Current · Source: Reserve Bank of India · RBI/2026-27/21 · issued 27 Apr 2026 · ~1 min read
Quick answerRBI issues Amendment Directions for Urban Co-operative Banks to add AgriSURE - Agri Fund for Start Ups & Rural Enterprises to Annex I, effective immediately.
The rule, in the simplest words
Urban Co-operative Banks can now offer AgriSURE - Agri Fund for Start Ups & Rural Enterprises as a financial service.
AgriSURE is added to the list of services that Urban Co-operative Banks can undertake, effective immediately.
Urban Co-operative Banks must review and update their financial services offerings to include AgriSURE.
How it plays out — a real example
Rahul, a co-operative bank branch officer in Indore, is excited to inform his clients that their bank now offers AgriSURE, a special fund for start-ups and rural enterprises. He explains that this new service will help local farmers and entrepreneurs access the funds they need to grow their businesses, and that the bank is committed to supporting the local community.
What changed
The RBI has added 'AgriSURE - Agri Fund for Start Ups & Rural Enterprises' to Annex I of the Reserve Bank of India (Urban Co-operative Banks – Undertaking of Financial Services) Directions, 2025, via the Amendment Directions, 2026.
What it means for you
This amendment adds AgriSURE to the list of financial services that Urban Co-operative Banks can undertake, effective immediately.
What you must do
Review and update your bank's financial services offerings to include AgriSURE as per the amended directions
📜 Read the original circular — full text as issued by RBI
RBI/2026-27/21
DOR.STR.REC.25/21-04-048/2026-27
April 27, 2026
Reserve Bank of India (Urban Co-operative Banks – Undertaking of Financial Services) – Amendment Directions, 2026
Please refer to Reserve Bank of India (Urban Co-operative Banks – Undertaking of Financial Services) Directions, 2025 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Directions’).
2. On a review, and in exercise of the powers conferred by section 35A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, the Reserve Bank being satisfied that it is necessary and expedient in the public interest so to do, hereby issues the Amendment Directions hereinafter specified.
3. The Amendment Directions modifies the Directions as under:
(1) Following shall be added to Annex I:
“2. AgriSURE - Agri Fund for Start Ups & Rural Enterprises”
4. The above amendment shall come into force with immediate effect.
(Vaibhav Chaturvedi)
Chief General Manager
Reproduced for reference with acknowledgment — Source: Reserve Bank of India · RBI/2026-27/21 · issued 27 Apr 2026. The plain-English explanation above is BankPulse’s own independent summary.
Example: if you are a Compliance officer at a bank this circular applies to (Urban Co-operative Banks), your first concrete step on “Amendment Directions for Urban Co-operative Banks” is: “Review and update your bank's financial services offerings to include AgriSURE as per the amended directions” (RBI issued this 27 Apr 2026).
Circular: RBI/2026-27/21 -- Amendment Directions for Urban Co-operative Banks
Issued: 27 Apr 2026
Action required: Review and update your bank's financial services offerings to include AgriSURE as per the amended directions
Action required: Ensure compliance with the amended directions
Owner: ____________ Target date: ____________
Board/committee approval needed? Y / N
Evidence filed in compliance register on: ____________
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