Cheque return charges shall be levied only in cases where the customer is at fault and is responsible for such returns. The illustrative,but not exhaustive, list of returns, where the customers are not at fault are indicated in the annex.

Navratna Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) and Oil India Ltd (OIL) are allowed to invest in overseas unincorporated entities in oil sector (for exploration and drilling for oil and natural gas, etc.), which are duly approved by the Government of India, without any limits under the automatic route.

The Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India has set up the CRGFTLIH vide their Notification No.O-17034/122/2009-H dated June 21, 2012. On the issue of assignment of appropriate risk weight for loans guaranteed by CRGFTLIH and prescription of requisite provisioning norms for such loans on the lines of credit facilities guaranteed by Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises, it has been decided as under:

Please refer to our circular No. UBD.BPD.(PCB) Cir No.21/13.05.000/2010-11 dated November 15, 2010 on ‘Maximum Limit on Unsecured Loans and Advances’ prescribing that the total unsecured loans and advances granted by a UCB to its members should not exceed 10 per cent of its total assets.

Large disparities have been noticed in the application of CCFs on guarantees issued by banks. As incorrect application of CCFs may have a direct bearing on the capital adequacy, banks are advised to keep in view the following principles for application of CCFs:

On a review, to simplify the existing limits, it has now been decided to merge the existing debt limits into two broad categories as under: (i) Government Debt limit: Government securities of USD 25 billion by merging the existing sub-limits under Government securities [(a)USD 10 billion for investment byFIIs in Government securities including Treasury Bills and (b) USD 15 billion for investment In Government dated securities by FIIs and long term investors];and

KYC Norms /Anti-Money Laundering Standards/Combating Financing of Terrorism (CFT)/Obligation of Banks under PMLA, 2002 – Simplifying Norms for Self Help Groups

At present NBFCs venturing into insurance are guided by the circular DNBS(PD).CC.No.13/02.01/99-2000 dated June 30, 2000 on amendment to NBFC Regulations which contains the ‘Guidelines for entry of NBFCs into Insurance’. In view of the unique business model of Core Investment Companies (CICs), it has been decided to issue a separate set of guidelines for their entry into insurance business.

Public Provident Fund Scheme, 1968 (PPF, 1968) and Senior Citizens Savings Scheme, 2004 (SCSS, 2004) – Revision of interest rates. Please refer to our circular RBI/2011-12/359 dated January 20, 2012 regarding interest rates on small savings schemes, wherein it was indicated that as per Government’s decision on revision of interest on small savings schemes, the interest rates on various small savings schemes for every financial year will be notified by the Government before April 01st of that year.

Please refer to the ‘Guidelines on Basel III Capital Regulations’ issued vide circular DBOD.No.BP.BC.98/21.06.201/2011-12 dated May 2, 2012 on the implementation of Basel III guidelines in a phased manner and our press release No. 2012-2013/1092 dated December 28, 2012 rescheduling the start date of implementation of Basel III capital regulations to April 1, 2013 from January 1, 2013.