Informal Micro Enterprises (IMEs) were defined as those enterprises which are unable to get registered on the Udyam Registration Portal (URP) due to a lack of mandatory required documents such as Permanent Account Number (PAN) or Goods and Services Tax Identification Number (GSTIN). As per the existing guidelines, all lenders were required to obtain a…
Union MSME Minister Narayan Rane on Thursday launched the revamped Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE) scheme. The modifications included a reduction in guarantee fees for loans up to ₹1 crore by 50% to the level of 0.37% per annum only. Another major change announced was raising of ceiling for the…
RBI today announced through a circular that the GCC Scheme shall henceforth be called “General Credit Card (GCC) Facility. The General Credit Cards (GCC cards) can be issued by banks to Individuals who have been sanctioned working capital facilities for non-farm entrepreneurial activities that are eligible for classification under the priority sector guidelines. The GCC…
There are several major centrally sponsored schemes under which credit is provided by banks and subsidy is received through Government Agencies. Credit flow under these schemes is monitored by RBI. Under each of these, there is a significant reservation/relaxation for the members of the SC/ST communities. SCLCSS for under the National SC/ST hub scheme: The…
RBI on April 3, 2023, issued a Master circular, consolidating the instructions/guidelines issued to banks on the housing finance issued up to March 31, 2023. According to the above instruction, individuals are eligible for housing finance for the construction of building/ready-built houses for the following purposes. In light of the observations of the Delhi High…
(This article envisions what are the title deeds of a property, how to examine them, and how to find out if the construction is legal and authorized, etc.) Identifying a property for purchase is not just about the price of the property, locality, or amenities like a gym, club swimming pool, etc. Along with identifying…
In terms of Section 15 of the Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005(CICRA), every credit institution shall become a member of at least one Credit Information Company. Normally to adhere to the above regulation most of the Banks and Financial institutions become members of CIBIL to seek CIR of the borrower entity, all the partners,…
The main concern of a bank is that security available to it should be good enough to fall back upon, in the event of adverse circumstances. The role of loan documentation in the bank is to establish a legal relationship between the lender and the borrower when the dispute goes to a court of law.…
The article explains various types of charges created by banks to establish their rights over the specified security when the borrower defaults. The charge creation means establishing the lender’s right to recover from the specified assets of the borrower, in case the recovery is difficult in the normal course. The mode of bank charge on…
The interest rate on advance levied by banks comprises the BPLR, Base rate, MCLR rate, or external benchmarks like Repo-linked lending of the respective bank, and the ‘Spread’ over the cost of lending is decided by the bank’s Board. The determination of ‘Spread’ varies on each category of advance depending upon the tenure of the…