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If the borrower's farmland has been ruined completely, his/her agricultural loan will be allowed 5 years moratorium on repayment.
The State Cabinet decided to enforce a moratorium on bank loans by taking into account the acute COVID-19 crisis and the losses suffered by the farmers in the floods.
The government raised insurance cover on deposit five-folds to Rs 5 lakh to provide support to depositors of ailing lenders like Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank.
Kerala Finance Minister KN Balagopal raised the demand at his meeting with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi
Kerala has sought a moratorium of loans without accrual of interest and penal interest during the moratorium period.
The RBI announced a scheme to merge the cash-strapped lender with DBS India.
The Department of Financial Services came out with operational guidelines in the backdrop of Supreme Court's direction to implement the interest waiver scheme, which is likely to cost the exchequer Rs 6,500 crore.
The court, on October 5, had observed that the Centre's affidavit did not contain necessary details and had asked the Centre and the RBI to file fresh ones in the case.
In an affidavit filed in the apex court in the loan moratorium case, the RBI has said that a long moratorium period could impact credit behaviour of borrowers and increase the risks of delinquencies post resumption of scheduled payments.
In the hearing conducted via video conferencing, the top court took note of the grievances being faced by various sectors such as real estate stating that they have been left out under the Centre's new proposal.