RBI’s 2025 Capital Market Exposure Directions: A New Prudential Framework for Banks
Policy Context and Objectives The Reserve Bank of India has issued draft “Commercial Banks – Capital Market Exposure (CME) Directions, 2025” proposing consolidated, risk-sensitive limits on banks’ direct and aggregate exposures to capital markets, with phased implementation envisaged from April 1, 2026 subject to finalisation. The draft CME framework seeks to rationalise and unify disparate…









