Niti Aayog’s CEO calls for new regulations for bank loans' repayment

04 Apr 2019 Evaluate

Niti Aayog chief executive Amitabh Kant has said that the government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will have to bring a new set of regulations to ensure that borrowers repay their debt on time, following the Supreme Court's (SC) decision to strike down the RBI's February 12, 2018 circular as ultra vires as it allows rationalisation of the (Insolvency and) Bankruptcy Code. He also noted that such a move ensuring timely repayment and resolution of stressed assets is essential for long-term growth.

Kant has stated that a lot of work has been done by the government and the RBI to bring in financial discipline and good regulation to end crony capitalism. In what is being seen as a jolt to the bad assets resolution framework, the Supreme Court quashed the stringent RBI circular which mandated banks to recognise even one-day defaults and finding a resolution within 180 days failing which the account in question has to be sent to bankruptcy courts if it is Rs 2,000 crore and above.

NITI Aayog CEO further said that radical reforms will be required to accelerate growth from the present levels. He also said “We will have to focus more on manufacturing that will result in higher exports which deliver higher margins per unit of sale, and will also create jobs as we cannot grow without jobs.” Adding further, he said agriculture will also need to be focused on and called for scrapping the APMC and Essential Commodities Acts. He made it clear that agriculture cannot grow on subsidies and can develop only through market interventions. He also said the country has become data-rich before actually becoming rich economically, stressing that the vast quantum of data being generated is a big asset, leading to a slew of changes, including an end to physical bank branches and branch managers.

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