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RBI Master Circular-Credit Facilities to Minority Communities

RBI Master Circular-Credit Facilities to Minority Communities

Reserve Bank of India

RBI/2017-2018/6
FIDD.GSSD.BC.No.05/09.10.01/2017-18

July 01, 2017

The Chairman/ Managing Director
All Scheduled Commercial Banks
(Excluding RRBs and Foreign banks with less than 20 branches)

Dear Sir,

Master Circular- Credit Facilities to Minority Communities

Please refer to our Master Circular FIDD.GSSD.BC.No.01/09.10.01/2016-17 dated July 01, 2016 (Updated as on September 29, 2016), consolidating the instructions / guidelines / directives issued to banks till that date relating to Credit Facilities to Minority Communities. The Master Circular has been suitably updated by incorporating the instructions issued up to June 30, 2017 and has been placed on the RBI website (https://www.rbi.org.in).

Yours faithfully,

(Ajay Kumar Misra)
Chief General Manager

Encls: As above

Authors Note:
Contents of the Master Circular are as under:

1. Credit Facilities to Minority Communities
2. Definition of Minority Communities
3. Creation of Special Cell and Designating an exclusive Officer
4. Advances under DRI Scheme
5. Monitoring
6. Training
7 Publicity
8. National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation (NMDFC)
9 Prime Minister’s 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities

Annexure

List of 121 Minority Concentration Districts

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