The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on April 08, 2026, issued a Consolidation of Supervisory Instructions - Drafts for Comments.
The following has been stated: -
•Reserve Bank of India is streamlining its regulatory and supervisory framework to reduce compliance burden and improve clarity.
•Earlier, over 9,000 regulatory circulars were consolidated into 238 Master Directions across 30 areas.
•Now, supervisory instructions have been merged into 64 Master Directions covering 11 types of regulated entities.
•As part of this, 626 existing circulars will be repealed.
•Draft documents are open for public feedback till May 08, 2026, focusing only on completeness and accuracy.
The detailed notification is given in the document below.
[Notification No.: 2026-2027/43]
