RBI/2018-19/07 FIDD.FID.BC.No.04/12.01.033/2018-19 July 02, 2018 The Chairman/ Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks Madam/ Dear Sir Master Circular on SHG-Bank Linkage Programme The Reserve Bank of India has, from time to time, issued a number of guidelines/instructions to banks on SHG-Bank Linkage Programme. In order to enable banks to have instructions at one place, the Master Circular incorporating the existing guidelines/instru

RBI/2018-19/04 DCM(FNVD)G – 1/16.01.05/2018-19 July 2, 2018 The Chairman/ Managing Director /Chief Executive Officer All Banks and Director of Treasuries of all States Dear Sir / Madam, Master Circular – Detection and Impounding of Counterfeit Notes Please refer to the Master Circular DCM(FNVD)G - 4/16.01.05/2017-18 dated July 20, 2017 consolidating the instructions issued till July 20, 2017, relating to Detection and Impounding of Counterfeit Notes. The Master Circul

RBI/2017-18/205 DGBA.GBD.No.3214/45.01.001/2017-18 June 21, 2018 All Agency Banks (dealing with pension payments) Dear Sir / Madam Customer Service provided by agency banks Please refer to our circular no.DGBA.GAD.H-3085/45.01.001/2008-09 dated October 1, 2008 on the captioned subject. 2. We are receiving complaints from various quarters that pensioners are not being treated with due consideration by bank officials, specifically the old pensioners, when they come to t

RBI/2017-18/203 FIDD.CO.Plan.BC.22/04.09.01/2017-18 June 19, 2018 The Chairman/ Managing Director & CEOs All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks and Small Finance Banks) Dear Sir/ Madam, Priority Sector Lending – Targets and Classification Please refer to Para 6 of the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies of the Second Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2018-19 dated June 06, 2018 and Para 10.1 of Master Direction on Priority

RBI/DBR/2015-16/18 Master Direction DBR.AML.BC.No.81/14.01.001/2015-16 February 25, 2016 (Updated as on May 04, 2023) (Updated as on April 28, 2023) (Updated as on May 10, 2021) (Updated as on April 01, 2021) (Updated as on March 23, 2021) (Updated as on December 18, 2020) (Updated as on April 20, 2020) (Updated as on April 01, 2020) (Updated as on January 09, 2020) (Updated as on August 09, 2019) (Updated as on May 29, 2019) Master Direction - Know Your Customer (KYC

RBI/2017-18/106 DCBR.RAD.(PCB/RCB) Cir. No.5/07.12.001/2017-18 December 7, 2017 All Commercial Banks, Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs) State and Central Co-operative Banks (StCBs/CCBs) Dear Sir/ Madam Change in name of “Sardar Bhiladwala Pardi People’s Co-operative Bank Ltd., Killa Pardi, Dist. Valsad (Gujarat)” to “SBPP Co-operative Bank Ltd., Killa Pardi, Dist. Valsad (Gujarat)” in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 We advise that th

RBI/2017-18/190 FIDD.CO.FSD.BC.No.21/05.04.001/2017-18 June 7, 2018 The Chairman / Managing Director & CEOs All Public & Private Sector Scheduled Commercial Banks Madam/Sir Continuation of Interest Subvention Scheme for short-term crop loans on interim basis during the year 2018-19 Please refer to our circular FIDD.CO.FSD.BC.No.14/05.02.001/2017-18 dated August 16, 2017 on Interest Subvention Scheme for Short-term Crop Loans 2017-18 wherein we had advised the

RBI/2017-2018/191 DBR.DEA Fund Cell.BCNo.110/30.01.002/2017-18 June 07, 2018 The Managing Director & CEO/ Chief Executive Officers All Scheduled Commercial Banks (including RRBs) Local Area Banks (LABs) Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks / District Central Co-operative Banks Small Finance Banks/Payment Banks Dear Sir/Madam, Banking Regulation Act, 1949 – Section 26ADepositor Education and Awareness Fund Scheme, 2014 –Operational Guidelines - Payme

RBI/2017-18/186 DBR.No.BP.BC.108/21.04.048/2017-18 June 6, 2018 All banks and NBFCs regulated by the Reserve Bank of India Madam / Dear Sir, Encouraging formalisation of MSME sector Please refer to the circular DBR.No.BP.BC.100/21.04.048/2017-18 dated February 07, 2018. 2. Having regard to the input credit linkages and ancillary affiliations, it has now been decided to temporarily allow banks and NBFCs to classify their exposure, as per the 180 days past due criterion

RBI/2017-18/181 DNBR (PD) CC.No.092/03.10.001/2017-18 May 31, 2018 All Government NBFCs Madam/ Sir, Withdrawal of Exemptions Granted to Government Owned NBFCs Government owned companies, as defined under Clause (45) of Section 2 of the Companies Act, 2013 (Section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956) and registered with the Reserve Bank of India as NBFCs, are currently exempt from following regulatory and statutory provisions: (i) Sections 45-IB and 45-IC of the RBI Act, 1