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         Change in name of “West Bengal State                 Director of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP as the
                                                              Liquidator of Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank Limited.
         Co-operative Bank Ltd.” to “The West
         Bengal State Co-operative Bank Ltd.” in              (Dr. S K Kar)
         the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank              Chief General Manager
         of India Act, 1934                                   Withdrawal of exemptions granted to

         RBI/2019-20/101                                      Housing Finance Institutions
                                          November 15, 2019
                                                              RBI/2019-20/98
         We advise that the name of “West Bengal State Co-                                    November 11, 2019
         operative Bank Ltd.” has been substituted with “The West
         Bengal State Co-operative Bank Ltd.” in the Second   1. Please refer to Para 1 of our Master Direction –
         Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 by      Exemptions from the provisions of RBI Act, 1934.
         Notification DCBR.CO.RCBD.No.01/19.51.025/2019-20    2. Housing Finance Institutions as defined under Clause
         dated July 31, 2019 published in the Gazette of India   (d) of Section 2 of the National Housing Bank Act, 1987
         (Weekly No.35, Part III-Section 4) dated August 31 –
                                                                 are currently exempt from the provisions of Chapter
         September 06, 2019.
                                                                 IIIB of Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. On a review, it
                                                                 has been decided to withdraw these exemptions and
         (Neeraj Nigam)                                          make the provisions of Chapter IIIB except Section 45-
         Chief General Manager
                                                                 IA of Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, applicable to
                                                                 them.
         Liquidation of Aditya Birla Idea
                                                              3. Master Direction – Exemptions from the provisions of
         Payments Bank Limited                                   RBI Act, 1934 has been updated accordingly.

         RBI/2019-20/99                                       4. Necessary notification withdrawing the exemption
                                          November 18, 2019      under Section 45 NC of the RBI Act, 1934 shall be issued
                                                                 separately.
         We advise that on a voluntarily winding up application by
         Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank Limited, the Hon’ble  (Manoranjan Mishra)
         Bombay High Court has passed an order on September 18,  Chief General Manager
         2019 and has appointed Shri Vijaykumar V. Iyer, Senior


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