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The Reserve Bank of India issues a master direction for the Currency Distribution and Exchange Scheme to encourage bank branches to provide better customer service. Banks receive financial incentives and service charges for opening currency chests in underbanked areas, exchanging soiled notes, adjudicating mutilated notes, and distributing coins. Currency chest branches pass on incentives to linked branches on a pro-rata basis.
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RBI/2023-24/99 DCM (CC) No.G-5/03.41.01/2023-24 April 03, 2023
The Chairman/Managing Director/Chief Executive Officers, All banks
Madam / Dear Sir,
Master Direction on Framework of Incentives for Currency Distribution & Exchange Scheme for bank branches including currency chests based on performance in rendering customer service to the members of public
In terms of the Preamble to and Section 45 of the RBI Act, 1934 and Section 35 A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949; Reserve Bank of India issues guidelines / instructions for realising the objectives of Clean Note Policy as part of currency management. With a view to furthering these objectives, the Bank has formulated a framework of incentives titled Currency Distribution and Exchange Scheme (CDES) to encourage all the bank branches to provide better customer services to the members of public.
Yours faithfully,
(Sanjeev Prakash) Chief General Manager
Encl: As above
Annex
Master Direction on Framework of Incentives for “Currency Distribution & Exchange Scheme (CDES)” for bank branches including currency chests based on performance in rendering customer service to the members of public
The framework of incentives titled Currency Distribution & Exchange Scheme (CDES) for bank branches including currency chests has been formulated to encourage all the bank branches to provide better customer service to the members of public keeping in view the objectives of Clean Note Policy.
Incentives
As per the scheme, banks are eligible for the following financial incentives/service charges for setting up requisite infrastructure and facilitating exchange/distribution of notes and coins:
| Sr. No. | Nature of Service | Particulars of Incentives/Service Charges |
|---|---|---|
| i) | Opening of and maintaining currency chests at centres having population of less than 1 lakh, in underbanked states | a. Capital Cost: Reimbursement of 50% of capital expenditure subject to a ceiling of ₹50 lakh per currency chest (inclusive of all taxes). In the North Eastern region, up to 100% of capital expenditure is eligible for reimbursement subject to the ceiling of ₹50 lakh (inclusive of all taxes). b. Revenue cost: Reimbursement of 50% of revenue expenditure for the first 3 years (inclusive of all taxes). In the North Eastern region, 50% of revenue expenditure is eligible for reimbursement for the first 5 years (inclusive of all taxes). |
| ii) | Exchange of soiled notes / adjudication of mutilated notes over the counter at bank branches. | A. Exchange of soiled notes – ₹2 per packet for exchange of soiled notes up to denomination of ₹50 b. Adjudication of mutilated notes – ₹2 per piece |
| iii) | Distribution of coins. | i. ₹65 per bag for distribution of coins. ii. An additional incentive of ₹10/- per bag shall be paid for coin distribution in rural and semi-urban areas on the submission of a Concurrent Auditor (CA) certificate to this effect. |
| iv) | Cash deposit by non-chest branches under Linkage scheme with CCs | Service charge to be levied by the CC on the non-chest branches a. Large modern CCs 1 - ₹8/- per 100 pieces b. Other CCs - ₹5/- per 100 pieces |
1 Large modern CCs are those CCs which fulfil the Minimum Standards for a CC as detailed in the circular RBI/2018-19/166 DCM(CC) No. 2842/03.39.01/2018-19 dated April 08, 2019.
