RBI revises the guidelines for Priority Sector Lending vide its circular dated Sept 4, 2020. In the revised PSL Guidelines, the Reserve Bank of India doubled credit limits for certain categories, has included some fresh categories eligible for finance under the priority sector. These include loans to farmers for installation of solar power plants; loans…
Directing the government to implement the decision to waive “interest on interest” without delay, yesterday the Supreme Court directed the Centre to come back “with an appropriate action plan” on November 2. The above direction came from Apex court when solicitor general Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, said the waiver would come into effect by…
RBI today released FAQs on the resolution framework for Covid-19 related stress, clarifying to borrowers as well as lenders that a loan account that was due for more than 30 days as of March 1, 2020, but subsequently got regularised, will not be ineligible for resolution under the COVID-19 resolution framework. The above clarification was…
In the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies dated October 9, 2020 broadcasted by RBI on the limit for regulatory retail portfolio, it was decided to revise the risk weight for individual exposures to reduce the cost of credit to this segment. In terms of RBI’s extant guidelines in respect of “Claims included in the…
The Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies of RBI on its 4th quarterly review has taken two key decisions. One, the the rationalization of risk weights for banks and secondly, the co-origination of loans for NBFCs and HFCs has been allowed. Rationalisation of risk weight: In terms of the extant regulations on capital charge for…
The Ministry of MSME (MoMSME) has implemented the “Interest Subvention Scheme for Incremental credit to MSMEs” vide circular no. FIDD.CO.MSME.BC.No.14/06.02.031/2018-19 dated February 21, 2019. According to the RBI circular, the term loan or working capital extended by Scheduled Commercial Banks to MSMEs are eligible under the scheme. Both manufacturing and service enterprises are eligible for…
A bill of exchange is a negotiable instrument issued by the seller (the creditor) and orders the buyer (the debtor) to pay a particular amount within a given period of time for the goods supplied or services rendered by the seller. On the due date of payment, the financial intermediary or the seller directly collects…
In our previous post “CERSAI Rules make mandatory registration of charges of every kind”, we have written about legal obligations of banks and financial institutions to register creation of security interest over an asset with the Central Registry of Securitisation Asset Reconstruction and Security Interest of India (CERSAI). Effective from August 3, 2020, an upgraded…
Based on the report of the Expert Committee (K.V.Kamath Committee) on Resolution Framework for Covid-19 related Stress the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday announced the financial parameters for the resolution plans under the scheme. The Committee has recommended financial parameters that, inter alia, include aspects related to leverage, liquidity, and debt serviceability. The…
Today (September 4, 2020) announced that PSL guidelines have been comprehensively reviewed to align it with emerging national priorities and bring a sharper focus on inclusive development, after having wide-ranging discussions with all stakeholders. “Revised PSL guidelines will enable better credit penetration to credit deficient areas; increase the lending to small and marginal farmers and…