RBI/2020-21/95
DOR.No.LRG.BC.40/21.04.098/2020-21

February 05, 2021

All Commercial Banks
(excluding Regional Rural Banks,
Local Area Banks and Payments Banks)

Dear Sir/Madam,

Basel III Framework on Liquidity Standards –
Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR)

Please refer to our circular DBR.BP.BC.No.106/21.04.098/2017-18 dated May 17, 2018 on Basel III Framework on Liquidity Standards - Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR)-Final Guidelines (‘NSFR Guidelines’) and circular DOR.BP.BC.No.16/21.04.098/2020-21 dated September 29, 2020 deferring the implementation of the said guidelines till April 1, 2021.

2. In view of the ongoing stress on account of COVID-19, it has been decided to defer the implementation of NSFR guidelines by a further period of six months. Accordingly, the NSFR Guidelines shall come into effect from October 1, 2021.

Yours faithfully

(Usha Janakiraman)
Chief General Manager