RBI/2012-13/92 RPCD.GSSD.BC.No.8/09.09.01/2012-13 July 02, 2012 The Chairman / Managing Director All Indian Scheduled Commercial Banks Dear Sir, Master Circular Priority Sector Lending - Credit facilities to Scheduled Castes (SCs) & Scheduled Tribes (STs) Reserve Bank of India has, periodically, issued instructions / directives to banks with regard to providing credit facilities to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). To enable banks to have current

RBI/2012-13/93 RPCD.MSME & NFS.BC.No.11/06.02.31/2012-13 July 2, 2012 The Chairman/Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks) Dear Sir Master Circular - Lending to Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) Sector As you are aware, the Reserve Bank of India has, from time to time, issued a number of guidelines/instructions/directives to banks in the matters relating to lending to Micro, Small &

RBI/2012-13/94 DBOD No. Rajbhasha BC.25/06.11.04/2012-13 July 2, 2012 Ashadha 11, 1934 (S) Chairman & Managing Director All Public Sector Banks Dear Sir, Master Circular - Use of Hindi in Banks Please refer to the Master Circular DBOD No. Rajbhasha.BC. 21/ 06.11.04/ 2011-12 dated July 1, 2011 on the captioned subject. The Master Circular has been suitably updated by incorporating instructions issued up to June 30, 2012 and has also been placed on the RBI web-site

RBI/2012-13/37 DNBS (PD) CC No. 279/03.02.001/2012-13 July 2, 2012 To The Chairman / CEOs of all Non-Banking Financial (Non - Deposit Accepting or Holding) Companies Dear Sir, Notification as amended upto June 30, 2012– “Non-Banking Financial (Non - Deposit Accepting or Holding) Companies Prudential Norms (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2007” As you are aware, in order to have all current instructions on the subject at one place, the Reserve Bank of India issues updated ci

RBI/2012-13/30 DNBS (PD) CC No.291/03.02.001/2012-13 July 2, 2012 All Core Investment Companies Dear Sir, Master Circular– Regulatory Framework for Core Investment Companies (CICs) 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 contained in the circular DNBS(PD)CC.No.197/03.10.001/2010-11 dated August 12, 2010 and Notification No. DNBS.(PD) 21

RBI/2012-13/31 DNBS.(PD)CC.No.293/03.10.38/2012-13 July 2, 2012 To, All NBFCs (excluding RNBCs) Dear Sir, Master Circular- Introduction of New Category of NBFCs - ‘Non Banking Financial Company-Micro Finance Institutions’ (NBFC-MFIs) - Directions 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 contained in the circular updated as on June 30, 2012

RBI/2012-13/32 DNBS.PD.CC.No.282/03.10.042/2012-13 July 2, 2012 To, All NBFCs (Excluding RNBCs) Dear Sirs, Master Circular - Returns to be submitted by NBFCs In order to have all current instructions in one place, the Reserve Bank of India has issued master circulars to NBFCs on various subjects. It is advised that instructions on various returns to be submitted by NBFCs issued upto June 30, 2012, have been compiled herein. A consolidated list of all such instructions

RBI/2012-13/33 DNBS(PD).CC.No.290/03.02.001/2012-13 July 2, 2012 To, All Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) Dear Sir, Master Circulars- Miscellaneous Instructions to All Non-Banking Financial Companies In order to have all current instructions in one place, the Reserve Bank of India has issued master circulars to NBFCs on various subjects. It is advised that Miscellaneous Directions / Instructions issued upto June 30, 2012, which do not find a place in such maste

RBI/2012-13/7 Master Circular No. 7/2012-13 (Updated as on March 18, 2013) July 02, 2012 To, All Category - I Authorised Dealer banks Madam / Sir, Master Circular on Establishment of Liaison / Branch / Project Offices in India by Foreign Entities Establishment of Branch/Liaison/Project Offices in India is regulated in terms of Section 6(6) of Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 read with Notification No. FEMA 22/ 2000-RB dated May 3, 2000 as amended from time to tim

RBI/2012-13/9 Master Circular No. 9/2012-13 (Updated as on April 10, 2013) July 2, 2012 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 the F