Consumer Education and Protection

RBI/2013-14/476 DBOD.No.Dir.BC.90/13.03.00/2013-14 January 31, 2014 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs) Dear Sir/ Madam Deregulation of Interest Rates on Non-Resident (External) Rupee (NRE) Deposits Please refer to our circular DBOD.Dir.BC.71/13.03.00/2013-14 dated November 29, 2013 advising banks that the freedom to offer interest rates on incremental NRE deposits with maturity of 3 years and above without any ceiling in order to pass on the benefit of ex

RBI/2013-14/477 DBOD.No.Dir.BC.92/13.03.00/2013-14 January 31, 2014 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs) Dear Sir/ Madam Interest Rates on FCNR (B) Deposits Please refer to our circular DBOD.Dir.BC.73/13.03.00/ 2013-14 dated November 29, 2013 advising that interest rate ceilings on FCNR (B) deposits for maturity period of one year to less than three years and three to five years, respectively prescribed vide circular DBOD.Dir.BC.38/13.03.00/2013-14 dated Au

RBI/2013-14/457 DPSS.CO.EPPD No.1583/04.03.01/2013-14 January 21, 2014 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officerof member banks participating in NEFT Madam / Dear Sir, NEFT – Customer Service and Charges – Adherence to Procedural Guidelines and Circulars The National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT) System, operational since November 2005 has seen an exponential growth in terms of volumes handled by the system, with a vast number of customers (indivi

RBI/2013-14/453 DBOD.BP.BC.No.86 /21.01.023 /2013-14 January 20, 2014 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir, Lending against Gold Jewellery Please refer to our circular DBOD.No.BC.138/21.01.023/94 dated November 22, 1994 on ‘Advances against Gold Ornaments and Jewellery for the purpose of Medical Expenses and Meeting Unforeseen Liabilities’, wherein banks were advised that while granting advances against gold ornaments and jewellery, they should obs

RBI/2013-14/454 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.96 January 20, 2014 To All Category - I Authorised Dealer Banks Madam / Sir, Facilities for Persons Resident outside India – Clarification Attention of Authorized Dealers Category – I (AD Category- I) banks is invited to the Foreign Exchange Management (Foreign Exchange Derivative Contracts) Regulations, 2000 dated May 3, 2000 [Notification No. FEMA/25/RB-2000] and A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.45 dated October 22, 2012 in

RBI/2013-14/444 DBOD.No.Leg.BC.84/09.07.005/2013-14 January 13, 2014 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir/Madam, Legal Guardianship Certificates Issued under the Mental Health Act, 1987and National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999 Please refer to our Circular DBOD.No.Leg.BC.51/09.07.005/2007-08 dated November 19, 2007 wherein banks were advised, inter alia, to rely

RBI/2013-14/442 Ref.DBOD.No.Ret.BC /83/12.06.097/2013-14 January 10, 2014 All Scheduled Commercial Banks Dear Sir Alteration in the name of "Development Credit Bank Limited" to "DCB Bank Limited " in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 We advise that the name of "Development Credit Bank Limited” has been changed to "DCB Bank Limited" in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 w.e.f. October 24, 2013 vide Notification DBOD.PSBD

RBI/2013-2014/437 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 87 January 9, 2014 To All Banks Authorised to deal in Foreign Exchange Madam/Sir, Resident Bank account maintained by residents in India – Joint holder – liberalization Attention of Authorised Dealer (AD) banks is invited to A.P.(DIR Series) Circular No.12 dated September 15, 2011 in terms of which individuals resident in India were permitted to include non-resident close relative(s) (relatives as defined in Section 6 o

RBI/2013-14/435 DNBS.CC.PD.No. 365/03.10.01/2013-14 January 08, 2014 To All NBFCs (excluding PDs) Dear Sirs, Lending Against Security of Single Product – Gold Jewellery Please refer to circular DNBS.CC.PD.No.356/03.10.01/2013-14 dated September 16, 2013 (‘the circular’) issued in line with the recommendations of the Working Group to Study the Issues Related to Gold Imports and Gold Loan NBFCs in India (K U B Rao Working Group). Reference is also drawn to circular DNBS

RBI/2013-14/418 DGBA.CDD.No.3798/13.01.999/2013-2014 December 30, 2013 The Chairman & Managing Director Head Office (Government Accounts Department) State Bank of India & Associate Banks All Nationalised Banks ICICI Bank Ltd., HDFC Bank Ltd, Axis Bank Ltd., and Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd (SHCIL). Dear Sir/Madam, Inflation Indexed National Savings Securities- Cumulative, 2013 Please refer to our Circular DGBA.CDD.No. 3688/13.01.999/2013-2014 dated D