Legal Entity Identifier India Limited (CIN- U74900MH2015PLC268921) – A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of The Clearing Corporation of India Ltd. acts as a Local Operating Unit (LOU) for issuing globally compatible Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) in India.

“LEIL has been recognized by the Reserve Bank of India as an “Issuer” of Legal Entity Identifiers under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act 2007 (as amended in 2015).” LEIL has been Accredited by the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) as a Local Operation Unit (LOU) for issuance and management of LEI's.

Why is a Legal Entity Identifier required for my organization?

The Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) is a global reference number that uniquely identifies every legal entity or structure that is party to a financial transaction, in any jurisdiction.
LEIL will assign LEIs to any legal identity including but not limited to all intermediary institutions, banks, mutual funds, partnership companies, trusts, holdings, special purpose vehicles, asset management companies and all other institutions being parties to financial transactions.
LEI will be assigned on application from the legal entity and after due validation of data. For the organization, LEI will
  • Serve as a proof of identity for a financial entity
  • Help to abide by regulatory requirements
  • Facilitate transaction reporting to Trade Repositories

What is the LEI code?

The structure of the global LEI is determined in detail by ISO Standard 17442 and takes into account Financial Stability Board (FSB) stipulations.



LEIL as an LOU

The parent Company CCIL, offers a host of services that enables trading on sophisticated Trading Platforms, reporting trades to a comprehensive Trade Repository, settle the trades on a guaranteed basis through its CCP services and enjoy a range of post-trade services. At every stage, the LEI will be a useful value-addition. LEIL uses its parent company’s expertise in trading, reporting and settlement engines to bring to you LEI web portal that provides a number of benefits:
  • Self-registration – Set yourself up quickly and simply
  • Advanced search and filter including foreign LEIs – helps you find the information you need quickly
  • Challenges – assists with the proactive maintenance of entity data
  • Easy to use interface – User Guide, FAQs and very little training required
  • Accuracy and reliability – Rigorous duplicate check from consolidated database from other LOUs.
What's New
April 17, 2018
Extension in Timeline for OTC derivatives for obtaining LEI's for OTC derivatives contracts

we have been advised by the RBI as follows.
"Given the pendency of application due to spurt in application close to or after cut-off date, it has been decided to allow banks to book OTC derivative contracts for corporate without LEI code provide that-  banks satisfy themselves that the corporate has already applied for LEI code at the time of booking of contract.
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November 02, 2017
RBI Mandate - Introduction of Legal Entity Identifier for large corporate borrowers

The Reserve Bank of India has mandated the phase-wise implementation of the LEI system for all borrowers of banks in India.
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September 19, 2017
GST Details of LEIL

June 30, 2017
New Charges with effect from July 1, 2017

The Government of India proposes to implement Goods & Services Tax (GST) from July 1st 2017. Consequently, the existing service tax rate of 15% shall be replaced by GST @18%.
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June 02, 2017
RBI Mandate - Introduction of Legal Entity Identifier for OTC derivatives markets

The Reserve Bank of India has mandated the implementation of the LEI system for all participants in the Over-the-Counter (OTC) markets for Rupee Interest Rate derivatives, foreign currency derivatives and credit derivatives in India, in a phased manner.
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April 03, 2017
Submission of Relationship Data Information

From 1st May 2017, recording of Relationship Data will start in the GLEIS (Global LEI System). Accordingly, all entities desirous of obtaining LEI,  need to submit data of their  Direct and/or Ultimate Parent.
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