75% of borrowers to benefit from interest concession: CRISIL

27 Oct 2020 Evaluate

Rating agency CRISIL has said that over 40% of banking system credit and 75% of borrowers are likely to benefit from interest-on-interest concession granted by the federal government. The move is expected to cost the exchequer Rs 7500 crore. The benefit will be extended to borrowers with outstanding loans (standard as on February 29, 2020) of less than Rs 2 crore under select categories, irrespective of whether the moratorium was availed of or not.

The cost to exchequer would have halved if waiver was allowed only where moratorium was availed of. To ensure effective and timely implementation, the government has asked lenders to credit the amount to eligible borrowers latest by November 05, 2020.

This will be the difference between compound interest and simple interest over six months (March 1, 2020 to August 31, 2020). While lenders have to apply for reimbursement by December 15, 2020, the timelines for receipt of funds from the government are yet to be notified.

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