In a bid to incentivise new credit flow to MSME borrowers, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday announced measures that could ease credit for MSME entrepreneurs. “Scheduled commercial banks will be allowed to deduct credit disbursed to new MSME borrowers from their NDTL for calculation of CRR,” Das said in the latest bi-monthly monetary policy announcement of the RBI.
Das further added that for the purpose of this exemption, new MSME borrowers would be those who have not availed any credit facilities from the banking system as on 1st January 2021. “This exemption will be available for exposures up to Rs 25 lakh per borrower for credit extended up to the fortnight ending Oct 1st, 2021,” he added. This follows Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcement earlier this week in the Budget of doubling the allocation for MSMEs this year to Rs 15,700 crore
The RBI chief said that to manage the attendant risks in outsourcing and ensure that code of conduct adhered to while outsourcing payment and settlement related service, RBI shall issue guidelines on outsourcing of such services by these entities.
