{"id":85277,"date":"2025-12-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/mena-india\/rbi-bins-9-4k-regulatory-circulars-in-a-bid-to-make-it-easier-to-do-business\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T00:00:00","slug":"rbi-bins-9-4k-regulatory-circulars-in-a-bid-to-make-it-easier-to-do-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/mena-india\/2025\/12\/01\/rbi-bins-9-4k-regulatory-circulars-in-a-bid-to-make-it-easier-to-do-business\/","title":{"rendered":"RBI bins 9.4k regulatory circulars in a bid to make it easier to do business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>The<\/strong><strong> Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued 244 \u201cmaster directions,\u201d <\/strong>withdrawing or consolidating nearly 9.4k legacy circulars to facilitate compliance and improve regulatory clarity across the financial sector, the central bank said in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/rbi.org.in\/Scripts\/BS_PressReleaseDisplay.aspx?prid=61705\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>. All new master guidelines have been published on the RBI website \u2014 you can check them out <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbi.org.in\/Scripts\/BS_ViewMasterDirections.aspx?did=401\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">(<strong>** Tap or click the headline above to read this story with all of the links<\/strong> to our background and outside sources.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>What changed: <\/strong>The central bank consolidated some 3.5k regulatory circulars and guidelines \u2014 overseen by RBI\u2019s Department of Regulation \u2014 into master directions while repealing some 5.6k obsolete circulars. 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