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The government on Thursday, 23 August, announced a slew of measures to ensure that loans for home, vehicles and consumption goods become cheaper and widely available through banking and non-banking finance companies.
Addressing the media, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also said that banks will pass on RBI rate cut benefits to borrowers through MCLR reduction.
Sitharaman also announced additional liquidity support of Rs 20,000 crore to housing finance companies (HFCs) by the National Housing Bank (NHB), thereby increasing the total support to Rs 30,000 crore.
The government announced partial credit scheme for purchase of pooled assets of non-banking finance companies and HFCs up to Rs 1 lakh crore to be monitored at highest level in each bank.
Prepayment notices issued to NBFCs will be monitored by banks.
The government has decided to make necessary changes in PMLA rules and Aadhaar regulations to ease the lending process.
"Working capital loans for industry will also become cheaper," Sitharaman said.
"This will benefit borrowers who have mortgaged assets," Sitharaman said.
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