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RBI CIRCULAR

RBI

CIRCULAR

Revision in Proforma and Reporting of required to submit their information in a single
Proforma (Annex-I) online on CISBI portal, as compared
Bank / Branch details under the Central with the earlier system of submitting Proforma-I &
Information System for Banking Proforma-II separately through e-mail. The instructions
Infrastructure (CISBI) for submission of new Proforma online are given in
Annex-II. All the past information reported by banks has
RBI/2019-20/81 been migrated to CISBI and additional information
October 11, 2019 should be reported in CISBI henceforth. The CISBI
portal contains the relevant circulars, user manuals and
1. Please refer to our circulars UBD.CO.LS.Cir.No./43/ other relevant documents to facilitate reporting.
07.01.000/2006-07 dated May 09, 2007 and 5. The Reserve Bank has provided login credentials to
RPCD.CO.RF.No.BC.9/07.06.00/2005-06 dated July 06, Nodal Officers of banks for submitting their information
2005 on Branch Banking Statistics – Submission of in CISBI. Access to CISBI can also be sought by making e-
Quarterly Returns – Revision of Proformae I & II.
mail request at mofbsd@rbi.org.in. Banks should submit
2. The Reserve Bank maintains the directory of all bank information on CISBI portal as per guidelines given in the
branches / offices / Non-Administratively Independent Annex-III, and thereafter bank branch / office / NAIO /
Offices (NAIOs) / Customer Service Points (CSPs) in India, CSP codes would be allotted by CISBI after due
[known as the “Master Office File” (MOF) system], validations. In case of status change, banks need to edit
which is updated based on Proforma-I and Proforma- only the relevant part. All co-operative banks should
II, submitted by banks through e-mail. The system submit immediately and in any case not later than one
allots Basic Statistical Return (BSR) code / Authorised week, the information relating to opening, closure,
Dealer (AD) code to bank branches / offices / NAIOs / merger, shifting and conversion of bank branches / offices
CSPs. / NAIOs / CSPs online through CISBI portal.
3. Consistent with the needs of branch licencing and 6. To ensure correctness of data on CISBI, in the last week
financial inclusion policies as well as the need for of every month, banks shall generate a ‘NIL Report’ in
requisite coverage of additional dimensions / features, CISBI for position as on last day of the previous month,
a new reporting system, viz., Central Information indicating the total number of functioning branches,
System for Banking Infrastructure (CISBI) (https:// offices, NAIOs, CSPs; and submit it through CISBI after
cisbi.rbi.org.in), has been web-deployed to replace the authenticating its correctness. Banks can also use the
legacy MOF system. facility to access / download the data related to them.

4. Under the new system, all co-operative banks are 7. It is further advised that CISBI also has provision to

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