On September 15, 2025, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed a monetary penalty of ₹4.50 lakh on Chandrapur District Central Cooperative Bank Ltd., Chandrapur, Maharashtra, for contravention of Section 26A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, and non-compliance with certain RBI directions on Know Your Customer (KYC). This penalty was imposed under the powers conferred by Section 47A(1)(c) read with Sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the BR Act.
The charges against the bank, discovered during a statutory inspection by NABARD with reference to its financial position as on March 31, 2024, and subsequent correspondence, included: (i) failure to transfer eligible unclaimed amounts to the Depositor Education and Awareness Fund within the prescribed time; (ii) failure to upload KYC records of customers onto Central KYC Records Registry (CKYCR) within the prescribed timeline; and (iii) allotment of multiple customer identification codes to certain individual customers instead of a Unique Customer Identification Code (UCIC) for each individual customer.
The action is based on deficiencies in regulatory compliance and does not pronounce upon the validity of any transaction or agreement by the bank with its customers. The penalty is without prejudice to any other action that may be initiated by RBI against the bank.
Contact Information:
RBI Department of Communication, Central Office, Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg, Fort, Mumbai 400 001, email: helpdocrbi.org.in, Phone: 022 2266 0502. Press Release: 2025-2026/1122.
Key Entities Referenced
Reserve Bank of India (RBI): The regulator that imposed the monetary penalty.
Chandrapur District Central Cooperative Bank Ltd., Maharashtra: The bank on which the monetary penalty was imposed.
Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act): The primary legislation under which the penalty was imposed, specifically Sections 26A, 47A1c, 464i and 56.
Know Your Customer (KYC): RBI directions related to customer identification that were not complied with.
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD): The entity that conducted the statutory inspection of the bank.
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September 18, 2025
RBI imposes monetary penalty on Chandrapur District Central Co-operative
Bank Ltd., Chandrapur, Maharashtra
The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has imposed, by an order dated September 15,
2025, a monetary penalty of ₹4.50 lakh (Rupees Four Lakh Fifty Thousand only) on
Chandrapur District Central Co-operative Bank Ltd., Maharashtra (the bank) for
contravention of provisions of Section 26A read with Section 56 of the Banking
Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act) and non-compliance with certain directions issued by
RBI on ‘Know Your Customer (KYC)’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of
powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of Section 47A(1)(c) read with
Sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the BR Act.
The statutory inspection of the bank was conducted by the National Bank for
Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), with reference to its financial position
as on March 31, 2024. Based on supervisory findings of contravention of statutory
provisions / non-compliance with RBI directions and related correspondence in that
regard, a notice was issued to the bank advising it to show cause as to why penalty
should not be imposed on it for its failure to comply with the said provisions and
directions. After considering the bank's reply to the notice, additional submissions
made by it and oral submissions made during the personal hearing, RBI found, inter
alia, that the following charges against the bank were sustained, warranting
imposition of monetary penalty:
The bank had:
i) failed to transfer eligible unclaimed amounts to the Depositor Education and
Awareness Fund within the prescribed time;
ii) failed to upload KYC records of customers onto Central KYC Records Registry
(CKYCR) within the prescribed timeline; and
iii) allotted multiple customer identification codes to certain individual customers
instead of a Unique Customer Identification Code (UCIC) for each individual
customer.
This action is based on deficiencies in regulatory compliance and is not intended
to pronounce upon the validity of any transaction or agreement entered into by the
bank with its customers. Further, imposition of this monetary penalty is without
prejudice to any other action that may be initiated by RBI against the bank.
(Puneet Pancholy)
Press Release: 2025-2026/1122 Chief General Manager