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....oan From MFIs <br>News and Press Release<br>Dated:- 26-4-2013<br><BR>Under the Priority Sector Lending (PSL) guidelines of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued on 20th July, 2012 bank credit to Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) extended on, or after, April 1, 2011 for on-lending to individuals and also to members of Self Help Groups (SHGs)/Joint Liability Groups (JLGs) will be eligible for categoriz....
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....ation as priority sector advance, provided not less than 85% of total assets of MFI (other than cash, balances with banks and financial institutions, government securities and money market instruments) are in the nature of "qualifying assets". In addition, aggregate amount of loan, extended for income generating activity, is not less than 75% of the total loans given by MFIs. A qualifying asset s....
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....hall mean a loan disbursed by MFI which inter-alia satisfies some conditions on household income, indebtedness of the borrower, amount and tenure of loan as well as periodicity of repayment. As per extant guidelines on Priority Sector Lending (PSL), all domestic Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) are mandated to earmark 40 per cent of their Adjusted Net Bank Credit (ANBC) or Credit Equivalent Amou....
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....nt of Off-balance Sheet Exposure (OBE), whichever is higher, as on March 31 of the previous year, for lending to priority sector. The categorization of bank credit to MFIs as priority sector advance as explained above is likely to improve the flow of funds to the sector. This was stated by Minister of State for Finance, Shri Namo Narain Meena, in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha toda....
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