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Returns – Department of Payment and Settlement Systems – Submission in CIMS

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This rulebook is short, and the page is short with it. This document is 799 words long. It states 10 separate rules. So the page carries 10 points, not the thirty a long rulebook carries. Nothing has been left out to make it shorter.

At a glanceFile both returns only through the CIMS website link given by RBI. All prepaid payment instrument issuers must follow these return rules. Send PPI Statistics data in CIMS for December 2025 onwards.

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What it says

Must know

1. Start PPI statistics

Send PPI Statistics data in CIMS for December 2025 onwards.

2. Use CIMS portal

File both returns only through the CIMS website link given by RBI.

3. Example monthly due

The December 2025 monthly return is due by January 07, 2026.

4. Example quarterly due

The December 2025 quarter return is due by January 10, 2026.

Do it

1. Who must report

All prepaid payment instrument issuers must follow these return rules.

2. Create user logins

Admin users must create logins for staff who will file these two returns.

Background

1. Start grievance return

Send PPI grievance data in CIMS from the December 2025 quarter.

2. Admin user role

Each entity already has admin users set up in CIMS.

3. Monthly due date

File each monthly return by the 7th of the next month.

4. Quarterly due date

File each quarterly return by the 10th of the next month.

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