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. updated on November 17, 2023: RBI on Thursday (November 17, 2023)increases risk weights…
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…
According to the sources with direct knowledge of the matter, the Department of Financial Services (DFS) has written a letter to Chairmen and heads of the banks on August 26, asking them to consider setting up of an IT system to collate such data, The IBC code amendment 2019 allows creditor to permits file insolvency…
As per RBI master circular, it is a prerequisite for banks to fix a Date of Commencement of Commercial Operations (DCCO) for all project loans at the time of sanction of the loan or financial closure in the case of multiple banking or consortium arrangements. Financial closure is defined as a stage when all the…
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) notified the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2020 on August 7, 2020. As per the latest amendment, which is effective from 07th August 2020, the authorized representative of creditors shall seek voting instructions only after the circulation…