What are the latest guidelines on Priority sector lending and targets?
Updated on September 4, 2020: RBI revised priority credit lending guidelines. In the new guidelines, Bank finance to start-ups (up to ₹50 crores); loans to farmers for installation of solar power plants for solarisation of grid-connected agriculture pumps, and loans for setting up Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) plants have been included as fresh categories eligible for…
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Interest Equalisation Scheme for Export Credit
The interest Equalisation Scheme (IES) for pre and post shipment rupee export credit is being implemented by Directorate (DGFT) through commercial banks.The scheme came into effect from 01.04.2015 and is for a period of 5 years.(The scheme was earlier called as ‘interest subvention scheme’ which was existing for the period from August 2010 to 31.03.2015).…
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Difference between Gross NPA and Net NPA explained
[This article elucidates the gains of NPA recovery and the difference between Gross NPA and Net NPA] An asset (loan and advances of the bank) becomes non-performing asset (NPA) when it ceases to generate income for the bank. If interest and or installment of principal amount of loan remain ‘overdue’* for a period of more…
Read article What is the difference between ‘Loan waiver’ and Loan ‘Written- off’?
Let us take an example, one of your friends borrowed a sum of Rs.10000/-from you, but he was unable to repay because of his unusual financial difficulties. You have realized the situation of your friend that the repayment of loan is beyond his control; so you forgave the loan amount given to him and informed…
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MSME loans up to 1 Crore within 59 minutes: FM
The government on Tuesday (September 25, 2018) announced 3 new major initiatives viz. Quick loan for MSME, Financial inclusion index, and Geographical mapping of banking services. The Finance Minister on Tuesday launched a new portal “Quick loan for MSME” which sets, for a new benchmark in loan processing and reduces the turnaround time from 20-25…
Monetary limit for filing cases in DRT rose up to Rs.20 lakh
The notification dated September 6, 2018 of finance ministry, Government of India increased the monetary limit up to Rs.20 lakh for filing loan recovery application in the Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRT) by banks and financial institutions. It is reported that there are 38,376 cases pending in 39 debt recovery tribunals (DRTs) in the country, as…
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