(The article gives the insight of important points to be borne in mind at the time of execution of loan documents with a to z check-list.) The system of obtaining proper documents as per sanction terms is called documentation.Without the proper documents, it is hard to create a legally enforceable charge on the security offered. Selection…
[This article elucidates details of three categories of stamp duties in relation to transaction type, on adjudication, impounding of documents and also refund of unused stamp papers. The idea of Government raising revenue by way of stamp duty from the transactions of its citizen said to be originated in Holland in the early sixteenth century.…
The Government of India recently approved the repealing of all earlier schemes under existing National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) and Modified National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (MNAIS). A new Insurance scheme called “Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) is put in place which replaces the old schemes from Kharif 2016. For all loanee farmers who borrow…
The diversion of funds means utilization of funds by the borrower in deviation of sanction terms of the lender, including any of the following occurrences. The credit facility extended for the working capital purposes, used by the unit for long term purposes, which is not in conformity with the sanction terms. The unit deploys borrowed…
[The identification of a ‘wilful defaulter’ is done on the basis of eventual conclusion that the default is intentional, deliberate and calculated. The process of categorizations of the ‘wilful defaulter’ is required to be done thoughtfully on the basis of track record of the borrower/guarantor and not on the basis of an isolated transaction or incident.…
Udyog Aadhaar registration is the new system that replaced the earlier system of SSI registration and EM-I/II. The gazette notification dated 18.09.2015 brought an end to the legacy of registration of SSI and Entrepreneur Memorandum (EM-I/II) as all other online/ offline systems of registration of MSMEs created and maintained by Central/State/UT Governments cease to register…
The commercial banks in India were not allowed to extend non-fund based facilities to non-constituents borrowers of the banks in order to prevent frauds, diversion of funds etc. However, the above restriction imposed by RBI vide circular DBOD.Dir.BC.62/13.07.09/2002-03 dated January 24, 2003 created problems to the customers who do not enjoy fund based credit facilities…
Leasing Finance: A lease is a contract between the owner (lessor) and the user (lessee). There is various type of lease viz. operating lease, finance lease etc. In terms of lease agreement the lessor pays money to the supplier who in turn delivers the article to the lessee. The lessee (hirer of the article) makes…
Bills finance is short term and self- liquidating finance in nature. Demand Bills are purchased and Usance bills are discounted and the bills drawn under Letter of Credit (LC may be on sight draft or usance draft) are negotiated by the banks. The advantage of bills finance is that the seller of goods (borrower) gets immediate…
A Cash Credit (CC) account is a credit facility extended to a borrower in the form of running account (like a current account). Under this facility the borrower is permitted to continuously overdraw from his account up to a certain specified amount sanctioned by the bank. This type of funding is provided by banks on…