**Executive Summary**
The document is a notification from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) containing the Credit Information Companies (Amendment) Regulations, 2017. These regulations amend the Credit Information Companies Regulations, 2006, and came into force on the date of publication in the official gazette (August 25, 2017).
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Title:** Credit Information Companies (Amendment) Regulations, 2017
* **Effective Date:** August 25, 2017 (date of publication in the official gazette)
* **Amendment to Regulation 3 of the 2006 Regulations:**
* The phrase "following companies" is replaced with "following persons".
* The following clauses are added after clause (g):
* "(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**: They need to update their processes and systems to comply with the amended regulations, specifically regarding the inclusion of "information utility" and "resolution professional" as defined in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.
* **Action Required**: Update processes and ensure compliance with amended regulations.
**Information Utilities (as defined in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016)**
* **Impact**: They are now explicitly included as entities to be considered in the Credit Information Companies Regulations, 2006.
* **Action Required**: Understand and comply with the requirements outlined in the Credit Information Companies Regulations, 2006, as amended.
**Resolution Professionals (appointed under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016)**
* **Impact**: Resolution Professionals are now explicitly included in the Credit Information Companies Regulations, 2006, specifically concerning the credit information of the corporate debtor they are appointed for.
* **Action Required**: Understand and comply with the requirements outlined in the Credit Information Companies Regulations, 2006, as amended, with regards to the credit information of corporate debtors under their management.
Key Entities Referenced
Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005: The primary act that empowers the Reserve Bank of India to regulate Credit Information Companies.
Credit Information Companies Regulations, 2006: The regulations which are being amended by this notification.
Reserve Bank of India: The regulator issuing the amendment notification.
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016: Act defining 'information utility' and 'resolution professional' relevant to the amendments.
Credit Information Companies (Amendment) Regulations, 2017: The regulation itself. Amendments to the Credit Information Companies Regulations, 2006
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1. लघु शीषकर् और आरंभ (1) इन िविनयम(cid:7298) को (cid:7079)त्यय िवषयक जानकारी कंपनी (संशोधन) िविनयमावली,
2017 कहा जाएगा।
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(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।
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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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