**Executive Summary**
The document is a notification from the Reserve Bank of India, dated August 11, 2017, regarding amendments to the Credit Information Companies Regulations, 2006. It introduces the Credit Information Companies (Amendment) Regulations, 2017, which become effective upon publication in the official gazette. The amendments concern the entities from which credit information can be obtained.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Short Title and Commencement:**
* The regulations are called the Credit Information Companies (Amendment) Regulations, 2017.
* They come into force on the date of their publication in the official gazette (August 25, 2017).
* **Amendment of Regulation 3:**
* In Regulation 3 of the Credit Information Companies Regulations, 2006, the words "following companies" are replaced with "following persons."
* After clause (g), the following is added:
* "(h) an information utility as defined in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Act 31 of 2016)"
* "(i) a resolution professional appointed under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Act 31 of 2016), in so far as the credit information of the corporate debtor, in respect of which he has been so appointed."
**Impact Analysis**
**Credit Information Companies**
* **Impact:** These companies must now recognize Information Utilities and Resolution Professionals as valid sources/persons from whom they can obtain credit information.
* **Action Required:** Update internal policies and systems to incorporate Information Utilities and Resolution Professionals as recognized entities for credit information purposes.
**Information Utilities (as defined in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016)**
* **Impact:** They are now recognized as valid providers of credit information under the Credit Information Companies Regulations.
* **Action Required:** Ensure compliance with the Credit Information Companies Regulations, 2006 as amended.
**Resolution Professionals (appointed under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016)**
* **Impact:** They are now recognized as valid providers of credit information, specifically related to the corporate debtor they are appointed for.
* **Action Required:** Ensure compliance with the Credit Information Companies Regulations, 2006 as amended, particularly regarding the scope of credit information they can provide.
Key Entities Referenced
Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005: The primary legislation that empowers the Reserve Bank of India to regulate credit information companies.
Credit Information Companies Regulations, 2006: The regulations being amended by this notification. They govern the operation of credit information companies.
Credit Information Companies (Amendment) Regulations, 2017: The new regulations that amend the 2006 regulations, expanding the definition of those who can access credit information.
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016: The law that defines information utilities and resolution professionals, which the amendment incorporates into the definition of entities who can access credit information.
Reserve Bank of India: The regulatory body issuing the notification and empowered to amend the Credit Information Companies Regulations.
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(cid:7079)त्यय िवषयक जानकारी कंपनी (सशं ोधन) िविनयमावली, 2017
स.ं बीबीआर.सीआईडी. स.ं 786/20.16.050/2017-18.—(cid:7079)त्यय िवषयक जानकारी कंपनी (िविनयमन) अिधिनयम, 2005
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िविनयमावली, 2006 को संशोिधत करन ेके िलए िन(cid:7388)िलिखत िविनयम बनाए जात ेह।(cid:7289)
1. लघु शीषकर् और आरंभ (1) इन िविनयम(cid:7298) को (cid:7079)त्यय िवषयक जानकारी कंपनी (संशोधन) िविनयमावली,
2017 कहा जाएगा।
(2) ये आिधकािरक गज़ट म (cid:7286)इनके (cid:7079)कािशत होने की तारीख से लाग ूह(cid:7298)ग।े
2. िविनयम 3 का सशं ोधन (cid:7079)त्यय िवषयक जानकारी कंपनी िविनयमावली, 2006 के िविनयम 3 म(cid:7286),
(i) "िन(cid:7388)िलिखत कंपिनय(cid:7298)" के स्थान पर "िन(cid:7388)िलिखत (cid:7390)ि(cid:7334)य(cid:7298)" शब्द रखे जाएंगे।
(ii) खंड (छ) के बाद िन(cid:7388)िलिखत को जोड़ा जाएगा, नामतः
"(ज) इन्फॉम(cid:7287)शन यूिटिलटी जैसा िक िदवािलया और शोधन अक्षमता
संिहता, 2016 (2016 का अिधिनयम 31) म(cid:7286) पिरभािषत िकया गया ह ै
(झ) िदवािलया और शोधन अक्षमता संिहता, 2016 (2016 का
अिधिनयम 31) के तहत िनय(cid:7334)ु समाधान (cid:7390)ावसाियक (Resolution
Professional), उस कॉप(cid:7299)रेट कजर्दार की ऋण सूचना के सबं धं म(cid:7286),
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5296 GI/2017 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC. 4]
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
NOTIFICATION
Mumbai, the 11th August, 2017
THE CREDIT INFORMATION COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2017
No. BBR.CID. No. 786/20.16.050/2017-18.—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 37 of the Credit
Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005 (Act 30 of 2005), the Reserve Bank of India hereby makes the following
regulations, to amend the Credit Information Companies Regulations, 2006.
1. Short title and (1) These regulations may be called the Credit Information Companies (Amendment)
commencement Regulations, 2017.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official gazette.
2. Amendment of In the Credit Information Companies Regulations, 2006, in regulation 3,
regulation 3
(i) for the words ‘following companies’, the words ‘following persons’ shall be
substituted
(ii) after clause (g), the following shall be inserted, namely,
“(h) an information utility as defined in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code,
2016 (Act 31 of 2016)
(i) a resolution professional appointed under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Code, 2016 (Act 31 of 2016), in so far as the credit information of the
corporate debtor, in respect of which he has been so appointed.”
SUDARSHAN SEN, Executive Director
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./181/17]
Footnote : The Credit Information Companies Regulations, 2006 were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide GSR 754(E), dated 14th December, 2006.
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