Regulating Commercial Banking

RBI/2013-14/485 DBOD.No.BP.95/21.04.048/2013-14 February 7, 2014 The Chairman and Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Local Area Banks and Regional Rural Banks) Dear Sir, Utilisation of Floating Provisions/Counter Cyclical Provisioning Buffer Please refer to our circular DBOD.No.BP.BC.89/21.04.048/2005-06 dated June 22, 2006 and DBOD.No.BP.BC. 68/21.04.048/2006-07 dated March 13, 2007 on creation, accounting, disclosures

RBI/2013-14/480 Ref.DBOD.No.Ret.BC/ 94/12.07.108/2013-14 February 03, 2014 All Scheduled Commercial Banks Dear Sir Alteration in the name of "Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd." to "Mizuho Bank Ltd." in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 We advise that the name of “Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd." has been changed to "Mizuho Bank Ltd." in the Second@@NBSP@@ Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 vide Notification DBOD.IBD.No.12056/23.13.078/2013-14

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/2013-14/478 Ref: DBOD.No.Ret.BC. 93 /12.01.001/2013-14 January 31, 2014 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks) Dear Sir/ Madam Section 42(1) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 and Section 24 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 - FCNR(B)/NRE deposits - Exemption from Maintenance of CRR/SLR and Exclusion from ANBC for Priority Sector Lending Please refer to our circular DBOD.No.Ret.BC.36/12.01.001/2013-14 dated August 14, 2013, on the ca

RBI/2013-14/468 DBOD.No.Ret.BC.88/12.01.001/2013-14 January 28, 2014 All Scheduled Commercial Banks & Local Area Banks Dear Sir, Bank Rate Please refer to our circular DBOD.No.Ret.BC.64/12.01.001/2013-14 dated October 29, 2013 on the subject. 2. Consequent to the increase in the policy repo rate under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) as announced in the Third Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2013-14 dated January 28, 2014, the Bank Rate stands adjusted by

RBI/2013-14/465 UBD.BPD.(PCB).Cir.No.45/13.05.000/2013-14 January 28, 2014 The Chief Executive Officers of All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Dear Sir/Madam, Housing Sector: New Sub-Sector CRE-Residential Housing (CRE-RH) Segment within CRE Sector & Rationalisation of Provisioning and Risk Weight Please refer to paragraph 82 of the Monetary Policy Statement 2013-14 (extract enclosed) on ‘Commercial Real Estate - Residential Housing: Prudential Norms’, announce

On the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic situation, it has been decided to: increase the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 25 basis points from 7.75 per cent to 8.0 per cent; and keep the cash reserve ratio (CRR) of scheduled banks unchanged at 4.0 per cent of net demand and time liability (NDTL). Consequently, the reverse repo rate under the LAF stands adjusted at 7.0 per cent, and the marginal standing f

RBI/2013-14/458 DBOD.BP.BC.No. 87/21.01.001/2013-14 January 22, 2014 The Chairmen / Chief Executives of All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Collection of Account Payee Cheques - Prohibition on Crediting Proceeds to Third Party Account Please refer to our circular DBOD.BP.BC.No.50/21.01.001/2011-12 dated November 4, 2011 advising banks that they are prohibited from crediting 'account payee' cheques to the account of any person other than the payee named the

RBI/2013-14/456 UBD.BPD.(PCB) CIR No.44/13.01.000/2013-14 January@@NBSP@@ 21, 2014 The Chief Executive Officers of All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Madam/Dear Sir, Legal Guardianship Certificates Issued under the Mental Health Act, 1987 and National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999 Please refer to our Circular UBD.CO.BPD.No.27/12.05.001/2007-08 dated December 4, 2007, in terms of