Center Waives Interest On Loans Up To Two Crores
Center waives interest on loans up to two crores: Government’s Diwali gift to borrowers. During the festive season, the central government has provided great relief to the borrowers.
The government has issued interest waiver guidelines on EMI during the loan moratorium period.
The Central Government has issued a guideline relating to the payment of the difference between compound interest and simple interest to the borrowers as grace money for a period of six months on loans up to Rs 2 crore between March 1, 2020, to August 31, 2020.
Has been approved. This means that the Central Government has approved the interest waiver guidelines on interest on loans.
This benefit will be obtained through the lending institutions, as per the eligibility criteria. Loans under this scheme include loans, home loans, education loans, credit card dues, auto loans, consumer goods loans, personal loans, and consumer loans for MSMEs up to two crore rupees.
Center Waives Interest: It may be noted that the Supreme Court had given directions for early implementation of the Interest Waiver Scheme on interest on loans up to Rs 2 crore in the loan moratorium implemented by the Central Government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic.
According to the guidelines approved by the Center, financial institutions and banks will deposit the amount of the difference between compound interest and simple interest during the moratorium period in the loan account of eligible borrowers.
This will benefit those borrowers who have partially or fully taken advantage of the Moratorium scheme announced by the Reserve Bank.
After approving the guidelines, now banks and financial institutions will put money in the loan account of the concerned borrower and take payment from the central government. It is being told that due to the waiver of interest on this interest, the exchequer will incur a burden of Rs 6,500 crore.
There is good news between the coronavirus epidemic and the economy struggling with lockdown restrictions. India’s foreign exchange reserves have reached an all-time high. India’s foreign exchange reserves have reached a record level of $ 555.12 billion.
The foreign exchange reserves have increased by $ 3.615 billion in the week ending October 16, reaching an all-time high. This information has been obtained from the Reserve Bank of India data.
In the previous week, ie, the week ended 9 October 2020, the country’s foreign exchange reserves had increased by $ 5.867 billion, bringing it to $ 551.505 billion.
The main reason for this increase in the country’s foreign exchange reserves during the period under review is the sharp increase in foreign currency assets (FCA).
The FCA constitutes a significant part of the total foreign exchange reserves. The FCA grew by $ 3.539 billion during the period under review, increasing it to $ 512.322 billion.
