SLR holdings in HTM category - RBI
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RBI/2020-21/29
DoR.No.BP.BC.9/21.04.141/2020-21
September 1, 2020
All Commercial Banks
Dear Sir,
SLR holdings in HTM category
Please refer to our circulars DBR.No.BP.BC.6/21.04.141/2015-16 dated July 1, 2015 read with DBR.No.BP.BC.65/21.04.141/2015-16 dated December 10, 2015 and DBR.No.Ret.BC.90/12.02.001/2017-18 dated October 4, 2017 on the subject.
2. Currently, banks are permitted to exceed the limit of 25 per cent of the total investments under Held to Maturity (HTM) category, provided the excess comprises only of SLR securities and total SLR securities held under HTM category is not more than 19.5 per cent of NDTL as on the last Friday of the second preceding fortnight. On a review, it has been decided to permit banks to acquire and hold SLR securities issued on or after September 1, 2020 in HTM category, subject to an overall limit of 22 per cent of NDTL, up to March 31, 2021, which shall be reviewed thereafter.
Yours faithfully
(Prakash Baliarsingh)
Chief General Manager
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