Borrowers are asking for actual debt relief, but banks need to stay afloat. The burden of covid relief can’t be thrust upon lenders beyond a point.
The Centre must pick up the tab India’s Supreme Court has sought the response of the finance ministry on demands by debtors for an interest waiver during the moratorium until 31 August.
As covid relief, this is the date till when borrowers can defer paying back their loans without being called defaulters. As they see it, the relaxation offer lacks generosity, since credit charges are only to be held in abeyance, not pardoned, with the eventual burden piling up month after month, made heavier still by interest charged on unpaid repayments.