MUMBAI, India, June 20 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following notification:

RBI/2025-26/61

DOR.LIC.REC.36/16.13.218/2025-26

June 20, 2025

All Small Finance Banks

Madam/ Dear Sir,

Review of Priority Sector Lending norms - Small Finance Banks

Please refer to the 'Guidelines for Licensing of Small Finance Banks in Private Sector' dated November 27, 2014 and the 'Guidelines for 'on-tap' Licensing of Small Finance Banks in Private Sector' released by Reserve Bank on December 5, 2019. In terms of paragraph II (9) of the aforesaid Licensing Guidelines, a small finance bank (SFB) is required to extend 75 per cent of its Adjusted Net Bank Credit (ANBC) to the sectors eligible for classification as priority sector lending (PSL) by th...