MUMBAI, India, June 10 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release:
The Reserve Bank had, on February 13, 2026, issued draft Amendment Directions for instructions on 'Lending to Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs)', seeking feedback from stakeholders. The draft Amendment Directions proposed to permit commercial banks to extend finance to REITs, subject to appropriate prudential safeguards including regulatory ceiling for exposure to REITs. The existing guidelines on lending to InvITs (applicable to commercial banks, small finance banks and All India Financial Institutions) were also proposed to be harmonised with the prudential safeguards for lending to REITs.
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