The government on Friday in a reply to question said in order to control inflation it is deliberately attempting to slow down the growth in personal loans.
Minister of State for Finance P K Bansal told Lok Sabha in a written reply in 2006-07 there was a growth of 23 percent in personal loans which was lower than the overall credit expansion. Adding to this he said government is following a policy to encourage growth while disallowing inflationary pressure.
In reply to another query, he said present there is no scheme before the government to lower the rate of interest to four per cent per annum on crop loans availed by farmers.
He informed that the government is giving interest financial support of two per cent per annum to public sector banks, regional rural banks and cooperative banks on their lending.
With regard to shortage of coins Bansal, in reply to a separate question, said shortages of coins have been reported from various parts of the country around second half of 2006-07, after which the casting of coins and their distribution through RBI has been accelerated and steps are being taken to meet the demand.
The demand for 50 paise and 25 paise coins is less as compared to coins of Re 1, Rs 2 and Rs five denominations, he added.
To another query, he told the RBI has got complaints about few instances where it has been noticed the attempts were made by some persons to use plastic cards other than credit/debit cards at ATMs to effect withdrawal of cash, particularly in Chennai.
Monday, April 28, 2008
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Fitch Ratings expects defaults in unsecured personal loans in India to increase
Personal loans are usually fixed rate loans, and are unsecured in nature. They do not carry any guarantee, collateral or guarantor. Given their unsecured nature, personal loans are not pleasant to the same recovery efforts that are seen in other asset classes.
Fitch Ratings said personal loan financing in India is very competitive business and this might have pushed many institutions to initiate loans in riskier segments.
According to Fitch Ratings defaults in unsecured personal loan sector in India will continue to increase. In its recently published report titled 'Indian Unsecured Personal Loan Transactions', Fitch has stated that the loan performance has continued to worsen in India since July 2007. In support to this, the rating agency had noted that delinquencies in the personal loan sector have been higher than those seen in other asset classes.
"Since then, loan and recent events have seen some lenders criticized for their recovery strategies, which in some cases may have led to other borrowers willfully becoming delinquent," Fitch said.
In response to the advertising of the engagement of recovery agents, the Reserve Bank issued draft guidelines to all scheduled commercial banks in its medium-term review of the annual policy for 2007-08 in November 2007.
In its report the rating agency stated that the immediate impact of rising delinquencies in unsecured consumer loans is on declining collection efficiencies in personal loan transactions mainly because banks are resorting to a softer recovery approach in the form of legal notices and increased phone calls.
In the long run, the regulator seems to make banks more accountable for their third-party recovery agents.
Fitch Ratings said personal loan financing in India is very competitive business and this might have pushed many institutions to initiate loans in riskier segments.
According to Fitch Ratings defaults in unsecured personal loan sector in India will continue to increase. In its recently published report titled 'Indian Unsecured Personal Loan Transactions', Fitch has stated that the loan performance has continued to worsen in India since July 2007. In support to this, the rating agency had noted that delinquencies in the personal loan sector have been higher than those seen in other asset classes.
"Since then, loan and recent events have seen some lenders criticized for their recovery strategies, which in some cases may have led to other borrowers willfully becoming delinquent," Fitch said.
In response to the advertising of the engagement of recovery agents, the Reserve Bank issued draft guidelines to all scheduled commercial banks in its medium-term review of the annual policy for 2007-08 in November 2007.
In its report the rating agency stated that the immediate impact of rising delinquencies in unsecured consumer loans is on declining collection efficiencies in personal loan transactions mainly because banks are resorting to a softer recovery approach in the form of legal notices and increased phone calls.
In the long run, the regulator seems to make banks more accountable for their third-party recovery agents.
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