MUMBAI, India, Sept. 25 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release:

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated September 23, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.50 lakh (Rupees One Lakh Fifty Thousand only) on The South Canara District Central Co-operative Bank Ltd, Karnataka (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on 'Housing finance' read with 'Enhancement in Individual housing loan limits and credit to Commercial Real Estate - Residential Housing (CRE-RH)' and contravention of provisions of Section 19 read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act). This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of Section 47A(1...