Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das has said that necessary steps will be taken by the central bank if there is a liquidity shortage in the economy. Though, he assured that liquidity needs have been met at the moment. Pointing out that liquidity in the system is regularly monitored, he said the RBI will take steps whenever there is any deficit. He also said “at the same time, I must also add the RBI would not like a situation where liquidity becomes a kind of loose money. Any infusion of liquidity will have to be carefully considered and has to be need-based. Therefore, caution and care have to be exercised by the RBI so that excess liquidity, ... sometimes have adverse consequences, that is not created.”
Das also said that he will meet representatives of non-banking finance companies to understand the liquidity crunch the sector is facing. He informed that based on several inputs from various stakeholders, the RBI recently announced additional Open Market Operation (OMO) of Rs 60,000 crore spread over December and January. He believed that the liquidity requirements of the economy and financial institutions to a great extent are met.
The RBI governor met representatives of the MSME sector to interact and to get their views about the current state of functioning of the MSME and the implementation of the restructuring scheme which the RBI has announced earlier. Last week, the RBI allowed lenders to recast loans of stressed MSME, provided the total fund and non-fund based exposure to such a borrower does not exceed Rs 25 crore. Such a debt restructuring would not lead to a downgrade in asset classification.
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