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RBI defers Basel III provisions amid Covid Uncertainty


The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has deferred implementation of provisions made underneath Basel III capital attributable to uncertainty associated to COVID disaster. In this regard, RBI will repel the ultimate tranche of the capital conservation buffer (CCB) and the implementation of web steady funding ratio (NSFR) by six months i.e. April 1, 2021.

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About Capital Conservation Buffer:

The capital conservation buffer is a further pool that banks construct in regular instances for its use during times of stress. The RBI had requested banks to construct up the capital conservation buffer to the required 2.5% in levels. The final stage of 0.625% was to start out on Sept. 30, 2020. This has now been deferred to April 1, 2021. The RBI had earlier deferred the implementation by six months from March 31, 2020.

About Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR):

The web steady funding ratio requires banks to fund their actions with sufficiently steady sources of funding over a time of a 12 months to scale back future funding threat for banks. As per the prescribed timeline, banks had been required to keep up NSFR of 100% from April 1, 2020 however now this deferred it for a second time to April 1, 2021.

RBI elevated the timeline for extra market borrowing offered to states/UTs by 6 months

  • In April 2020, RBI elevated the Ways and Means Advances (WMA) Limits and overdraft (OD) rules for states and Union Territories (UTs) to supply further flexibility for coping with the Covid-19 disaster till September 30, 2020.
  • The Reserve Bank of India has set the bounds for Ways and Means Advances (WMA) for the second half of the monetary 12 months 2020-21 (October 2020 to March 2021) for Central Government at Rs. 1,25,000 crore.
  • The Reserve Bank will set off recent floatation of market loans when the Government of India makes use of 75% of the WMA restrict.
  • Now to additional help the state governments from monetary issues, RBI prolonged this timeline by six months i.e. until March 31, 2021.
  • Notably, RBI determined to extend the variety of days for which a state/ UT might be in overdraft repeatedly to 21 working days from 14.
  • Also, the variety of days for which a state/ UT might be in overdraft in 1 / 4 was elevated to 50 working days from 36.

RBI extends enhanced borrowing restrict for banks underneath MSF until Mar 31, 2021

  • RBI additionally prolonged the improved borrowing facility offered to banks underneath the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) scheme by six months until March 31, 2021.
  • It was initially accessible as much as June 30, 2020, and was later prolonged as much as September 30, 2020, attributable to financial disruptions amid COVID-19.
  • On March 27, this borrowing restrict for scheduled banks was elevated from 2% to three% of their Net Demand and Time Liabilities (NDTL).


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