MUMBAI, India, March 30 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release:
The Reserve Bank of India had issued the final Amendment Directions on Capital Market Exposure on February 13, 2026, after due consideration of the feedback received as part of public consultation. These Amendment Directions were aimed primarily to (i) provide an enabling framework for banks to finance acquisitions by Indian corporates; (ii) rationalise the limits for lending by banks to individuals against shares, units of REITs, InvITs, etc. and (iii) put in place a more principle-based framework for lending to capital market intermediaries (CMIs). The Amendment Directions were to be effective from April 1, 2026.
The Reserve Bank has since received repr...