Budget 2025: Why Nirmala Sitharaman needs to revamp priority sector lending and how it can drive growthBudget 2025: The CII has recommended changes to India's lending policy for the 2025 budget. They want a review every 3-4 years. CII suggest...
23 Dec, 2024, 04.02 PM IST
CII seeks reforms in India's priority sector lending frameworkIndia's industry body, CII, recommends changes to the Priority Sector Lending policy. CII suggests adding new sectors like digital infrastr...
22 Dec, 2024, 02.53 PM IST
RBI notifies 4 key measures to help strengthen 1,514 Urban Co-operative Banks"Pursuant to detailed discussions held by Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharam...
09 Jun, 2023, 07.42 PM IST
Priority Sector Lending target deadline for Urban Cooperative Banks extendedThe Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has given Indian urban cooperative banks more regulatory flexibility by extending the meeting deadline for ...
08 Jun, 2023, 03.33 PM IST
Credit guarantee scheme from govt needed for startup loans: SBI economists after change in RBI normsEarlier in the day, the Reserve Bank came out with revised guidelines for priority sector lending (PSL) which included lending of up to Rs ...
04 Sep, 2020, 09.51 PM IST
RBI expands priority sector lending categories; includes startupsThe revised guidelines, the RBI said, also seeks to address the issues concerning regional disparities in the flow of priority sector credi...
04 Sep, 2020, 03.51 PM IST
RBI gets tough on MNC banks, asks them to create sub-targets to meet PSL normsThe move, directed at foreign banks with over 20 branches will impact the likes of Standard Chartered, Citi and HSBC, which much higher bra...
04 Mar, 2018, 09.22 PM IST
IDFC bank’s efforts to meet priority sector lending norms to help microfinance firmsIDFC Bank confirmed that it is looking to buy priority sector loans without discussing the names. Currently, the bank on-lends to these ins...
06 Oct, 2016, 08.54 AM IST
Securitisation market looks up after 2 years of declineAfter two years of decline, securitisation market is looking up, thanks to new investment structures like commercial mortgage-backed securi...
26 Aug, 2015, 05.09 AM IST
Revised priority sector norms to make it easy for banks to meet targets, but may dent their earningsAs of now most the priority sector loans are disbursed in the last quarter since PSL is accessed on annual basis.
24 Apr, 2015, 08.14 PM IST
New Priority Sector Lending guidelines to be out by April-end: Raghuram RajanRajan said the new norms will be as per the RBI's desire to make banking be ownership-neutral and these are the "path adjustment" which wil...
07 Apr, 2015, 04.49 PM IST
Government mulls priority sector lending certificates for banksAmong the changes proposed, renewable energy sector is likely to be accorded the priority sector lending status, up to Rs 10 crore loans.
15 Mar, 2015, 12.37 PM IST
Public sector banks can mull branch swap before consolidation: Hasmukh Adhia, Financial Services Secretary"On common equity side, the requirement is 5.5% and it is going to remain steady but today the average common equity for all PSBs is 8.2% a...
03 Mar, 2015, 03.08 AM IST
RBI widens scope for PSL, steeply hikes cap on MSME creditThe Reserve Bank today announced three changes to the priority sector lending norms and more than doubled the limit for MSME advances.
03 May, 2013, 02.43 PM IST
Farm financing may decline sharply on revised priority sector lending normsThe norms for agri finance under PSL segment as revised by RBI on 20 July 2012 are expected to lead to a huge decline in lending to agri se...
19 Oct, 2012, 12.17 PM IST
- PSL norms for foreign banks: K C Chakrabarty dismisses criticism
Dismissing criticism of RBI's stance of treating foreign banks at par with domestic peers with regard to priority sector lending, RBI Deput...
15 Oct, 2012, 11.19 PM IST
- Withdrawal of PSL benefit: Cost of funds for gold loan cos to go up
RBI had last week revised its PSL norms under which a bank lends at lower interest rates to borrower institutions engaged in socially uplif...
08 Feb, 2011, 08.47 PM IST