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Date : Jan 01, 2026
Processing of Applications Received Under the Citizen’s Charter – Status as on December 31, 2025

A) Analysis of the performance under the Citizen’s Charter during the month of December 2025 has been carried out, and the summary thereof is given below –

Description No. of Applications
A Applications pending at the beginning of the month 3,217                 
B Applications received during the month 24,544                 
C Referred back to applicants for additional information 388                 
  Total (A+B-C) 27,373                 
D Applications processed during the month
– Within timeline
– Beyond timeline
23,981                 
23,938     (99.8%)
43       (0.2%)
E Applications pending at the end of the month
– Within timeline
– Beyond timeline
3,392                 
3,374     (99.5%)
18*       (0.5%)
* Awaiting inputs from external agencies (15), under process (3)

Function-wise Status of Applications Received / Processed / Pending
Function No. of Applications
Total Processed Pending
Within timeline Beyond timeline Within timeline Beyond timeline
Banker to Banks and Governments 10,494 10,494 - - -
Currency Management 12,063 10,689 2 1,371 1
Debt Management 1,195 1,018 - 177 -
Financial Markets 7 6 - 1 -
FinTech 1 - - 1 -
Foreign Exchange Management 2,178 1,179 20 964 15
Payment and Settlement Systems 67 17 5 45 -
Regulation and Supervision 1,368 535 16 815 2
Total 27,373 23,938 43 3,374 18

B) The Reserve Bank of India regularly reviews the services covered under its Citizen’s Charter and based on the recent review – (i) the requirement of approval for 11 services relating to UCBs has been done away with, (ii) 2 services have been merged, and (iii) 6 services have been made more granular by separation into 14 services. Accordingly, the number of services under the Charter stands at 200. The timeline for 17 services has been reduced.

(Brij Raj)          
Chief General Manager

Press Release: 2025-2026/1828


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