A lien or positive lien is akin to a bailment. It is the claim or legal right to retain goods or securities that are typically used as collateral to satisfy a debt. There is no legal definition of the term ‘negative lien’ in any of the Indian legislative enactments. But as it is understood in…
The Reserve Bank on Thursday came out with a Co-Lending Model (CLM) scheme under which banks can provide loans along with NBFCs (including HFCs) to priority sector borrowers based on a prior agreement. The arrangement entailed joint contribution of credit at the facility level by both the lenders as also sharing of risks and rewards.…
Today (02.11.2020), RBI announced that banks may ensure compliance with the instructions contained in their Circular dated August 6, is extended up to December 15, 2020. In its circular of August 6, RBI said in respect of the opening of current accounts banks shall comply with all the instructions contained therein the circular. For existing…
Every other day, we have been coming across cases where fraudsters are using Power of Attorney to create mortgages or sale of properties. General Public, Bankers, and other financial lenders are most vulnerable to mortgage-related frauds. Therefore, Staff working in the loan and advance departments of banks and financial departments shall be vigilant at the…
On Friday (October 23, 2020), the finance ministry announced the details of the implementation of the waiver of ‘interest on interest’ on loans of up to Rs 2 crore for the six-month moratorium that was rolled out to mitigate the hardship of borrowers hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The Government also announced that those who…
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. 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…