NEW DELHI : Indian malls have urged the Reserve Bank of India's intervention to defer loan repayment demands from banks with many of the establishments pushed to the brink due to the impact of covid-induced lockdown.
Some banks have asked for loan repayments though the RBI announced a three-month loan moratorium. The Shopping Centre Association of India (SCAI), which represents malls including those in smaller towns, have asked the central bank to extend the moratorium on loan repayment to nine months. "Compounding already severe liquidity blow, the Banks are now writing to shopping centre/ mall owners directing them to deposit rental payments even for the month of April in Escrow accounts against Lease Rental Discounting facility availed