SJSRY Revised Guidelines 2009: Key Updates for Banks (Effective Date Clarification Needed)
No longer current — withdrawn, no replacement on file yet
Source: Reserve Bank of India · RBI/2009-10/183 · issued 12 Oct 2009 · ~2 min read
Quick answerRBI notifies banks of the revised Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) guidelines, effective immediately from October 12, 2009 (with scheme revision effective from April 1, 2009 per guidelines), focusing on self-employment, wage employment, skill training, and community empowerment for urban poor. Banks must implement scheme provisions immediately, pending further subsidy and reporting clarifications.
What changed
The Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation comprehensively revised the SJSRY scheme, effective from April 1, 2009 per the revised guidelines, but the RBI circular instructs banks to implement immediately from October 12, 2009. The revamped scheme emphasizes gainful employment through self-employment ventures (individual or group) with sustainability support, wage employment, skill development training, and community empowerment via self-managed structures. RBI has sought clarifications from the Ministry on subsidy administration and new reporting formats, which will be communicated later.
What it means for you
Banks must immediately align their branch operations with the revised SJSRY guidelines to facilitate urban poverty alleviation through credit-linked self-employment and wage employment schemes. The focus on community structures and skill training may require banks to engage more closely with urban local bodies and community organizations. Pending clarity on subsidy mechanisms and reporting, banks should proceed with implementation based on the guidelines while awaiting further instructions.
Historical instruction — do not use for current compliance. This is what was required at the time; it no longer reflects current RBI requirements. If no replacement rule is linked above, that only means none is recorded on our register yet — it does not prove no later applicable rule exists. Confirm on the official RBI source below.
What banks were required to do at the time
Review the enclosed revised SJSRY guidelines and issue instructions to all branches/controlling offices for immediate implementation.
Ensure branch staff are trained on the new scheme components: USEP, UWSP, STEP-UP, UWEP, and UCDN.
Coordinate with urban local bodies and community structures (e.g., Neighborhood Groups, Community Development Societies) for effective outreach.
Monitor loan disbursements under self-employment components and report as per existing formats until new formats are issued.
Acknowledge receipt of this circular to the RBI regional office.
Who it affects
All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs), Bank branches in urban and semi-urban areas, Credit departments handling government-sponsored schemes, Urban poor customers seeking self-employment or wage employment loans
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Regulatory timeline
Stated effective dateeffective from April 1, 2009
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Status change: withdrawn03 Aug 2026, 04:00 IST
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What is the effective date of the revised SJSRY guidelines?
The revised guidelines state an effective date of April 1, 2009, but the RBI circular of October 12, 2009 instructs banks to implement immediately. Banks should follow the circular's directive for immediate implementation.
📜 Read the original circular — full text as issued by RBI
RBI/2009-10/183
RPCD.SP.BC.No.30 / 09.16.01/ 2009 -10
October 12, 2009
The Chairman/Managing Director
All Scheduled Commercial Banks
(Excluding RRBs)
Dear Sir,
Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) Revised Guidelines -2009
Please refer to our Master Circular RPCD.SP.BC.No 3/09.16.01/2009-10 dated July 1, 2009, issuing instructions/directives to banks with regard to operationalisation of the Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY).
2. On a review, the Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation has comprehensively revised the SJSRY Scheme. The main objectives of the revamped SJSRY scheme are (i) addressing urban poverty through gainful employment to the urban unemployed or underemployed poor by encouraging them to set up self-employment ventures (individual or group) with support for their sustainability, or undertake wage employment (ii) supporting skill development through training to enable urban poor to undertake self employment and (iii) Empowering the community to tackle the issues of urban poverty through suitable self managed community structures. A copy of the revised guidelines on SJSRY released by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India is enclosed. The revised guidelines will come in to effect immediately.
3. However, as regards mechanism of administering the subsidy under the revised scheme and new reporting formats, we have sought clarifications from the Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation and, as a result, clarifications/instructions in this regard would be communicated as soon as received from the Government of India.
4. In the meantime, please take appropriate action as envisaged for banks in the said documents and issue necessary instructions to your branches / controlling offices for successful implementation of the scheme.
5. Kindly acknowledge receipt.
Yours faithfully,
(L Vadera)
General Manager
C O N T E N T S
Reproduced for reference with acknowledgment — Source: Reserve Bank of India · RBI/2009-10/183 · issued 12 Oct 2009. The plain-English explanation above is BankPulse’s own independent summary.
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