RBI/2014-15/67 DBOD.No.Dir.BC.17/13.03.00/2014-15 July 1, 2014 10 Ashadha 1936 (Saka) All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir / Madam Master Circular - Guarantees and Co-acceptances Please refer to the Master Circular DBOD.No.Dir.BC.12/13.03.00/2013-14 dated July 1, 2013 consolidating the instructions / guidelines issued to banks till June 30, 2013, relating to Guarantees and Co-acceptances. The Master Circular has been suitably updated by incorporati

RBI/2014-15/68 DBOD. No.DIR.BC.18/08.12.001/2014-15 July 1, 2014 Ashadha 10, 1936, (Saka) All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir/Madam, Master Circular – Housing Finance Please refer to the Master Circular DBOD No. Dir. BC.17/08.12.001/2013-14 dated July 1, 2013 consolidating the instructions / guidelines issued to banks till June 30, 2013 relating to Housing Finance. The Master Circular has been suitably updated by incorporating the instructions iss

RBI/2014-15/102 DBOD.No.FID.FIC.1/01.02.00/2014-15 July 1, 2014 The CEOs of the All-India Term Lending and Refinancing Institutions (Exim Bank, NABARD, NHB and SIDBI) Dear Sir, Master Circular - Resource Raising Norms for Financial Institutions Please refer to Master Circular DBOD.No.FID.FIC.1/01.02.00/2013-14 dated July 01, 2013 on the captioned subject. The enclosed Master Circular consolidates and updates all the instructions / guidelines on the subject up to June

RBI/2014-15/95 RPCD.CO.Plan.BC 10/04.09.01/2014-15 July 01, 2014 The Chairman/ Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer [All scheduled commercial banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks)] Dear Sir, MASTER CIRCULAR - PRIORITY SECTOR LENDING-TARGETS AND CLASSIFICATION The Reserve Bank of India has, from time to time, issued a number of guidelines/instructions/directives to banks on Priority Sector Lending. In order to enable the banks to have current instructions at one

RBI/2014-15/99 IDMD.PCD. 05/14.01.03/2014-15 July 1, 2014 All market participants Dear Sir / Madam, Master Circular - Guidelines for Issue of Certificates of Deposit With a view to further widening the range of money market instruments and giving investors greater flexibility in deployment of their short-term surplus funds, Certificates of Deposit (CDs) were introduced in India in 1989. Guidelines for issue of CDs are presently governed by various directives issued by

RBI/2014-15/44 DNBS.PD.CC. No.385/03.10.042/2014-15 July 1, 2014 To All Deposit taking NBFCs (including RNBCs) and NBFCs-ND-SI Dear Sirs, Master Circular – Frauds – Future approach towards monitoring of frauds in NBFCs As you are aware, in order to have all current instructions on the subject at one place, the Reserve Bank of India issues updated circulars/notifications. The instructions issued on the captioned subject as updated on June 30, 2014 are reproduced in the

RBI/2014-15/1 Master Circular No. 9/2014-15 July 01, 2014 (As updated on October 16, 2014) To, All Authorised Dealer Category - I Banks and Authorised Banks Madam / Sir, Master Circular on Compounding of Contraventions under FEMA, 1999 The compounding of contraventions under Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999 is a voluntary process by which an applicant can seek compounding of an admitted contravention of any provision of FEMA, 1999 under Section 13(1) of th

RBI/2014-15/2 Master Circular No. 11/2014-15 July 01, 2014 (Amended up to May 06, 2015) To, All Authorised Dealer Category - I banks Madam / Sir, Master Circular on Direct Investment by Residents in Joint Venture (JV) / Wholly Owned Subsidiary (WOS) Abroad Direct investments (or financial commitment) by residents in Joint Venture (JV) and Wholly Owned Subsidiary (WOS) abroad are being allowed, in terms of clause (a) of sub-section (3) of section 6 of the Foreign Excha

RBI/2014-15/3 Master Circular No.12/2014-15 July 01, 2014 (Updated up to June 11, 2015) All Authorised Dealer Category – I banks and Authorised banks Madam / Sir Master Circular on External Commercial Borrowings and Trade Credits External Commercial Borrowings and Trade Credits availed of by residents are governed by clause (d) of sub-section 3 of section 6 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 read with Notification No. FEMA 3/2000-RB viz. Foreign Exchange Man

RBI/2014-15/4 Master Circular No.13/2014-15 July 01, 2014 (As amended up to June 18, 2015) To, All Category – I Authorised Dealer Banks Madam / Sir, Master Circular on Import of Goods and Services Import of Goods and Services into India is being allowed in terms of Section 5 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act 1999 (42 of 1999), read with Notification No. G.S.R. 381(E) dated May 3, 2000 viz. Foreign Exchange Management (Current Account) Rules, 2000 as amended from