The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on February 27, 2025, issued the updated the Master Direction – Non-Banking Financial Company – Housing Finance Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2021.
The following has been stated namely: -
• For the purpose of enabling the Bank to regulate the financial system to the advantage of the country and to prevent the affairs of any Housing Finance Company (HFCs) from being conducted in a manner detrimental to the interest of investors and depositors or in any manner prejudicial to the interest of such HFCs, and in exercise of the powers conferred under sections 45L and 45MA of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 and Sections 30, 30A, 32 and 33 of the National Housing Bank Act, 1987, hereby issues to every HFC, in supersession of the regulations/directions as given in Chapter XVII of these directions, the Non-Banking Financial Company – Housing Finance Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2021 hereinafter specified.
• Since this Master Direction has been significantly amended, it has been replaced rather than showing the changes in track mode for reader convenience
[Notification No. RBI/2020-21/73]