RTGS Facility To Be Unavailable For 14 Hours On April 18; How It Will Affect You
News 18The Reserve Bank of India on Monday announced that the money transfer facility, Real Time Gross Settlement System, will be unavailable for 14 hours from 00:00 to 14:00 hours on Sunday, April 18, in lieu of a technical upgrade to enhance the resilience of the system. The country’s central bank and regulatory body under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Finance, Government of Indiain a press release said, "A technical upgrade of RTGS, targeted to enhance the resilience and to further improve the Disaster Recovery Time of the RTGS system, is scheduled after the close of business of April 17, 2021.” “Accordingly, RTGS service will not be available from 00:00 hrs to 14.00 hrs on Sunday, April 18, 2021," the release further mentioned. According to a Business Standard report, the RBI in a major move last week decided to permit payment system operators to take direct membership of Centralised Payment System, which is similar to RTGS and NEFT. The facility is expected to minimise settlement risk in the financial system and enhance digital financial services reach to all user segments.