Submission of Statement and Return on Centralized Information Management System
RBI notification RBI/2026-27/98 · 05 Jun 2026
Official title
Submission of statement/return on Centralized Information Management System (CIMS)
RBI notification RBI/2026-27/98 · 05 Jun 2026
Official title
Submission of statement/return on Centralized Information Management System (CIMS)
Summary
Check the official recordThe Reserve Bank of India mandates the submission of specific monthly statements through the Centralized Information Management System (CIMS) portal. Authorised Dealer Category-I banks must upload the consolidated list of Branch Offices, Liaison Offices, and Project Offices under return code R343. Banks must also upload the monthly statement on remittances from Non-Resident Ordinary Rupee accounts under return code R006. Banks must use the CIMS portal for these submissions starting from the month ending June 2026. If no data exists for a period, banks must upload a NIL report. This change applies to all Category-I Authorised Dealer banks.
What you must do
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Who is affected
RBI/2026-27/98 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 12
June 05, 2026
All Category - I Authorised Dealer Banks
Madam/Sir,
Submission of statement/return on Centralized Information Management System (CIMS)
Attention of Authorised Dealer Category – I (AD Category – I) banks is invited to the A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.69 dated May 12, 2016, in terms of which AD Category – I banks were required to submit a consolidated list of all the BOs/LOs/ POs opened and closed by them during a month, by the fifth of the succeeding month, to the General Manager, Reserve Bank of India, Foreign Exchange Department, Central Office Cell, Sansad Marg, New Delhi.
It has now been decided that with effect from June 30, 2026, the above-mentioned statement shall be submitted on the Centralized Information Management System (CIMS) portal. The statement has been assigned return code - ‘R343’ on CIMS portal. Accordingly, all AD Category – I banks shall upload the above-mentioned statement on CIMS portal (URL: https://sankalan.rbi.org.in) from the month ending June 2026. In case no data is to be furnished, AD Category – I banks shall upload a ‘NIL’ report.
Attention of Authorised Dealer Category – I (AD Category – I) banks is further invited to the A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.67 dated May 05, 2016, in terms of which AD Category – I banks were required to furnish on a monthly basis, a statement on the number of applicants and total amount remitted from the Non-Resident (Ordinary) Rupee (NRO) Account in the requisite format to General Manager-in-Charge, Foreign Exchange Department, Reserve Bank of India, Foreign Investments Division (NRFAD), Central Office Cell, Parliament Street, New Delhi.
Submission of the above-mentioned statement has been shifted to CIMS portal with return code - ‘R006’. Accordingly, all AD Category – I banks shall upload the above-mentioned statement on CIMS portal (URL: https://sankalan.rbi.org.in).
The Master Direction on ‘Reporting under Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999’ is being updated to reflect the changes.
The directions contained in this circular have been issued under section 10(4) and 11(2) of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999 (42 of 1999) and are without prejudice to permissions / approvals, if any, required under any other law.
Yours faithfully,
(N Senthil Kumar)
Chief General Manager