On Friday (May 22, 2020), in its statement on developmental and regulatory policy measures, RBI announced several measures to improve the functioning of markets and market participants; measures to support exports and imports; efforts to further ease financial stress caused by COVID-19 disruptions by providing relief on debt servicing and improving access to working capital;…
A cut in policy repo rate, an extension of the moratorium on loans by another three months, [taking the total period of applicability of the measures to six months (i.e. from March 1, 2020, to August 31, 2020)], relief for corporates by permitting lenders to convert the accumulated interest on working capital facilities over the…
(The following post explains the difference between Funded Interest Term Loan (FITL) and Working Capital Term Loan (WCTL) What is FITL? Funded Interest Term Loan in a short form known as FITL. When the manufacturing units face severe financial crises, not able to meet their loan obligations, banks extend the FITL facility to such units…
According to news reports, Bankers are unhappy to learn that the newly envisaged Rs.20000 crore loan guarantee scheme for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) will not be available from the Government of India as expected but from the credit guarantee trust fund for micro and small enterprises (CGTMSE). CGTMSE guarantee has its caveats, it…
The Central Board of Income Tax on Wednesday (May 13) Vide circular Number 280/2020 dated 13-04-2020, ordered a 25% reduction in the rate of income tax deducted at source (TDS) and tax collection at source (TCS) from 14 May to 31 March to provide more money in the hands of taxpayers. This reduced rate of…
Today (May 13, 2020), Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the extension of due date for all income tax returns to November 30. While addressing the press she made several announcements. The highlights of the announcements are as under. The due date for all income tax returns extended up to November 30 Statutory PF contribution is…
With the economy hit by the COVID-19 crisis, banks are now preparing for a possible spike in bad loans. According to experts, bad loans (NPAs) of the banks are expected to rise to 11-11.5% of the total advances by March 2021. In this context of default risk by the COVID induced lockdown continues to exacerbate…
Kisan Credit Accounts are normally short term crop loans emerged as an innovative credit delivery mechanism to meet the production credit requirements of the farmers in a timely and hassle-free manner. The repayment period may be fixed as per the anticipated harvesting and marketing period for the crops for which a loan has been granted. …
RBI on Tuesday (May 5, 2020) issued FAQs on cash withdrawal from Point of sale (POS) terminals with the following information for general guidance purposes. The cash withdrawal facility at POS terminal is made available at merchant establishments designated by the acquirer banks (i.e. the banks that deploy the PoS terminals) after a process of…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (May 05, 2020) held that cooperative banks come under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Act 2002 (SARFAESI Act). The SARFAESI Act law empowers lenders to seize and sell defaulters’ assets. A five members constitution bench of Justices Arun Mishra, Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran, M.R.…