MUMBAI: Indian banks have decided to elongate the working capital loan cycles by 30-90 days while determining credit drawing power of small businesses hit hard by the covid-19 pandemic, said two people aware of the development.
While some banks have already started implementing this, a few others are finalising the contours of their revised framework.
The people quoted above said that the proposal was floated by the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) in its letter to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 23 March, which allowed it on 27 March. “However, it is taking time because credit committees of individual banks will have to approve it," said the first person quoted above.