📚 Master Directions — the live rulebook

On 28 November 2025 RBI consolidated its regulations into 244 Master Directions and repealed 9,445 old circulars. This page is the complete rulebook as RBI's own hub lists it — titles link to our plain-English page where available.

🆕 The 28 Nov 2025 consolidation (83)

The new-generation directions that replaced the old circular maze.

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RBI/DoR/2025-26/379 · November 28, 2025
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RBI/DOR/2025-26/378 · July 01, 2026
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RBI/DOR/2025-26/375 · July 01, 2026
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Older directions RBI still lists — many govern niche areas the consolidation did not cover.

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