The Reserve Bank of India, through the Eighth Amendment Directions, 2026, has amended the prudential norms on capital adequacy applicable to commercial banks. Consequent to the issuance of the RBI’s Third Amendment Directions on Credit Facilities, the amendment inserts paragraphs 61A and 61B under the chapter dealing with Risk Weighted Assets (RWAs). Under the revised framework, exposures to Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) will generally be treated as Commercial Real Estate (CRE) exposures and assigned a risk weight of 100 percent. However, where such exposures qualify as capital market exposures under the Concentration Risk Management Directions, 2025, they will attract a higher risk weight of 125 percent. Additionally, lending to REITs undertaken by overseas branches of Indian banks will carry a risk weight of 150 percent. These directions will come into effect from October 1, 2026, or earlier if banks adopt the related Credit Facilities Amendment Directions in their entirety.
Reserve Bank of India
RBI/2026-27/111
DOR.CRE.REC.91/21-01-002/2026-27 | Dated: June 10, 2026
Reserve Bank of India (Commercial Banks – Prudential Norms on Capital Adequacy) Eighth Amendment Directions, 2026
Please refer to the Reserve Bank of India (Commercial Banks – Prudential Norms on Capital Adequacy) Directions, 2025 (hereinafter referred to as ‘Directions’).
2. On a review, Consequent to the issuance of the Reserve Bank of India (Commercial Banks – Credit Facilities) Third Amendment Directions, 2026, and in exercise of the powers conferred by Sections 21 and 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and all other provisions / laws enabling the Reserve Bank of India in this regard, the Reserve Bank of India, being satisfied that it is necessary and expedient in public interest so to do, hereby, issues the Amendment Directions hereinafter specified.
3. The Amendment Directions insert paragraph 61A in Chapter IV- ‘Risk Weighted Assets (RWAs)’ of the Directions, as under:
“61A. Exposures to Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) shall be treated as Commercial Real Estate (CRE) exposures and shall attract a risk weight of 100 per cent. However, if such exposures qualify as capital market exposures in terms of paragraph 95A of the Reserve Bank of India (Commercial Banks – Concentration Risk Management) Directions, 2025, the applicable risk weight shall be 125 per cent.
61B. Lending to REITs undertaken by overseas branches of an Indian bank shall attract a risk weight of 150 per cent.”
4. These Directions shall come into force from October 1, 2026, or an earlier date if the directions contained in the Reserve Bank of India (Commercial Banks – Credit Facilities) Third Amendment Directions, 2026 are adopted by a bank in entirety.
(Vaibhav Chaturvedi)
Chief General Manager
