
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/167DOR.DIR.BC.No.39/13.03.00/2019-20
Subject : External Benchmark Based Lending – Medium Enterprises
Department : Department of Regulation
Date Of Issue : 26 February, 2020
Meant For : The Chairman/Managing Director/Executive Officer All Public & Private Sector Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks and Small Finance Banks)
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/166FIDD.CO.FSD.BC.No.1785/05.02.001/2019-20
Subject : Short Term Crop Loans eligible for Interest Subvention Scheme (ISS) and Prompt Repayment Incentive (PRI) through KCC
Department : Financial Inclusion and Development Department
Date Of Issue : 26 February, 2020
Meant For : All Scheduled Commercial Banks (including Regional Rural Banks), Small Finance Banks, Payments Banks & Local Area Banks
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/165DOR.No.Ret.BC.38/12.01.001/2019-20
Subject : Investment in Certificates of Deposit (CDs) - Reporting in Form ‘A’ Return
Department : Department of Regulation
Date Of Issue : 26 February, 2020
Meant For : The Chairpersons/CEOs of all the Regulated Entities
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/164DOR.AML.BC.No.37/14.06.001/2019-20
Subject : Implementation of Section 51A of UAPA, 1967 - Addition of two entities to 1267 List
Department : Department of Regulation
Date Of Issue : 25 February, 2020
Meant For : The Chairpersons/ CEOs of all the Regulated Entities
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/163DOR.AML.BC.No.36/14.06.001/2019-20
Subject : Implementation of Section 51A of UAPA, 1967 - Removal of two entries from 1267 List
Department : Department of Regulation
Date Of Issue : 20 February, 2020
Meant For : All Category – I Authorised Dealer Banks
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/162A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.21
Subject : Exim Bank's Government of India supported Line of Credit of USD 11.13 million to the Government of the Republic of Suriname
Department : Foreign Exchange Department
Date Of Issue : 20 February, 2020
Meant For : The Chairpersons/ CEOs of all the Regulated Entities
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/161DOR.AML.BC.No.35/14.06.001/2019-20
Subject : Implementation of Section 51A of UAPA, 1967: Addition of one new entry to 1533 Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Sanctions list
Department : Department of Regulation
Date Of Issue : 18 February, 2020
Meant For : All banks and NBFCs regulated by the Reserve Bank of India
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/160DOR.No.BP.BC.34/21.04.048/2019-20
Subject : Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector – Restructuring of Advances
Department : Department of Regulation
Date Of Issue : 11 February, 2020
Meant For : All Scheduled Commercial Banks
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/159DOR.No.Ret.BC. 30/12.01.001/2019-20
Subject : Incentivising Bank Credit to Specific Sectors – Exemption from CRR Maintenance
Department : Department of Regulation
Date Of Issue : 10 February, 2020
Meant For : The Chairman / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) All Small Finance Banks
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/158DOR.No.BP.BC.33/21.04.048/2019-20
Subject : Prudential Norms on Income Recognition, Asset Classification and Provisioning Pertaining to Advances - Projects under Implementation
Department : Department of Regulation
Date Of Issue : 07 February, 2020
Meant For : The Chairpersons/CEOs of all the Regulated Entities
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/157DOR.AML.BC.No.32/14.06.001/2019-20
Subject : Implementation of Section 51A of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), 1967- Updates to ISIL (Da'esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List
Department : Department of Regulation
Date Of Issue : 07 February, 2020
Meant For : The Chairmen All Regional Rural Banks
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/156DOR.RRB.BL.BC.No.31/31.01.001/2019-20
Subject : Guidelines on Merchant Acquiring Business – Regional Rural Banks
Department : Department of Regulation
Date Of Issue : 06 February, 2020
Meant For : The Chairman / Managing Director & CEOs All Scheduled Commercial Banks (including Regional Rural Banks)
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/155FIDD.CO.MSME.BC.No.17/06.02.031/2019-20
Subject : Interest Subvention Scheme for MSMEs
Department : Financial Inclusion and Development Department
Date Of Issue : 05 February, 2020
Meant For : The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) including Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) / Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs) / State Co-operative Banks (StCBs) / District Central Co-operative Banks (DCCBs) / Payments Banks (PBs) / Small Finance Banks (SFBs) / Authorised Card Payment Networks
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/154DPSS.CO.PD No.1465/02.14.003/2019-20
Subject : Cash withdrawal using Point of Sale (PoS) terminals
Department : Department of Payment and Settlement Systems
Date Of Issue : 31 January, 2020
Meant For : All Scheduled Commercial Banks All State Co-operative Banks/All Scheduled Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks /All Financial Institutions/ All Primary Dealers.
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/153Ref.No.IDMD/2132/08.02.032/2019-20
Subject : Auction of Government of India Dated Securities
Department : Internal Debt Management Department
Date Of Issue : 27 January, 2020
Meant For : All Category – I Authorised Dealer Banks
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/152A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.20
Subject : Merchanting Trade Transactions (MTT) – Revised Guidelines
Department : Foreign Exchange Department
Date Of Issue : 23 January, 2020
Meant For : All Authorised persons
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/151A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.19
Subject : ‘Voluntary Retention Route’ (VRR) for Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) investment in debt – relaxations
Department : Financial Markets Regulation Department
Date Of Issue : 23 January, 2020
Meant For : All Authorised persons
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/150A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.18
Subject : Investment by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI) in Debt
Department : Financial Markets Regulation Department
Date Of Issue : 23 January, 2020
Meant For : The Chairpersons/ CEOs of all the Regulated Entities
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/149DOR.AML.BC. No. 29/14.06.001/2019-20
Subject : Implementation of Section 51A of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), 1967- Updates to ISIL (Da'esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List
Department : Department of Regulation
Date Of Issue : 22 January, 2020
Meant For : All Non-Banking Financial Companies (excluding Primary Dealers)
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/148DOR.NBFC (PD).CC.No.108/03.10.001/2019-20
Subject : Lending against security of single product – Gold jewellery
Department : Department of Regulation
Date Of Issue : 21 January, 2020
Meant For : All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks)
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/147DOR.IBD.BC.No.28/23.13.004/2019-20
Subject : Setting up of IFSC Banking Units (IBUs) – Permissible activities
Department : Department of Regulation
Date Of Issue : 21 January, 2020
Meant For : All Scheduled Commercial Banks All State Co-operative Banks/All Scheduled Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks/All Financial Institutions/ All Primary Dealers.
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/146Ref.No.IDMD/2045/08.02.032/2019-20
Subject : Auction of Government of India Dated Securities
Department : Internal Debt Management Department
Date Of Issue : 20 January, 2020
Meant For : All Authorised Dealers
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/145A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.17
Subject : Introduction of Rupee derivatives at International Financial Services Centres (IFSC)
Department : Financial Markets Regulation Department
Date Of Issue : 20 January, 2020
Meant For : Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/144DoS.OSMOS.No.4633/33.05.018/2019-20
Subject : Reporting of Large Exposures to Central Repository of Information on Large Credits (CRILC) – UCBs
Department : Department of Supervision
Date Of Issue : 16 January, 2020
Meant For : All Authorised Dealer Category – I Banks
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/143A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 16
Subject : Hedging of Commodity Price Risk and Freight Risk in Overseas Markets (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2018 - Amendment
Department : Financial Markets Regulation Department
Date Of Issue : 15 January, 2020
Meant For : The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) including Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) / Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs) / State Co-operative Banks (StCBs) / District Central Co-operative Banks (DCCBs) / Payments Banks (PBs) / Small Finance Banks (SFBs) / Local Area Banks (LABs) / Authorised Card Payment Networks / Non-Bank PPI issuers
Circular Number : RBI/2019-2020/142DPSS.CO.PD No.1343/02.14.003/2019-20
Subject : Enhancing Security of Card Transactions
Department : Department of Payment and Settlement Systems
Date Of Issue : 15 January, 2020
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