RBI tells MFIs to improve governance, loan appraisal system; assesses pandemic-led stress
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The central bank governor Shaktikanta Das called on these lenders Monday to assess the ground level situation—going beyond the accounting numbers of micro lenders—following the sharp rise in the rate of infections across regions, which forced local authorities to go for area wise containments and partial lockdowns.
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The existing provisions of relief in cases of natural calamities could be applied, they urged RBI.
The Reserve Bank of India has stressed that microfinance lenders need to follow appropriate governance and risk management standards even as these lenders are facing challenges with falling repayment collection while the raging second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting livelihoods.