MUMBAI, India, Oct. 1 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release:

This Statement sets out various developmental and regulatory policy measures relating to (i) Regulations; (ii) Foreign Exchange Management; (iii) Consumer Protection and (iv) Financial Markets.

I. Regulations

1. Expected Credit Loss (ECL) framework for provisioning

With a view to strengthen the resilience of the banking sector, it is proposed to issue the draft Reserve Bank (Asset Classification, Provisioning and Income Recognition) Directions, 2025 for Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding Small Finance Banks, Payments Banks and Regional Rural Banks) and All India Financial Institutions. The draft directions inter alia, propose to replace the extant fram...