Ripples Advisory, RBI proposes stricter rules for big borrowers
Draft norms limit short-term loans firm can take against receivables, stocks
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed to limit the amount of short-term cash a company can borrow from banks against stocks or receivables, in an attempt to bring credit discipline among large borrowers.
According to the draft guidelines released on Monday, RBI said that borrowers with the working capital facility of over ₹150 crore need to withdraw a minimum of 40% of the limit as loan component and the remaining as the cash credit.
“In respect of borrowers having aggregate fund based working capital limit of ₹150 crore and above from the banking system, a minimum level of ‘loan component’ of 40% shall be effective from 1 October 2018,” the guidelines said. “The 40% loan component will be revised to 60%, with effect from 1 April 2019.”
Typically, a working capital facility for a large borrower is given by way of cash credit facility, working capital demand loan and other non-fund based facilities. Among them, cash credit is the most popular mode of working capital financing. However, it poses several regulatory challenges such as perpetual rollovers, transmission of liquidity management from the borrowers to banks/RBI, hampering of smooth transmission of monetary policy.
According to these draft guidelines, RBI has proposed that the tenure of this loan be fixed at more than seven days. The regulator has also proposed that banks set aside more capital against the unused portion of cash credit, which was not the case until now.
“Effective from 1 April 2019, the undrawn portion of cash credit/overdraft limits sanctioned to the aforesaid large borrowers, irrespective of whether unconditionally cancellable or not, shall attract a credit conversion factor of 20%,” the guidelines read.
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