Regulating Commercial Banking

RBI/2015-16/221 DBR.IBD.BC.52/23.67.003/2015-16 November 3, 2015 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir/Madam, Gold Monetisation Scheme, 2015 - Amendment In exercise of the powers conferred under Section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, the Reserve Bank of India hereby directs that the Reserve Bank of India (Gold Monetisation Scheme, 2015) Master Direction No.DBR.IBD.No.45/23.67.003 2015-16 dated October 22, 2015 be modified as under: The exi

RBI/2015-16/220 DBR.IBD.BC.53/23.67.003/2015-16 November 3, 2015 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir/Madam, Gold Monetisation Scheme, 2015 - Interest Rate Please refer to the Reserve Bank of India Master Direction No.DBR.IBD.No.45/ 23.67.003/ 2015-16 dated October 22, 2015 on Gold Monetisation Scheme (GMS), 2015. 2. In this connection, it is notified in terms of Section 2.2.2 (iv) of the above Master Direction that the Central Government has fixed

RBI/2015-16/213 DBR. AML.BC. No. 46/14.01.001/2015-16 October 29, 2015 The Chairpersons/ CEOs of all Scheduled Commercial Banks/ Regional Rural Banks/ Local Area Banks/ All India Financial Institutions/ all NBFCs/ All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks /State and Central Co-operative Banks (StCBs / CCBs) /All Payment System Providers/ System Participants and Prepaid Payment Instrument Issuers/ All authorised persons including those who are agents of Money Transfer Ser

RBI/2015-16/200 DBR.BP.BC.No. 44/08.12.015/2015-16 October 8, 2015 All Scheduled Commercial Banks Dear Sir, Individual Housing Loans: Rationalisation of Risk-Weights and LTV Ratios Please refer to paragraph 4 of the circular DBOD.BP.BC.No.104/08.12.015/2012-13 dated June 21, 2013 on ‘Housing Sector: New Sub-sector CRE (Residential Housing) within CRE & Rationalisation of Provisioning, Risk-weight and LTV Ratios’, wherein the LTV ratios and risk weights for individ

RBI/2015-16/202 DBR.BP.BC.No.43/21.06.001/2015-16 October 8, 2015 All Commercial Banks (Excluding Local Area Banks and Regional Rural Banks) Dear Sir, Risk Weights for Claims on Foreign Central Banks Please refer to paragraph 5.3 of the Master Circular DBR.No.BP.BC.1/21.06.201/2015-16dated July 1, 2015 on Basel III Capital Regulations prescribing risk weights for claims on Foreign Sovereigns. 2. The matter of risk weights in respect of claims on foreign central banks

RBI/2015-16/199 DBR.AML.No. 4897/14.06.001/2015-16 October 7, 2015 The Chairpersons/ CEOs of all Scheduled Commercial Banks/ Regional Rural Banks/ Local Area Banks/ All India Financial Institutions/ all NBFCs/ All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks /State and Central Co-operative Banks (StCBs / CCBs) / All Payment System Providers/ System Participants and Prepaid Payment Instrument Issuers/ All authorised persons including those who are agents of Money Transfer Servic

RBI/2015-16/194 DBR.No.Ret.BC.42/12.01.001/2015-16 September 29, 2015 The Chairperson / CEOs of all Scheduled Commercial Banks / Regional Rural Banks / Local Area Banks / All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks / State & Central Co-operative Banks (StCBs / CCBs) Dear Sir / Madam, Change in Bank Rate Please refer to our circulars DBR.No.Ret.BC.99/12.01.001/2014-15 dated June 02, 2015 and DCBR.BPD.(PCB/RCB).Cir.No.37/16.11.00/2014-15 dated June 2, 2015 on the caption

RBI/2015-16/181 DBS.ARS.BC 4/08.91.020/2015-16 September 24, 2015 The Chairman & Managing Director Public Sector Banks Dear Sir/Madam Constitution of the Audit Committee of the Board We invite a reference to paragraph A(3)(i) of circular DOS.No.BC.14/Admn. /919/16.13.100/95 dated September 26, 1995 on composition of the Audit Committee of the Board (ACB) of Public Sector Banks. In this connection we advise that should a bank have more than one ED, the ED in-charge

RBI/2015-16/183 DBR.BP.BC.No. 40/21.04.142/2015-16 September 24, 2015 All Scheduled Commercial Banks(excluding RRBs) Partial Credit Enhancement to Corporate Bonds Please refer to the draft guidelines proposing to allow banks to offer partial credit enhancement (PCE) to corporate bonds, issued on May 20, 2014 for comments/ feedback. 2. Taking into account the feedback received, and with a view to encouraging corporates to avail of bond financing, it has been decided to

RBI/2015-16/186 DBS. ARS.No. BC. 5/08.91.001/2015-16 September 23, 2015 All Public Sector Banks Dear Sir/Madam, Half yearly/Quarterly Review of Accounts of Public Sector Banks Please refer to our circulars DBS.ARS.No.BC.13/08.91.001/2000-01 dated May 17, 2001, DBS.ARS.No.BC. 4/08.91.001/2001-02 dated October 25, 2001 and DBS.ARS.No. BC.17/08.91.001/2002-03 dated June 5, 2003 on conduct of Half yearly/Quarterly Review of Accounts of Public Sector Banks. 2. It is clarif