It has been decided to extend the priority sector classification for bank loans to NBFCs for on-lending for FY 2020-21. Further, existing loans disbursed under the on-lending model will continue to be classified under Priority Sector till the date of repayment/maturity.
This has reference to various measures being taken by Central and State Governments including lockdown of certain states impacting the normal functioning of offices and the possible difficulties to policyholders in accessing various services including timely payment of premium, settlement of claims. In this regard the following directions are being issued under Section 34(1)(a) of the Insurance Act,1938.
The exposures thus shifted to a person resident outside India, will attract a minimum risk weight of 150%. It has been decided that non-centrally cleared derivatives exposures will be outside the purview of exposure limits till April 01, 2021.
Stock brokers shall be mandatorily put in risk-reduction mode when 90% of the stock broker’s collateral available for adjustment against margins gets utilized on account of trades that fall under the margining system.
Due to the developments arising due to the spread of the COVID 19 virus, a need for temporary relaxations in compliance requirements for REITs and InvITs is warranted. Accordingly, it has been decided to extend the due date for regulatory filings and compliances for REIT and InvIT for the period ending March 31, 2020 by one month over and above the timelines, prescribed under SEBI (Infrastructure Investment Trusts) Regulations, 2014 (InvIT Regulations) and SEBI (Real estate Investment Trusts) Regulations, 2014 (REIT Regulations) and circulars issued thereunder.
Regulation 23 of the REIT Regulations, 2014 inter alia provides that the manager shall disclose to the designated stock exchanges, unit holders and the Board such information and in the manner as may be specified by the Board
Entities required to hold units in terms of Regulation 12 of the InvIT Regulations may create encumbrance on such units during the mandatory holding period wherein encumbrance shall include pledge, lien, negative lien, non-disposal undertaking etc. or any other covenant, transaction, condition or arrangement in the nature of encumbrance:
In order to follow the government directives pertaining to attendance and to also ensure that no assessment is barred by limitation, all the officers are instructed to pass the assessment orders on the SAP system and where it is not possible to pass assessment orders on system, in such cases the assessment orders may be passed manually outside the SAP system.
With a view to provide some degree of relief to the borrowers whose operations are impacted by Covid 19, it is decided by the Bank to make available additional credit facilities to the eligible existing borrowers by way of ad-hoc facilities i.e COVID 19 EMERGENCY CREDIT LINE (CECL) to tide over the current crisis situation. CECL will be in force upto 30.06.2020.
It has been decided that exports of all formulations for ITCHS codes falling under Chapter 30 in the Notification No. 50 dated 03.03.2020 shall be allowed to be exported under the Advance Licenses issued on or before the date of Notification (03.03.2020).
