{"id":49469,"date":"2021-04-29T11:53:13","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T06:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/?p=49469"},"modified":"2021-04-29T11:53:16","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T06:23:16","slug":"constitution-of-the-regulations-review-authority-rra-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/constitution-of-the-regulations-review-authority-rra-2-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Constitution of the Regulations Review Authority (RRA) 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Reserve bank announced the setting up of regulations review authority 2.0 to review its regulations internally as well as in consultation with other stakeholders. M Rajeshwar Rao, Deputy Governor, has been appointed as the head of this authority, and it would be set up for one year period from 1st<\/sup> May 2021, unless this tenure is extended. In this article we shall discuss the background story leading up to its constitution and also its terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regulations Review Authority (RRA): Background story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Reserve bank initially set up an RRA for a year on 1st<\/sup> April 1999. It set up the RRA to review the circulars, regulations, and reporting systems based on the feedback obtained from banks, public and financial institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The recommendations provided by the RRA assisted in streamlining and enhancing the effectiveness of numerous procedures, thus paving the way for the master circular issuance, simplifying regulatory prescription, and reducing the reporting burden on regulated entities.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Reserve bank considering the development in its regulatory function and the evolution of the regulatory perimeter, decided to set up RRA 2.0<\/strong>[1]<\/strong><\/a><\/sup> through a circular.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brief on Regulations Review Authority 2.0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Reserve Bank proposed that the RRA 2.0 shall undertake the review of the RBI’s compliance and regulation procedures to streamline or rationalize them and make them more effective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It further stated that the RRA 2.0 would function for a year from its establishment to review the regulatory prescriptions internally and get suggestions from the RBI regulated entities and stakeholders. RRA 2.0 shall review regulatory prescriptions to simplify them and ease its implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its focus would be to minimize the compliance burden of regulatory entities and streamline the regulatory instructions by simplifying the procedures and minimizing reporting requirements wherever possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Terms of RRA 2.0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Its terms are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n