The Sikhs, Muslims, Christians, Zoroastrians, Buddhists, Jains communities in India are classified as minority communities as per notification of Ministry of Welfare, Government of India. In 121 districts in the country, the minority population exceeds 25% of total population of the districts. Further, in the states of J & K, Punjab, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and…
[Government’s support to women SHGs in rural area under Deenadayal Anthyodaya Yojana- National Rural livelihoods Mission DAY-NRLM – (Corpus from Revolving Fund, ‘Panchasutra of good SHGs, CIF loan, the maximum amount of loan, repayment schedule, margin and security for the Bank loans)] Who can form SHG under DAY-NRLM? Women Self Help Group (SHG) under DAY-NRLM is the…
[This article offers process of credit facilities to film industry under cash budget & Line of credits (LOCs)] The feature film production involves buying script, evolving screenplays, dialogs, scouting site location, film shooting, music recording, lab processing and post-production activities such as editing, dubbing, re-recording, mixing, taking final prints, obtaining censor clearance and release of…
Latest: A few sections relating to registration of security interest by secured and other creditors, the effect of registration of transactions, right of enforcement of securities, and priority to secured creditors were not notified in the said amendment. In view of the foregoing Section 17 to Section 19 of the 2016 Act have been notified…
(This article elucidates comprehensively about S4A (‘Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets’) to tackle the problem loans of large projects. The article also covers S4A- post resolution, with regard to management issues, Asset Classification, and Provisioning) The newly announced ‘Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets’ (S4A) by RBI is outlined to tackle the…
(This article elucidates about self-help groups, their activities, loan facilities from banks, advantages of lending to SHGs, Aajeevika- National Rural livelihoods Mission (NRLM) for women SHGs in rural areas.) Women Self Help Group (SHG) is the group voluntarily formed by 10-20 women involved in livelihood activities like making candles, artificial jewellery, pavement vendors, hawkers, tailoring…
The Stand-Up India Scheme is launched by Government of India to generate the profitable employment to hitherto underserved segment of our society. The scheme provides bank loans between 10 lakh and 100 lakh to at least one Scheduled Caste (SC) or Scheduled Tribe (ST) borrower and at least one woman borrower per bank branch for setting…
Loans must be made available to illiterate customers as are offered to other customers. Their inability to read the contents of document and execution thereof should not be a criterion for sanctioning/denying a loan. As far as execution of documents there is no distinction under law, between a literate and illiterate person. Therefore, the requirements…
[This article explains on grading of borrowers who have a short credit history, how the credit score is calculated, factors considered for calculation of scores, the important aspects to see in the CIR] The loan applicant’s credit scores work as the first impression for any lender. Normally, the lender would evaluate other details of the…
[This post answers on many questions like ‘What is a PSL certificate?’, ‘Who needs PSLCs?’, ‘How the limit for issuance of each category of PSLC is decided?’ ‘How the PSLC transactions are computed for determination of PSL target/sub-targets?’, ‘Is there any expiry date to PSLCs?’, ‘Whether the loan assets or risks of loan defaults are…