MUMBAI, India, Jan. 1 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following notification:
RBI/2025-26/167
DOR.CRE.REC.371/21.04.018/2025-26
January 1, 2026
Reserve Bank of India (Commercial Banks - Financial Statements: Presentation and Disclosures) Amendment Directions, 2026
Please refer to the Reserve Bank of India (Commercial Banks - Financial Statements: Presentation and Disclosures) Directions, 2025 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Directions').
2. On a review consequent to the issuance of Reserve Bank of India (Commercial Banks - Concentration Risk Management) Amendment Directions, 2025, and in exercise of the powers conferred by the sections 21 and 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and all other laws enabling the Reserve Bank in this regard, the Reserve Bank being satisfied that it is necessary and expedient in the public interest so to do, hereby issues the Amendment Directions hereinafter specified.
3. The Amendment Directions modifies the table under Paragraph 5(1) of the Directions as under:
Item Sch Coverage Notes and instructions for compilation Capital 1 Nationalised Banks Capital .. The capital owned .. Banks incorporated outside India : Capital The amount ....
The amount held under Section 11(2)(b)(i) of the BR Act and earmarked as Credit Risk Mitigation (CRM) shall be disclosed by way of a note in Schedule 1 : Capital to the Balance Sheet as given below:
'An amount of ₹. (Previous year: ₹..) out of the amount held as deposit under Section 11(2) of the BR Act has been earmarked designated as credit risk mitigation (CRM) for offsetting of non-centrally cleared derivative exposures to Head Office (including overseas branches of Head Office) and is not reckoned for regulatory capital and any other statutory requirements, if any.'
4. The above amendment shall come into force from the date a bank decides to implement paragraphs 3(1) to 3(4) of the Reserve Bank of India (Commercial Banks - Concentration Risk Management) Amendment Directions, 2025 or from April 1, 2026, whichever is earlier.
(Vaibhav Chaturvedi)
Chief General Manager
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