National Electronic Clearing Service

Procedural Guidelines

Reserve Bank of India

Department of Payment & Settlement Systems
Central Office, Mumbai

April 2011
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Contents
Sl. Subject
1. Short Title of the Scheme
2. Date of Effect
3. Objective
4. Definitions
i) User
ii) Sponsor Bank
iii) Clearing House (CH)
iv) Destination Bank Branches
v) Destination Account Holder
vi) Destination Sort Code
5. Coverage
6. Procedural Details
i) Institutional Arrangements
ii) Registration of User Institution with the CH
iii) Input Preparation
iv) User's Responsibility to Ensure Accuracy of Input Data
v) Safeguards against Unauthorised Change of Data in Transit
vi) Input Submission
vii) Validation of Input Files
viii) Multiple Credits
ix) Data Validation Report (DVR)
x) Request for Withdrawal / Modification of Input Data
xi) Clearing Settlement and Output Data for Destination Banks
xii) Return of Uncredited / Undebited Items
xiii) Clearing Settlement and Supply of Output Data and Reports to Banks
xiv) Late Submission of Uncredited / Undebited Items
xv) Settlement and Default Handling Procedure
xvi) Sponsor Bank Crediting / Debiting the Returned Items to User‟s Account
xvii) Preservation Period of Output Data
xviii) Advice to Destination Account Holders
xix) Narration in Pass Book / Account Statement / Pass Sheet
xx) NECS (Debit) : Responsibilities of the Destination Banks
xxi) Destination Account Holder's Right to Information on NECS
xxii) Minimum and Maximum Number of Transactions
7. Service Charges
8. Dispute Resolution Mechanism
9. Amendment to Procedural Guidelines

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Appendices

I NECS Process Cycle

II Guidelines for Input Preparation and Input Submission (User Institution 
Sponsor Bank  Clearing House)
III Record Layout of Inward Data for Destination Banks (Clearing House 
Destination Banks)
IV Record Layout of Return File (Destination Banks  NCC / Clearing House)
V Record Layout of Final Output File to User Institution (NCC / Clearing House 
Sponsor Bank  User Institution)
VI A Application for Registration with the Sponsor Bank to Avail of NECS (Credit)
Facility
VI B Application for Registration with the Sponsor Bank to Avail of NECS (Debit)
Facility
VII A NECS (Credit) Mandate by the Sponsor Bank
VII B NECS (Debit) Mandate by the Sponsor Bank
VIII A Model Letter from a NECS (Credit) User to a Destination Account Holder
VIII B Model Letter from a NECS (Debit) User to a Destination Account Holder
IX A NECS (Credit) Model Mandate Form
IX B NECS (Debit) Model Mandate Form

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SCHEME OF NATIONAL ELECTRONIC CLEARING SERVICE (NECS)

1. Short Title of the Scheme

The Scheme shall be called „National Electronic Clearing Service‟ and will be referred
to as NECS hereinafter. NECS shall have two variants, NECS (Credit) and NECS (Debit).
NECS (Credit) is operational for the present.

2. Date of Effect
The Scheme is working at Mumbai and is being managed by Reserve Bank of India.
Presently, there are 50647 branches of 116 member banks participating in the scheme.
Latest position on number of member banks and branches is available on the website of
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) (at www.rbi.org.in).

3. Objective
The objective of the system is to facilitate centralised processing for repetitive and bulk
payment instructions. Sponsor banks shall submit NECS data at a single centre viz. at
Mumbai. NECS (Credit) shall facilitate multiple credits to beneficiaries‟ accounts at core
banking enabled destination bank branches spread across the country against a single debit
of the account of a User with the Sponsor Bank which maintains settlement account in the
books of RBI, Mumbai. NECS (Debit), when operationalised, shall facilitate multiple debits to
destination account holders against single credit to User account.

The system would leverage on the core banking solutions of member banks for centralised
receipt and posting of inward NECS transactions in a straight through manner.

4. Definitions
i) User - User shall refer to the Companies / Corporations / Government departments or any
other entity using NECS services for either bulk payment or bulk collection.
ii) Sponsor Bank - It would refer to the bank which shall act as the agent of the User to
upload the NECS data on to the designated web-server of the designated agency / Clearing
House (CH). The sponsor bank shall also submit a mandate to operate its settlement account
to RBI / Clearing House designated by RBI.
iii) Clearing House (CH) - It would be a functional unit of the local Bankers‟ Clearing
House or such other agency to be created by RBI which shall process the NECS
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data received from the Sponsor Banks through its web-server and generate relevant clearing
reports for settlement of accounts of banks at RBI. The institutional arrangements made by
RBI shall be final.
iv) Destination Bank Branches - It would refer to the bank branches where the
Destination Account Holders maintain their bank accounts.
v) Destination Account Holder - Shall refer to the beneficiaries / consumers / end users
holding accounts with destination bank branches, who would opt to avail of NECS facility
by way of direct debit / credit to their account through the payment instructions submitted by
the User.

vi) Destination sort code - Means the nine digit MICR code (city-bank-branch) of the
destination branch wherein the destination account holder maintains his / her account.

5. Coverage

a) These guidelines shall apply to participating banks / branches notified by Reserve Bank of
India from time to time on its official web-site.

b) The scheme shall cover bulk payment transactions like periodic (monthly / quarterly /
half-yearly / yearly) payments of interest / salary / pension / commission / dividend / refund or
bulk collection of utility bills / insurance premium / school fee / loan instalments, etc., by
companies / corporations / Government departments and such other entities defined as
“User”.

c) Through this scheme, payments can be made to / from the bank branches located
anywhere in India participating in the scheme.

d) This facility can be used to transfer funds to Non Resident External (NRE) accounts.
However, NRE accounts of beneficiaries, if any, shall be included in the input data only after
ensuring that such funds are eligible to be credited to NRE accounts in India under the
existing Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) Regulations and Wire Transfer
Guidelines. User Institutions and Sponsor Banks have to certify to the effect and the onus of
ensuring that credits to NRE accounts comply with extant FEMA Regulations and Wire
Transfer Guidelines rests with the User Institution / Sponsor Bank.

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e) Participating banks under the scheme adopt Uniform All India Holiday under NECS –
similar to the practice adopted in Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) and National
Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) systems. NECS will function on all the RTGS / NEFT
working days and the banks participating in NECS would also function on these working
days. The list of holidays for RTGS / NEFT is available on the web-site of RBI under the link
http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/HolidayMatrixDisplay.aspx.

6. Procedural Details

i) Institutional Arrangements
a) CH would be responsible for processing the input data submitted by the Sponsor Bank
on behalf of its Users and supply of relevant clearing details to the Sponsor Banks,
Destination Banks and Settlement Agency for accounting of the Clearing Settlements.
CH shall monitor the performance of all the constituents in NECS Clearing to ensure that the
time schedule for various activities under NECS Process Cycle as prescribed in
Appendix-I is adhered to.

b) CH shall have a Steering Committee comprising not more than 10 and not less than
5 member banks to aid and advise it on operational issues. The Committee shall be
constituted by the CH and its term shall be one year. The Committee shall meet at least
once in a half-year.
c) Settlement Agency shall provide the settlement service by way of crediting / debiting
the accounts of Destination Banks and the Sponsor Bank in its books on the basis of
multilateral net settlement arrived by the CH. Normally, such settlements shall take place in
the books of RBI, Mumbai. The settlement rules for clearing pertaining to minimum
balance and withdrawal of favourable balance in clearing as defined in the Uniform
Regulations and Rules for Bankers‟ Clearing Houses (URRBCH) would also be applicable to
the settlements under NECS.

ii) Registration of User Institution with the Clearing House : Institutions desirous to avail
of the NECS facility shall get themselves registered with the CH. The application in form
NE-1C (Appendix-VI A) for participating in NECS (Credit) and NE-1D (Appendix-VI B) for
participating in NECS (Debit) will be submitted by the User institution to their Sponsor

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Bank. The Sponsor Bank will forward the application form to the CH with their
recommendations in Part B of the relevant application for registration and allotment of User
Number. The User Number allotted by CH will be communicated to the User institution
through the Sponsor Bank. The existing user codes allotted at various ECS centers /
Regional Offices of RBI shall be valid for NECS and there is no need for taking separate
User Number for participating in NECS.

iii) Input Preparation: Input file shall be as per the prescribed record layout specified by RBI
from time to time. The present structure of record lay out and Guidelines for Input
Preparation and Input Submission for NECS (Credit) and NECS (Debit) are given in
Appendix-II.

iv) User’s Responsibility to Ensure Accuracy of Input Data : The User would ensure the
accuracy of the input data with reference to the information received from Destination
Account Holders. The input data shall contain only the latest and correct account number
details of customers. Users would also ensure that the updates received from the destination
banks / sponsor banks are incorporated in the input file and note to delete the transactions
that are repeatedly returned under various reasons. Sponsor Bank may obtain an
undertaking from the User in this regard before uploading the input data to NCC / CH.

v) Safeguards Against Unauthorised Change of Data in Transit : The Sponsor Bank shall
not make any change in the input data received from the User without the consent of the
User.

vi) Input Submission :

a) The sponsor bank shall have the facility of getting the data validated over the web-server.
In case the data validation report displays any errors, the sponsor bank has the option to
omit the records and resubmit the data for validation, in consultation with the user. The
error-free file shall alone be uploaded by the sponsor bank for NECS run. CH would
decide and intimate the cut-off time up to which the input files will be accepted from the
Sponsor Bank on the Day T+0 as indicated in the NECS Process Cycle (Appendix-I).

b) After uploading the data file to the designated web-server of CH, the sponsor bank shall
submit a Mandate to NCC in the form NE-2 [Appendix-VII A for NECS (Credit) and

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Appendix-VII B for NECS (Debit)]. The mandate shall be signed by an authorized official of
the Sponsor Bank whose signature is on the record of the CH. For this purpose, the sponsor
bank would submit the list of authorized officials along with their specimen signatures on a
quarterly basis or whenever there is a change in the incumbency to CH to avoid hardship to
the Users.

vii) Validation of Input Files :

a) All files uploaded on the web server would be subjected to final validation to
determine whether the file can be accepted or not. The validation shall be done with
reference to the User name, User number, Sponsor Bank Branch Sort Code and other
parameters.

b) User details (Sponsor Bank Sort Code, User number and User name) shall be uniform
on all data records (Header and Individual data records) in the file. The purpose of
repeating the User information on all data records is to make each data record self-
contained and ensure seamless straight through processing (STP) at the destination bank.
Therefore, the credit / debit record with the details different from the one recorded on the
„Credit Contra / Debit Contra or Header‟ record will not be accepted.

c) The destination account details shall have two parts - the destination sort code and
the destination account number. NECS validation routine validates the banks‟ branch
code indicated in the data record with the master database of NECS branch-master.

d) The account number is an essential field in the data record. Account number shall
have a maximum length of 15 digits as indicated in the prescribed record layout
structure. Individual records with no information on the account number field shall be
rejected. It would be the responsibility of the User to ensure the accuracy of input data.

e) There will be no outer limit for Individual records. The particulars of the User defined
limit should be indicated by the Sponsor Bank in its mandate as an additional parameter
for validation.

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f) The decision for rejection of a NECS data file would depend on the following :
 “Header or Credit / Debit Contra” record is missing or the value indicated in the
Header record is exceeding the value given in the Sponsor Bank‟s mandate to
CH.
 Invalid Sponsor Bank sort code, or incorrect User number and User name details in
the Credit Contra / Debit Contra record.
 Absent or invalid destination sort code in individual records.
 Absence of account number or account name in individual records.

viii) Multiple Credits : User Institutions shall take due care while making multiple credits to
the same beneficiaries on the same day by giving additional relevant information to ensure
that the beneficiaries are able to identify the source of credit.

ix) Data Validation Report (DVR) : When an input file passes through the validation in the
web server, there would be an output in the form of Data Validation Report (DVR), which
may be printed at the Sponsor Bank level.

x) Request for Withdrawal / Modification of Input Data : Once the DVR is confirmed
online to the Sponsor Bank and the settlement process begins at CH, withdrawal /
modification of file / record shall not be permitted. However, CH shall have discretion to
accept / reject any file in case of some contingency.

The credit / debit afforded to the member banks through multilateral net settlement systems
on the settlement date (T+1) is final and irrevocable in terms of section 10(2) of the Payment
and Settlement Systems Act, 2007. The procedure advised by RBI in the Settlement and
Default Handling Directive (Para xv) will be applicable to the NECS Scheme.

xi) Clearing Settlement and Output Data for Destination Banks : On Day T+0, CH would
generate the output data files meant for the Destination banks and would made available on
its designated web-server. The description and the record lay out of the output file is given at
Appendix-III.

The NECS Service Branches of Destination Banks would make their internal
arrangements immediately to download the information from the web-server of the CH and
arrange to credit / debit the Destination Account Holders‟ accounts on the appointed day of
settlement without fail. On the day of settlement, CH would debit / credit the Sponsor
Bank‟s account with the amount indicated in the mandate given by the latter (Appendix
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-VII A / VII B) and credit / debit the accounts of the Destination Banks on the basis of the
settlement arrived through multilateral netting.

In case of NECS (Credit), Destination Bank is liable to pay penal interest (calculated
based on the prevailing RBI LAF Repo rate plus two percent from the due date of credit till
the date of actual credit) for any delayed credit to the beneficiaries‟ accounts. Penal
interest, if any, shall be credited to the Destination Account Holder‟s account even if no claim
is lodged by the Destination Account Holder.

xii) Return of Uncredited / Undebited Items : If a Destination Bank is not in a position to

credit / debit a particular transaction for reasons as enumerated in Appendix-IV, it would
arrange to upload / submit a consolidated return file in the file structure format as prescribed
in Appendix-IV. The responsibility for ensuring accuracy in incorporating the above
information in the data lies with the Destination Banks. After incorporating the information
relating to un-credited / un-debited items, the file would be returned to the CH on the same
day (T+1).

xiii) Clearing Settlement and Supply of Output Data and Reports to Banks : CH shall work
out a Return Clearing settlement on the same day (T+1) whereby the Destination Banks‟
accounts would be debited / credited based on the return data submitted pertaining to the
value date and the Sponsor Banks‟ account would be credited / debited in the books of RBI,
Mumbai. The transaction codes of the uncredited records would be modified to from "22" in
respect of NECS (Credit) and “66” in respect of NECS (Debit) to “44 (for both)”. The
Checksum Total of the relative records would undergo corresponding changes with the
software used at the NCC / Clearing House.
On the same day, the Clearing House shall provide the following :

 User Status file - An output file in electronic form containing the details of all transactions
[valid, rejected and returned un-credited / un-debited. All items to be suitably flagged /
marked off] to be made available to the Sponsor Bank for verifying the correctness of the
clearing data and for passing on to the User for necessary action [Appendix-V].

 Destination Bank Final Report - Destination Bank-wise summary report (R-9) showing
branch-wise initial credit / debit and subsequent debit / credit based on the return
information submitted to NCC / CH by the destination banks.

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xiv) Late Submission of Uncredited / Undebited Items : If any Destination Bank fails to
submit the file to the CH on day T+1, such delayed reporting cannot be incorporated by CH
in the Output file and also cannot be included in the clearing settlement for un-credited / un-
debited items. Payment / Settlement for such items would have to be worked out between
the Sponsor Bank and the Destination Bank concerned. The undue delay of the Destination
Bank to submit the return is liable for penal action. The President of the NCC / Clearing
House may take such action / decide penalty against the destination bank as he / she deems
fit, in accordance with the Dispute Resolution Mechanism prescribed under para 8 below. If
any Destination Bank submits / uploads such late returns to the CH on a future date, such
returns would be deleted from the input data and the President of the Clearing House may
take such action / decide penalty against the bank as he / she deems fit, in accordance with
the Dispute Resolution Mechanism prescribed under para 8 below.

xv) Settlement and Default Handling Procedure : The settlement so as arrived by the CH
under NECS through multilateral netting shall be final and irrevocable, in terms of section 23
of the “Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007” as soon as the same is determined in
terms of the procedure notified by RBI. The settlement and default handling procedure will
be in accordance with the Directive on Settlement and Default Handling Procedure issued by
RBI and as duly amended from time to time.

The continued eligibility of the member / sponsor bank to participate in clearing operations
shall be reviewed by the President of the Clearing House in case of permanent default by
the member / sponsor bank. Default will be considered permanent if the process of
recalculation (elaborated in the Settlement and Default Handling Procedure) is necessitated
in respect of a member / sponsor bank on more than three occasions in a calendar month.
The number of occasions shall be calculated separately for each multilateral and deferred
net settlement system.

xvi) Sponsor Bank Crediting / Debiting the Returned Items to User’s Account : The
credit / debit received by the Sponsor Bank from CH against the returned items through
Return Clearing shall be passed on to the User‟s account on the same day.

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xvii) Preservation Period of Output Data : The Sponsor Bank and the User shall preserve
the Output data / file for a minimum period of 10 years. Clearing House will also preserve the
data files for a minimum period of 10 years.

xviii) Advice to Destination Account Holders : It would be the responsibility of the User to
advise the Destination Account Holders of the NECS credit / debit. Immediately after the
receipt of the User-Status file, the User would issue Payment Advices to the Destination
Account Holders indicating the particulars of payment and the date on which payment has
taken place as per their extant practice. Care need be taken by the User to ensure that
Payment Advices are sent only for these items which could finally be credited / debited to
Destination Account Holders‟ accounts. Rejected items and uncredited / undebited items
shall be pursued separately by the User. The Destination Account Holders whose accounts
could not be credited / debited should also be advised by the User with reasons thereof and
payments arranged through alternate means.

If a User makes use of the NECS mechanism for making payments to the same set of
beneficiaries every quarter / month or at more frequent intervals and there is no likelihood of
any credit / debit item being returned un-credited / un-debited, an advance one-time
intimation can be issued on yearly basis indicating the date on which NECS settlement
would take place. This would replace issuance of payment advice on every occasion. This
procedure is most suitable for monthly / quarterly interest payments of companies /
corporations where the modifications in the data file are minimum and likelihood of returns is
almost „nil‟.

xix) Narration in Pass Book / Account Statement / Pass Sheet : The entry in the Pass
Book / Account Statement / Pass Sheet made by the destination bank branches should be
clear enough to indicate that the transaction in question was through NECS with such other
additional information as provided by the User. The relevant information may be picked up
from the field no. 9 (“User name” of 20 alpha-numeric characters) and the field no. 10 (“User
Credit / Debit Reference No.”) from the destination bank NECS input file (Appendix-III) file. In
addition to this, banks are free to provide any additional information as they deem necessary
or useful. In order to provide useful feedback to the destination account holders, the User
institutions may standardise the information that may be captured in this field, so that the
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details recorded by the destination branches in the pass books would reveal the correct
picture of the credits / debits.

The Destination Bank would not be liable to issue separate advice to the Account Holders. If
a Sponsor Bank / User wishes to send the payment advices through the Destination Bank
Branches, a separate arrangement outside the NECS framework would have to be worked
out.

xx) NECS (Debit) : Responsibilities of the Destination Banks

a) The NECS (Debit) works on the strength of the mandates given by the destination account
holders to the User institution for effecting payment from their accounts. The mandates are
required to be authenticated (primarily for signature verification of the bank‟s customer) by
the respective destination bank branches within a period of seven days from the date of
receipt of such requests. After authentication, the branch would retain a copy for its record,
incorporate the mandate information in the bank‟s database and the customer would submit
the other copy to the User institution. At the time of authenticating the mandates, the
destination branches shall ensure the nomenclature of the accounts vis-à-vis those
appearing in the mandates.

b) The destination branches can debit their customers‟ account only on the basis of the
mandates given to them. The account holder / customer is also entitled to withdraw the
mandate / NECS Debit instructions from his / her banker without involvement of the User
institution. The withdrawal instructions of a customer in such cases would be treated
equivalent to a „stop payment‟ instruction in cheque clearing system. The destination bank
branches would provide such withdrawal of mandate information to the Users, on request.
Thereafter, the User institution shall stop including the relative transaction in the NECS file,
after receipt of such countermanding by the customer.

c) The destination account holder may also be given the facility of putting an upper limit for
each individual transaction in the mandate, and / or a time limit for operations of a particular
NECS mandate (life of a mandate) by the end user / destination banker.

d) The destination branch may also allot a unique identification number to the mandate,
which could be referred to by the NECS User in all the transactions. The number could

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include a reference to the branch identity, the type of account and a reference to the
customer's account, the purpose of the debit, etc. This would also serve the destination
branch as a control reference tool to monitor the NECS debits being received through the
Clearing House.

xxi) Destination Account Holder’s Right to Information on NECS : When the User invites
option from the Destination Account Holders, the User shall inform the Destination Account
Holders, in a readily understandable written statement that the proposed mode of receiving /
paying is purely voluntary and the Destination Account Holder would have the right to
withdraw after giving an advance notice of 2 weeks (Specimen at Appendix-VIII A / VIII B).

While exercising the option to receive / pay through NECS, Destination Account Holder shall
furnish the particulars of his / her (i) Account Number; (ii) Name; ( iii) Account Type (i.e. S.B.
Account or Current Account); and ( iv) Bank and branch names with the sort-codes. The
sort-code (i.e. city-bank-branch code) information would be available by seeing the MICR
code line of the cheque book issued by his / her banker. The form on which the information
would be furnished by the Destination Account Holders would be clear and free of
ambiguities. The particulars at Sl.Nos. (i) to (iv) mentioned above may be got certified by the
beneficiary from the bank branch where he / she is maintaining the account. In lieu of the
bank certificate as stated above, the beneficiary can also enclose with his / her mandate, a
photocopy of the cheque / cancelled cheque or front page of his saving bank pass book for
verification of his / her account particulars by the User.

A model letter form a prospective User to a customer / investor is given at Appendix-VIII A /

VIII B and a model Mandate Form given at Appendix-IX A / IX B. The specimen (model) form
is only illustrative and the Users may use formats of their choice provided the information
contained in the Model Letter / Model Mandate form is included. In case a User has already
got the bank branch account type ledger no., account number, etc., particulars duly certified
by the bank branch of the beneficiary, the same could be utilised for making remittances
through bank accounts under NECS, only after informing the beneficiaries.

Information furnished by a beneficiary to the User shall not be utilised by the User for
purposes other than transfer of funds through NECS without the consent of the beneficiaries.
This shall be indicated by the User while inviting options from the beneficiaries.

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xxii) Minimum and Maximum Number of Transactions: There would not be any stipulation
on the minimum number of transactions to be put through. But considering that the Scheme
is designed for bulk transactions, CH may combine the settlements of more than one
input submissions on a single day.

7. Service Charges

The service charges to be levied by the Sponsor Bank would be decided mutually by the
User Institution and Sponsor Bank. There are no processing charges levied by the
processing centres / CH up to March 31, 2011. The same would be reviewed periodically.
The RBI may, if it so desires in future, decide to levy any other charge / fee on the
Sponsor Bank / Destination Bank as also the quantum thereof.

Destination Banks would not claim service charge for passing on the credit to the
Destination Account Holders‟ accounts.

8. Dispute Resolution Mechanism

The mechanism for resolution of disputes will be in accordance with the Directive on Dispute
Resolution Mechanism issued by RBI and as duly amended from time to time.

9. Amendment to Procedural Guidelines

The Procedural Guidelines can be amended by RBI as and when necessary. Banks would
however be intimated at least a fortnight in advance if it involves software changes at
the level of participating banks. RBI may amend the procedure guidelines by issuance of a
circular also to the effect whenever such change warrants.

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Appendix-I
National Electronic Clearing Service

NECS PROCESS CYCLE

Day 1. Submission / Uploading of Input data with a mandate from the Sponsor Bank
T+0
2. Verifying the Mandates. Processing at CH. Generating output data and making
available the output data through Secured Web Server

3. NECS Service Centers ensuring accounting of the transactions centrally

Day 1. Settlement arrived at CH. Destination Banks‟ accounts credited / debited and
T+1 Sponsor Bank‟s account debited / credited in the books of RBI

2. Destination Bank branches crediting / debiting the accounts of the beneficiaries (i.e.
the Destination Account Holders) and Sponsor Bank debiting / crediting the account
of the User.

3. NECS Service Centers of Destination Banks submit consolidated uncredited /

undebited data to CH.

4. Clearing House to arrive at the Credit / Debit Return settlement based on uncredited
items / undebited data received from all the Destination Banks and generate the
relevant NECS Credit Return / Debit Return Settlement reports.

5. Destination Banks‟ accounts debited / credited and consolidated credit / debit given to
Sponsor Bank towards uncredited / undebited items

6. Sponsor Bank crediting / debiting the account of the User with the returns.

7. CH to supply / upload the Processed Data (User Dump Data) and Final Report to
the Sponsor Banks

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Appendix-II

National Electronic Clearing Service

Guidelines for Input Preparation and Input Submission
(User Institution  Sponsor Bank  Clearing House)

Input Media:

Data in the prescribed format to be uploaded to the designated web server

File Preparation:

The input file would have two types of data records : A large number of credit / debit records
[transaction code 22 for NECS (Credit) and transaction code 66 for NECS (Debit)] and one
balancing debit / credit record called Credit Contra / Debit Contra or Header [transaction
code 11for NECS (Credit) and transactions code 55 for NECS (Debit)]. The Contra would
be the first record in the file and contain the details of the User such as User No., User
name, Sponsor Bank sort code, the upper limit of the individual credit / debit entry, the total
value of all the credit / debit items, etc. which would act as control information while
processing the credit / debit records. Certain key information in the Credit / Debit Contra
record would be repeated in all the credit / debit records as well so as to make each credit /
debit record self contained with both credit and debit particulars of the transaction.
The following is the description of the various fields for preparing the data on input file in
ASCII format:

Sr.No Field Description Length Field Remarks

Type
(Header) Credit / Debit Contra Record.
1 NECS transaction Code 2 NUM Code 11 for Credit and 55 for
Debit
2 User Number 7 NUM User number allotted by CH
3 User Name 40 ALP Alpha Numeric description
4 User Reference 14 ALP User defined reference
NUM number for the entire
transaction (Alpha Numeric)
5 NECS tape input number 9 NUM User defined input tape
6 Sponsor Bank-Branch Sort 9 NUM MICR city-bank-branch code
code
7 User‟s Bank Account 15 ALP Account number of the User
number NUM to be debited by Sponsor
Bank (Alpha numeric)
8 Ledger Folio number 3 ALP Alpha numeric Ledger Folio
particulars

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9 User defined limit for 13 NUM User defined limit which

individual credit / debit would be taken for validating
items the credit / debit items
10 Total amount 13 NUM Amount in paise
(Balancing Debit amount)
11 Settlement date 8 NUM Date on which settlement is
(DDMMYYYY) sought to be effected
12 Reserved 10 NUM NECS Item sequence
(to be kept blank by the number to be allotted by CH
User)
13 Reserved 10 NUM Checksum Total generated
(to be kept blank by the by CH
User)
14 Fillers 3

Total 156

(The Credit / Debit Contra, thus would have the record length of 156 ASCII characters of
which last three fields of 23 characters would be left blank)

Credit / Debit Records

1 NECS transaction code 2 NUM Code 22 for NECS Credit and 66

for NECS Debit
2 Destination Sort Code 9 NUM MICR city-bank-branch code
3 Destination account type 2 NUM code (10/11/12/29/30/31)
(S.B. account or Current
account)
4 Ledger folio number 3 ALP Alpha numeric Ledger Folio
particulars
5 Destination account 15 ALP Alpha numeric description
number NUM
6 Destination account 40 ALP Alpha numeric description
holder‟s name
7 Sponsor Bank-Branch 9 NUM MICR bank code
Sort code
8 User number 7 NUM User number allotted by CH
9 User name 20 APL Alpha numeric description
10 User Credit / Debit 13 ALP User defined Reference Number
Reference NUM such as Ledger Folio number, or
Share / Debenture Cert. No. or any
other unique identification number
given by the User for the individual
beneficiaries
11 Amount 13 NUM Amount in paise
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12 Reserved (to be kept 10 NUM NECS item Sequence Number to

blank by User) be allotted by CH
13 Reserved (to be kept 10 NUM Checksum total generated by CH
blank by User)
14 Reserved (to be kept 1 NUM Flag for items credited / debited (1)
blank by User) and returned uncredited /
undebited (0)
15 Filler (to be kept blank by 2 NUM Reason for not crediting / debiting
User) the item
Total 156

(Thus the Credit / Debit records would have the record length of 156 ASCII characters
with the last four fields kept blank. These four fields would be filled up while
processing the input file at the CH

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Appendix-III
National Electronic Clearing Service

RECORD LAYOUT OF THE INWARD DATA FOR DESTINATION BANKS

(Clearing House Destination Banks)

Header Record and Trailer Record

Sr.No Field Description Length Field Remarks

Type
1 NECS transaction Code 2 NUM Code 11 for NECS (Credit)
and 55 for NECS (Debit).
Code 99 for the trailer
record for both
2 Control Character 7 NUM Zeros
3 Filler 87 ALP Filler
4 Control Character 7 NUM Three digit Bank MICR
code followed by four
Zeros
5 Total number of Items 9 NUM 999999900 in the header
actual number of
transactions in the trailer
6 Total Amount 13 NUM Total amount in the file
7 Settlement Date 8 NUM Settlement Date in
ddmmyyyy format
8 Filler 27 ALP Filler ends with a dot (.)
Total 160

Credit / Debit Records

1 NECS transaction code 2 NUM Code 22 for NECS (Credit)

and 66 for NECS (Debit)
2 Destination Sort Code 9 NUM MICR city-bank-branch code
3 Destination account type 2 NUM MICR transaction code
(S.B account or Current (10/11/12/29/30/31)
account)
4 Ledger folio number 3 ALP Alpha numeric Ledger Folio
particulars
5 Destination account 15 ALP Alpha numeric description
number NUM
6 Destination account 40 ALP Alpha numeric description
holder‟s name
7 Sponsor Bank-Branch 9 NUM MICR bank code
Sort code
8 User number 7 NUM User number allotted by CH
9 User name 20 APL Alpha numeric description
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10 User Credit / Debit 13 ALP User defined Reference

Reference NUM Number such as Ledger
Folio number, or Share /
Debenture Cert. No. or any
other unique identification
number given by the User
for the individual
beneficiaries
11 Amount 13 NUM Amount in paise
12 Reserved (to be kept 10 NUM NECS item Sequence
blank by User) Number to be allotted by
NCC / CH
13 Reserved (to be kept 10 NUM Checksum total generated
blank by User) by CH
14 Reserved (to be kept 7 NUM Filler
blank by User)

Total 160

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Appendix-IV

National Electronic Clearing Service

RECORD LAYOUT OF THE RETURN FILE

(Destination Banks Clearing House)

This is the file generated by the destination banks for returning the uncredited / undebited
items to the Clearing House. The file has only one type of data records of length 50
characters. The following table gives the details of the fields and their length of the
contra record and the repetitive records.

Sr. No Description Type Length

1 Settlement date Numeric 9(8)(DDMMYYYY)
2 NECS Sequence No. Numeric 9(10)
3 User No. Numeric 9(7)
4 Amount in paise Numeric 9(13)v99
5 Return Reason code Numeric 9(1)
6 City code Numeric 9(3)
7 Bank code Numeric 9(3)
8 Branch code Numeric 9(3)
9 Spaces Alphanumeric 9(2)

NECS (Credit) Return Reason codes

Code No. Reasons for return

1 Account since closed / transferred
2 No such account
3 Account description does not tally
4 Miscellaneous (to be specified)

NECS (Debit) Return Reason codes

Code No. Reasons for return

1 Account since closed / transferred
2 No such account
3 Account description does not tally
4 Balance insufficient
5 Not arranged for / exceeds arrangements
6 Payment stopped by drawer
7 Payment stopped under court orders
8 NECS mandate not received
9 Miscellaneous (to be specified)

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Appendix-V
National Electronic Clearing Service

RECORD LAYOUT OF THE FINAL OUTPUT FILE TO USER INSTITUTION

(NCC / Clearing House Sponsor Bank  User Institution)

This is the file generated by the Clearing House and sent to the user institution through the
Sponsor bank. The file has two types of data records, viz. one header record called the
contra record and the repetitive records. The following table gives the details of the fields
and their length of the contra record and the repetitive records :
Header Record

Sr. No Field Description Length Field Remarks

Type
1 NECS transaction Code 2 NUM Code 11 for Credit and 55 for
Debit
2 User Number 7 NUM User number allotted by CH
3 User Name 40 ALP Alpha Numeric description
4 User Reference 14 ALP User defined reference
NUM number for the entire
transaction (Alpha Numeric)
5 NECS tape input number 9 NUM User defined input tape
6 Sponsor Bank-Branch 9 NUM MICR city-bank-branch code
Sort code
7 User‟s bank Account 15 ALP Account number of the User
number NUM to be debited by Sponsor
Bank (Alpha numeric)
8 Ledger Folio number 3 ALP Alpha numeric Ledger Folio
particulars
9 User defined limit for 13 NUM User defined limit which
individual credit / debit would be taken for validating
items the credit / debit items
10 Total amount 13 NUM Amount in paise
(Balancing Debit amount)
11 Settlement date 8 NUM Date on which settlement is
(DDMMYYYY) sought to be effected
12 Item Sequence No 10 NUM NECS Item sequence
number generated by CH
13 Checksum 10 NUM Checksum Total generated
by CH
14 Filler 1 ALP Used for internal purpose
15 Filler 1 ALP Used for internap purpose
16 Reason Code 1 NUM Return reason
Total 156
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Credit / Debit Records

1 NECS transaction code 2 NUM Code 22 for NECS Credit and 66

for NECS Debit
2 Destination Sort Code 9 NUM MICR city-bank-branch code
3 Destination account type 2 NUM code (10/11/12/29/30/31)
(S.B. account or Current
account)
4 Ledger Folio number 3 ALP Alpha numeric Ledger Folio
particulars
5 Destination account 15 ALP Alpha numeric description
number NUM
6 Destination account 40 ALP Alpha numeric description
holder‟s name
7 Sponsor Bank-Branch 9 NUM MICR bank code
Sort code
8 User number 7 NUM User number allotted by CH
9 User name 20 APL Alpha numeric description
10 User Credit / Debit 13 ALP User defined Reference Number
Reference NUM such as Ledger Folio number, or
Share / Debenture Cert. No. or any
other unique identification number
given by the User for the individual
beneficiaries
11 Amount 13 NUM Amount in paise
12 Item Sequence No 10 NUM NECS item Sequence Number
generated by CH
13 Checksum 10 NUM Checksum total generated by CH
14 Success Flag 1 NUM 1 for passed item and 2 for
returned item
15 Return Reason 2 NUM Reason for not crediting / debiting
the item

Total 156

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FORM NO. NE-1C Appendix-VI A

National Electronic Clearing Service

Application for Registration with the Sponsor Bank to Avail of NECS (Credit)
Facility

Part A- to be filled in by the User

USER DETAILS
1 Name of the Organisation
2 Address
3 Contact person and telephone number
4 Types of transactions sought to be put through NECS during the first year of
availing NECS services :

Sl. Type of transaction Periodicity Expected Expected

Volume Value

Interest payment Monthly

Interest payment Quarterly
Interest payment Half-yearly
Dividend payment Yearly
Salary payment Monthly
Commission Payment
Refund / Others (specify)

5 We will ensure that the NRE accounts of beneficiaries, if any, will be included in
the Input Data only after ensuring that such funds are eligible to be credited to Non
Resident (External) (NRE) accounts in India under the existing Foreign Exchange
Management Act (FEMA) Regulations and Wire Transfer Guidelines.

6 Complaints from beneficiaries, if any, relating to non-credit / delayed credit / non-

reporting of uncredited items will be pursued by us with the respective banks /
branches in co-ordination with the Sponsor Bank.

Date: Authorised Signatory of the User

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Part B- To be used by the Sponsor Bank

1 The user has been explained the role and responsibilities of various parties under
NECS. They have, inter-alia, been advised that the responsibilities of ensuring the
accuracy of input data, input preparation and preliminary validation of data as well as
issuance of payment advices to the beneficiaries rest with the User. They have also
been explained that CH would be processing data and working out the clearing
settlement based on this data and in no way be responsible for ensuring the accuracy
of input data or breach of responsibility expected of the Destination Banks.
Complaints, if any, received from the customers / investors / beneficiaries would have
to be handled by the User.

2 We will ensure that the NRE accounts of beneficiaries, if any, will be included in the
Input Data only after ensuring that such funds are eligible to be credited to Non
Resident (External) (NRE) accounts in India under the existing Foreign Exchange
Management Act (FEMA) Regulations and Wire Transfer Guidelines.

3 All complaints relating to non-credit / delayed credit / non-reporting of uncredited

items to RBI or Sponsor Bank would be attended to expeditiously and all possible
help will also be given to the User in this regard.

4 The User has been advised that the User shall preserve the output files to be
provided by the NCC / CH for a minimum period of 10 years and the data shall not be
tampered with during the period of preservation.

5 We recommend that the above named organisation be allowed to participate in the

NECS credit clearing scheme as a User.

6 The registration number may be allotted to the User.

Dated Authorised Signatory of the Sponsor Bank

Part C- For use at NCC / CH

User No. Allotted:

Remarks:

Authorised Signatory of the NCC / CH

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FORM NO. NE-1D Appendix-VI B

National Electronic Clearing Service

Application for Registration with the Sponsor Bank to Avail of NECS (Debit)
Facility

Part A- To be filled in by the User

USER DETAILS

1 Name of the Organisation

2 Address
3 Contact person and telephone number
4 Types of transactions sought to be put through NECS during the first year of availing
NECS services :
Sl. Type of transaction Periodicity Expected Expected
Volume Value

Telephone Payment Monthly

Electricity Payment Monthly / Bi-
monthly
Loan Instalment Monthly / Qtrly /
Half-yearly
Insurance Premium Monthly / Qtrly /
Half yearly / Yearly
Others (specify)

5 We will ensure that the NRE accounts of beneficiaries, if any, will be included in the
Input Data only after ensuring that such debits are in accordance with the existing
Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) Regulations and Wire Transfer
Guidelines.

6 Complaints from beneficiaries, if any, relating to non-debit / delayed debit / non-

reporting of un-debited items will be pursued by us with the respective
banks/branches in co-ordination with the Sponsor Bank.

Authorised Signatory of the User with Stamp

Date

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Part B- To be used by the Sponsor Bank

1 The User has been explained the role and responsibilities of various parties under NECS.
They have, inter-alia, been advised that the responsibilities of ensuring the accuracy of
input data, input preparation and preliminary validation of data as well as issuance of
payment advices to the beneficiaries rest with the User. They have also been explained
that CH would be processing data and working out the clearing settlement based on this
data and in no way be responsible for ensuring the accuracy of input data or breach of
responsibility expected of the Destination Banks. Complaints, if any, received from the
customers / investors / beneficiaries would have to be handled by the User.

2 We will ensure that the NRE accounts of beneficiaries, if any, will be included in the Input
Data only after ensuring that such debits are in accordance with the existing Foreign
Exchange Management Act (FEMA) Regulations and Wire Transfer Guidelines.

3 All complaints relating to non-debit / delayed debit / non-reporting of un-debited items to

RBI or Sponsor Bank would be attended to expeditiously and all possible help will also be
given to the User in this regard.

4 The User has been advised that the User shall preserve the output file to be provided to /
by the NCC / CH for a minimum period of 10 years and the data shall not be tampered
with during the period of preservation.

5 We recommend that the above named organisation be allowed to participate in the

NECS debit clearing scheme as a User.

6 The registration number may be allotted to the User.

Dated Authorised Signatory of the Sponsor Bank

Part C- For use at NCC / Clearing House

User No. Allotted:

Remarks:

Authorised Signatory of the Clearing House

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FORM NO. NE-2C Appendix-VII A

National Electronic Clearing Service

NECS (Credit) Mandate by the Sponsor Bank

Our bank has to act as the Sponsor Bank for M/s... .... ..... ...... ..... ....... ......... ........ ......
....(User No.)

(name of the User Institution)

and authorises Reserve Bank of India / Clearing Agency, ..... ...... ....... ...... ....... ....... to debit
our account maintained at Deposit Accounts Department of RBI / Settlement Bank for the
total value of Credit Contra of Rs....... ..... .... ... (Rupees....... ........ ........ ...... ...... ...... ......
........ ........ ....... ....... ....... ...... ...... ...... ...... .....) as given in the Credit Contra record of the
input files which are being forwarded herewith. The User had already carried out a
preliminary validation check. The upper limit for individual credit item is Rs..... ..... .... ....
(Rupees .... .... .... .... .... ........ .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ..... ..... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ... ....).
We are fully aware of our role and responsibility in the NECS operations as stipulated in the
Procedural Guidelines and also ensure that adequate balance would be available in our
account with RBI / Settlement Bank for settlement. The settlement date (...../......./............)
indicated by the User in the Input File may be amended by NCC / CH as per their
convenience and our confirmation thereon.

(Authorised signatory of the Sponsor Bank)

Place Name:........... .. ...... .......

Date Designation: ...... ..... .... .

Telephone No. .... .... .... ..

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FORM NO. NE-2D Appendix-VII B

National Electronic Clearing Service

NECS (Debit) Mandate by the Sponsor Bank

From: To:

Address)

Our bank has to act as the Sponsor Bank for M/s... .... ..... ...... ..... ....... ......... ... ...... ....(User
No.) (name of the User institution) and
authorises Reserve Bank of India / Clearing Agency, ..... ...... ....... ...... ....... ....... to credit our
account maintained with you for the total value of Debit Contra of Rs....... ..... .... ...
(Rupees....... ........ ........ ...... ...... ...... ...... ........ ........ ....... ....... ....... ...... ...... ...... ...... .....)
as given in the Debit Contra record of the input files which are being forwarded herewith.

The User had already carried out a preliminary validation check. The upper limit for
individual Debit item is Rs..... ..... .... .... (Rupees .... .... .... .... .... ........ .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
..... ..... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ... .... ).

We are fully aware of our role and responsibility in the NECS debit clearing operation as
stipulated in the Guidelines and also ensure that adequate balance would be available in our
account for adjustment, if any, for wrong/disputed debit. The settlement date
(...../......./............) indicated by the User in the Input File may be amended by NCC / CH as
per their convenience under information to us.

(Authorised signatory of the Sponsor Bank)

Place Name..... ......

Date Designation: ........... ....

Telephone No. .... ....

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FORM NO.NE-3C1 Appendix-VIII A

National Electronic Clearing Service

Model letter from a NECS (Credit) User to a Destination Account Holder

Dear Customer / Investor, Date :

A new method of payment had been introduced by Reserve Bank of India which provides you
an option to collect your monthly / quarterly / half-yearly / yearly interest / dividend / salary / pension
directly through your bank accounts. Your bank account would be credited through the new payment
mechanism right on the due date. No payment instrument would be issued as at present. Payment
instruction would be issued by us electronically through our banker to the Clearing Authority and the
Clearing Authority would supply credit reports to the bank with which you maintain the specified
account. The branch will credit your account and indicate the credit entry as „NECS‟ in your pass
book / statement of account and also provide you more details of the transaction. We would be
issuing an advice to you directly after the transaction is effected.

2. Individual transactions without any monetary ceiling would be covered under the Scheme. If you
maintain more than one bank account, payment can be received at any of these accounts. You do
not have to open any new bank account for the purpose.

3. This would be only an additional mode of payment and would be optional. You would have the
right to withdraw from this mode of payment by giving an advance notice of 2 weeks. Your complaint,
if any, (the scope of which is very limited) would be immediately dealt with and we assure you to give
a reply within 15 days.

4. If you are agreeable to participate in the new payment mechanism, you are requested to fill in the
Mandate Form attached herewith. The information to be supplied should be accurate and complete in
all respects and duly certified by your bank.

5. The information provided by you will be kept confidential and would be utilized only for the purpose
of effecting the payments meant for you

Authorised signatory For ABC & Co

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FORM NO.NE-3D1 Appendix-VIII B

National Electronic Clearing Service
Model letter from a NECS (Debit) User to a Destination Account Holder

Dear Customer / Investor Date:

A new method of payment had been introduced by Reserve Bank of India
which provides you an option to pay your monthly / quarterly / half-yearly / yearly
interest / dividend / salary / pension utility bills like telephone, electricity, loan
instalments, insurance premium, etc., directly through your bank accounts. Your
bank account would be debited through the new payment mechanism right on
the due date. You would be advised in the usual manner to pay the bill. Payment
instruction would be issued by us electronically through our banker to the
Clearing Authority and the Clearing Authority would supply debit reports to the
bank with which you maintain the specified account. The branch will debit your
account and indicate the debit entry as „NECS‟ in your pass book / statement of
account.
2. If you maintain more than one bank account, payment can be received from any of
these accounts. You do not have to open any new bank account for the purpose.

3. This would be only an additional mode of payment and would be optional. You would
have the right to withdraw from this mode of payment by giving an
advance notice of 2 weeks. Your complaint, if any, (the scope of which is very
limited) would be immediately dealt with and we assure you to give a reply within
15 days.

4. If you are agreeable to participate in the new payment mechanism, you are
requested to fill in the Mandate Form attached herewith. The information to be
supplied should accurate and complete in all respects and duly certified by your
bank.

5 The information provided by you will be kept confidential and would be utilized only
for the purpose of effecting the payments meant for you.

Authorised signatory of ABC & Co

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FORM NO. NE-3C2 Appendix-IX A

National Electronic Clearing Service

NECS (Credit) Model Mandate Form

Investor / Customer’s option to receive payments through NECS (Credit)

Name of the Scheme and the periodicity of payment

No.
1. Investor / Customer‟s name:
2. Particulars of Bank account
Name of the Bank :
Name of the Branch :
Address :
Telephone No. :
3. Nine Digit code number of the bank branch

4. Type of the account (S.B., Current or Cash Credit )

with code (10/11/13/29/30/31)

5. Account number (new account number)

(In lieu of the bank certificate to be obtained as under, please attach

photocopy of a cheque or front page of your savings bank passbook issued
by your bank for verification of the above particulars)

6. Date of effect :

I hereby declare that the particulars given above are correct and complete. If
the transaction is delayed or not effected at all for reasons of incomplete or
incorrect information, I would not hold the User Institution responsible. I have
read the option invitation letter and agree to discharge the responsibility
expected of me as a participant under the scheme.

Date: Signature of the Investor / Customer

Certified that the particulars furnished above are correct as per our records.

Bank‟s Stamp Signature of the authorised official of the Bank

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FORM NO. NE-3D2 Appendix-IX B

National Electronic Clearing Service

NECS (Debit) Model Mandate Form

The Manager
Copy to the User Company
(Bank Name)------------------

(Branch Name)---------------- Name ----------------------------

(Address) --------------------- Address -------------------------

Telephone No.--------------. ------------------------------------
I hereby authorize you to debit my account for making payment to -------------------- (User Co. Name)
Telephone No.------------------
through NECS (Debit) as per details given under :

A. 9-DIGIT CODE OF THE BANK & BRANCH :

B. ACCOUNT TYPE : (S.B. Account / Current Account or Cash Credit)

C. ACCOUNT NUMBER (CBS enabled new account numbers only)

D.

Name of the Date of Periodicity Amount of Number of

Scheme effect instalment / Amt instalments / Valid up
(M / Bi M / Qly /
of bill with upper to (in case of utility
etc.)
limit bills)

E. Date of effect :

I hereby declare that the particulars given above are correct and complete. If the transaction is
delayed or not effected at all for reasons of incomplete or incorrect information, I would not hold the
User institution responsible. I have read the option invitation letter and agree to discharge the
responsibility expected of me as a participant under the scheme.
Date Signature of the Customer

Certified that the particulars furnished above are correct as per our records. (Banks stamp)

Date Signature of the Authorized official from the Bank

(Note : Mandate to be obtained in 3 copies, Original for Bank, One for User Co. and other for
customer)
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