**Summary:**
This circular, RBI/2017-2018/188 FMOD.MAOG No.125/01.01.001/2017-18, issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on June 6, 2018, to all Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks), Scheduled Urban Cooperative Banks, and Standalone Primary Dealers, announces a revision of margin requirements for collateral submitted under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) Repo and Marginal Standing Facility (MSF).
Effective August 1, 2018, the margin requirements for Treasury Bills, Central Government dated securities (including Oil Bonds), and State Development Loans (SDLs) will be determined based on the residual maturity of the collateral. Specifically:
* **Treasury Bills and Central Government Dated Securities (including Oil Bonds):**
* 0-1 year residual maturity: 0.5%
* 1-5 years residual maturity: 1%
* 5-10 years residual maturity: 2%
* 10-15 years residual maturity: 3%
* Over 15 years residual maturity: 4%
* **SDLs:**
* **Unrated:**
* 0-1 year residual maturity: 2.5%
* 1-5 years residual maturity: 3%
* 5-10 years residual maturity: 4%
* 10-15 years residual maturity: 5%
* Over 15 years residual maturity: 6%
* **Rated:** The margin requirement for rated SDLs will be 1% lower than that of unrated SDLs for the corresponding maturity bucket.
* 0-1 year residual maturity: 1.5%
* 1-5 years residual maturity: 2%
* 5-10 years residual maturity: 3%
* 10-15 years residual maturity: 4%
* Over 15 years residual maturity: 5%
This revision follows the announcement made in the Second Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2018-19. All other terms and conditions of the existing LAF Repo and MSF schemes remain unchanged.
The issuing officer is Radha Shyam Ratho, Chief General Manager.
Key Entities Referenced
Reserve Bank of India: The central bank of India, which issued the circular.
Liquidity Adjustment Facility: A monetary policy instrument used by the Reserve Bank of India.
Marginal Standing Facility: A facility under which scheduled commercial banks can borrow additional amount of overnight money from the Reserve Bank of India.
Scheduled Commercial Banks: Banks included in the second schedule of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
Regional Rural Banks: Regional Rural Banks in India
Scheduled Urban Cooperative Banks: Urban Cooperative Banks included in the second schedule of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
State Development Loans: Securities issued by state governments in India to raise funds from the market.
Treasury Bills: Short-term debt instruments issued by the Central Government.
RBI/2017-2018/188
FMOD.MAOG No.125/01.01.001/2017-18 June 6, 2018
All Scheduled Commercial Banks
(Excluding Regional Rural Banks),
Scheduled Urban Co-operative Banks and
Standalone Primary Dealers
Madam/Sir,
Review of margin requirements under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility and
Marginal Standing Facility
Please refer to the circulars FMD.MOAG No.77/01.01.001/2012-13 dated March 19,
2013 and FMOD.MAOG No.117/01.01.001/2016-17 dated November 25, 2016.
2. Currently, the margin requirements under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (Repo) and
Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) in respect of Treasury Bills/Central Government dated
securities (including Oil Bonds) and State Development Loans (SDLs) stand at 4 per
cent and 6 per cent, respectively.
3. As announced in the Second Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2018-19, it
has now been decided to assign margin requirement on the basis of residual maturity of
the collateral, i.e., the Treasury Bills, Central Government dated securities (including Oil
Bonds) and State Development Loans (SDLs). Further, it has also been decided that
the margin requirement for rated SDLs shall be 1 per cent lower than that of unrated
SDLs for the same maturity bucket. The revised margin requirements for Central
Government Securities and SDLs being offered as collateral would be as given in the
table below:Category of Collateral Residual Maturity of Collateral
0-1 year 1-5 years 5-10 years 10-15 years > 15 years
Treasury Bills and 0.5% 1% 2% 3% 4%
Central Government
Dated Securities
(including Oil Bonds)
SDLs (unrated) 2.5% 3% 4% 5% 6%
SDLs (rated) 1.5% 2% 3% 4% 5%
4. The revised margin requirements would come into force with effect from August 1,
2018. All other terms and conditions of the current LAF (Repo) and MSF schemes will
remain unchanged.
Yours sincerely
(Radha Shyam Ratho)
Chief General Manager