Notifications

RBI/2013-14/285 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 50 September 20,@@NBSP@@2013 To All Category - I Authorised Dealer Banks Madam / Sir, Opening of Trading Office / Non-Trading Office / Branch Office/ Representative Office abroad Attention of Authorized Dealers (AD) is invited to A. P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 39 dated April 20, 2002 in terms of which statement in Form ORA was to be submitted to the Regional Offices of Reserve Bank on half yearly basis instead of on a mo

RBI/2013-2014/277 FMD.MOAG. No. 87/01.18.001/2013-14 September 20, 2013 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Madam / Sir, Marginal Standing Facility Rates As announced today in the Mid-Quarter Review of the Monetary Policy 2013-14, it has been decided to reduce the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate by 75 basis points from 10.25 percent to 9.50 per cent with immediate effect. 2. Consequent to this change, Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate is recalibr

RBI/2013-14/286 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 51 September 20, 2013 To All Category - I Authorised Dealer Banks Madam / Sir, Export of Goods and Services – Project Exports Attention of Authorized Dealers (AD) is invited to A. P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 32 dated October 28, 2003 in terms of which Memorandum of Instructions on Project and Service Exports (PEM) had been revised and A. P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 118 dated June 26, 2013 in terms of which the time limi

RBI/2013-14/274 DBOD.No.BAPD.BC.54 /22.01.001/2013-14 September 19, 2013 All Domestic Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Madam / Dear Sir Section 23 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 – Relaxations in Branch Authorisation Policy Please refer to Governor’s Statement on taking office on September 04, 2013@@NBSP@@ (extract enclosed - Annex 1) regarding the proposal to completely free bank branching for well managed domestic scheduled commercial banks in every p

RBI/2013-14/273 FMD.MOAG. No. 85/01.06.016/2013-14 September 19, 2013 To All Scheduled Banks [excluding Regional Rural Banks (RRBs)] Dear Sir/ Madam, Swap Window for Attracting FCNR (B) Dollar Funds Please refer to our circular FMD.MAOG.No.84/01.06.016/2013-14 dated September 6, 2013 on the captioned subject. 2. Banks have raised various queries relating to the operationalisation of the captioned swap window. These queries along with the answers/ clarifications are pu

RBI/2013-14/270 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 48 September 18, 2013 To All Category - I Authorised Dealer Banks Madam / Sir, External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) Policy – Liberalisation of definition of Infrastructure Sector Attention of Authorised Dealer Category – I (AD Category – I) banks is invited to the A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 5 dated August 1, 2005, A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 20 dated October 8, 2008 and A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 38 dated March

RBI/2013-14/267 UBD.BPD (PCB) Cir. No. 16/14.01.062/2013-14 September 17, 2013 The Chief Executive Officer All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Implementation of Section 51-A of UAPA, 1967 – Updates of the UNSCR 1267(1999) /1989(2011) Committee’s Al-Qaida Sanctions List - Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs) Please refer to our circular UBD.BPD.(PCB). Cir. No. 12/14.01.062/2013-14 dated September 10, 2013 on the captioned subject releasing 20t

RBI/2013-14/268 UBD CO BPD (PCB) Cir. No.17/09.22.010/2013-14 September 17, 2013 The Chief Executive Officer All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Dear Sir / Madam, Housing Sector: Innovative Housing Loan Products - Upfront Disbursal of Housing Loans – Primary (Urban) Co-operative Bank It has been observed that some banks have introduced certain innovative Housing Loan Schemes in association with developers / builders, e.g. upfront disbursal of sanctioned individual

RESERVE BANK OF INDIA FOREIGN EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT CENTRAL OFFICE MUMBAI-400 001 Notification No.FEMA.287/2013-RB Dated : September 17, 2013 Foreign Exchange Management (Borrowing and Lending in Rupees) (Amendment) Regulations, 2013 In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (d) of sub-section (3) of Section 6 and sub section (2) of Section 47 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999), the Reserve Bank of India hereby makes the following amendments i

RBI/2013-14/263 UBD.BPD (PCB) Cir. No.15/14.01.062/2013-14 September 17, 2013 The Chief Executive Officer All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks. Madam / Dear Sir, Know Your Customer (KYC) Norms /Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Standards/ Combating Financing of Terrorism (CFT)/Obligation of banks under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 – e-KYC Service of UIDAI – Recognising on-line Aadhaar authentication (electronic verification process) to be accepted as an