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Reserve Bank of India subsumes over 9K norms into 244 master directions

Move aims to ease compliance burden for regulated entities

S C Murmu
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Following the exercise, RBI Deputy Governor S C Murmu said banks can check the directions which are not applicable to them anymore.

Manojit Saha Mumbai

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has consolidated the norms for the entities it regulates into 244 master directions with a view to making following the central bank’s instructions and guidelines easy — a move that will reduce the compliance burden for organisations in the financial sector. 
The exercise involved consolidating more than 9,000 existing circular/ guidelines issued by Department of Regulations into 244 function-wise master directions specific to each category of regulated entities. 
Nearly 9,500 circulars are being repealed or withdrawn. 
Instructions of the National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development