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…
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…
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 government of India promulgated an ordinance to suspended initiation of fresh insolvency proceedings for a period of six months to shield companies impacted by the outbreak of Covid-19. Ministry of Finance has announced that the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code (“IBC”) proceedings under Section 7, 9 and 10 would be suspended for a period of…
The Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002(SARFAESI Act 2002) provide for Enforcement of Security Interest for the realization of the dues without the intervention of Courts or Tribunals for recovery of NPAs by banks under various laws. In 2016 NBFC is included under the definition of the financial institution through…
Service area approach (SAA) is a developed version of the ‘area approach’ structure of the Lead Bank Scheme. Under SAA plan each commercial bank / RRB branch in a rural and semi-urban area is designated to serve 15 to 25 villages for the planned and orderly development of the areas. The designated branch of a…
Background: In October 1969, the study group lead by Prof. D. R. Gadgil (Gadgil Study Group) recommended the adoption of an ‘Area Approach‘ to evolve plans and programmes for the development of an adequate banking and credit structure in the rural areas. Further, under the chairmanship of Shri F. K. F. Nariman (Nariman Committee) a…
[This post offers updated guidelines/instructions on SHG-Bank linkage programme at one place based on various circulars issued by Reserve Bank of India on the subject up to June 30, 2020] The Self Help Group-Bank Linkage Programme (SBLP) was started in 1992 at the initiative of NABARD. The basic idea of the SBLP is to link…
The credit facilities extended to MSMEs under ‘Distressed Assets Fund – Subordinate Debt for Stressed MSMEs scheme’ as a special dispensation, are backed by a guarantee from the Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE). RBI vide its circular dated July 1, 2020 permitted all the scheduled commercial banks to reckon the…
Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) which is also known as Guaranteed Emergency Credit Line (GECL) scheme is a 100% collateral free fund-based working capital term loan extended by the banks, NBFCs and Financial Institutions (FIs) to Business entities /MSMEs including borrowers of MUDRA loans constituted as Proprietorship, Partnership, a registered company, trusts, and Limited…