The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced that the RTGS (Real-Time Gross Settlement) service will be temporarily unavailable on Sunday, April 18, 2021. This downtime, scheduled from midnight to 2 PM, is to facilitate a crucial technical upgrade aimed at enhancing system resilience and improving disaster recovery times. While RTGS is down, the NEFT system will continue to operate as normal, and member banks are advised to inform their customers to adjust their payment operations accordingly.
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 NEFT system will continue to be operational as usual during this period.
Member banks may inform their customers to plan their payment operations accordingly.
RTGS Members will continue to receive event update(s) through system broadcasts.
(Yogesh Dayal)
Chief General Manager
FAQ :
RTGS service will not be available from 00:00 hrs to 14:00 hrs on Sunday, April 18, 2021.
The RTGS service is unavailable due to a scheduled technical upgrade to enhance its resilience and improve the Disaster Recovery Time.
No, the NEFT system will continue to be operational as usual during the period RTGS is unavailable.
Member banks are advised to inform their customers to plan their payment operations accordingly.
The announcement was made by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), communicated by Chief General Manager Yogesh Dayal.