In view of Bank unions AIBOC and AIBEA have opposed the Reserve Bank’s move to allow lenders to settle loans of wilful defaulters under compromise settlement, the central bank in a follow-up on Monday issued FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) related to its June 8 circular. RBI denied that it has introduced a new clause permitting…
Regulated Entities like banks and NBFCs may undertake technical write-offs in loan accounts that are either considered unrecoverable or whose recovery is likely to consume disproportionate resources of the lenders. The board approval will be required for compromise settlements or technical write-offs for accounts categorised as wilful defaulters or fraud. As for technical or prudential…
RBI permitted Regulated Entities (Res) like banks, NBFCs, and other financial institutions to put in place Board-approved policies for undertaking compromise settlements with the borrowers as well as for technical write-offs. Compromise settlement for this purpose shall refer to any negotiated arrangement with the borrower to fully settle the claims of the RE against the…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday announced that banks are allowed to utilise100 per cent of floating provisions/counter-cyclical provisioning buffer for making specific provisions for non-performing assets. RBI in its circular dated May 5, 2021 stated that “In order to mitigate the adverse impact of COVID 19 related stress on…
RBI on Wednesday (5th May) announced Resolution Framework 2.0 targeting individual, small businesses and MSME borrowers. In terms of RBI’s Febraury 5th circular, Scheduled Commercial Banks were allowed to deduct the amount equivalent to credit disbursed to new MSME borrowers from their Net Demand and Time Liabilities (NDTL) for calculation of the Cash Reserve Ratio…
On the subject of a bad bank, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Saturday said RBI can consider the idea of a bad bank if there is any such proposal. He said the idea has been under discussion for a very long time. “We in the RBI have provided regulatory guidelines for asset reconstruction companies and…
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…
The BSR-1 released by RBI at every quarter shows that small borrowal accounts the credit limit up to ₹ 0.2 million constitute only a share of 7.3 percent in total outstanding credit of the banks. From the above stats, we may infer that it is the large borrowers who have been heavily damaging banking industries…
On Friday (April 17), the Reserve Bank of India announced freezing of classification of non-performing assets for three months starting March 1, in view of the widespread impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent nationwide lockdown. “In respect of all accounts for which lending institutions decide to grant moratorium and which were standard as…