The RBI has added HDFC Bank, the 2nd largest private sector lender bank of the country, to the list of DSIBs or Domestic Systematically Important Banks.

• DSIBs are percieved certain banks in the country on whom the economy of the country depends.
• These are perceived as TBTF - Too Big To Fail.
• There are two types of SIBs - Global SIBs, identified by BASEL Committee and Domestic SIBs identified by central bank of country.

RBI had started listing D-SIBs from August 2015 after it had issued Framework for dealing with D-SIBs in July 2014. D-SIB Framework requires RBI to disclose names of banks designated as D-SIBs every year in August starting from August 2015.