class="MsoNormal">The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on November 28, 2025, issued the Reserve Bank of India (Regional Rural Banks – Miscellaneous) Directions, 2025.
A bank shall, as per the Board-approved policy referred to in paragraph 7(4) above, prepare a list of sensitive positions to be covered under 'mandatory leave' requirements, and the list shall be reviewed periodically.
As per the mandatory leave policy, the employees posted in sensitive positions or areas of operation shall be compulsorily sent on leave for a few days (not less than 10 working days) in a single spell every year, without giving any prior intimation to these employees, thereby maintaining an element of surprise.
A bank shall ensure that employees, while on mandatory leave, do not have access to any physical or virtual resources related to their work responsibilities, except internal/corporate email, which is usually available to all employees for general purposes.
[Notification no. RBI/DOR/2025-26/268 DoR.SOG(SPE).REC.No.187/13-04-001/2025-26]
