The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued final guidelines to align capital adequacy norms for commercial banks with global standards. The central bank released the Reserve Bank of India (Commercial Banks – Prudential Norms on Capital Adequacy) Eleventh Amendment Directions, 2026, implementing the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s Leverage Ratio 2017 Standard.
This final release follows a public consultation on draft directions issued on August 7, 2026. The RBI stated that feedback received from stakeholders through August 28, 2026, was examined, and necessary modifications were incorporated into the final directions.
The new instructions will take effect from April 1, 2027.
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Reserve Bank of India, “RBI issues guidelines on the implementation of Leverage Ratio 2017 Standard” dated 23 October 2026. Read the original release.
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