Covid-19 crisis: SBI to disburse Rs 700 cr to MSMEs in Mumbai by June

Among all banks, SBI controls a market share of 22% in the MSME lending.

State Bank of India (SBI), the country's largest lender, has set a target of disbursing Rs 700 crore to MSMEs in the Mumbai circle by the end of June, to help them tide over liquidity crisis due to the Covid-19 lockdown.

Among all banks, SBI controls a market share of 22 per cent in the MSME lending.

"SBI will boost flow of credit to MSMEs (micro, small and medium enterprises) in this challenging period by reassessing their working capital limit and also by extending Covid-19 emergency loans.

"Overall, we expect to lend Rs 700 crore to MSMEs in four districts of Mumbai circle — Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Raigad — by the end of June," the World Trade Centre said in a statement quoting Suresh Nair, deputy general manager (SMEs and financial inclusion) at SBI, as saying after a webinar.

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Nair expressed hope that the pandemic will not lead to a sudden spurt in bad loans as the Reserve Bank of India has provided moratorium on all loan repayments.

"The impact of the crisis on NPAs (non-performing assets) will become clear after August depending on the evolving situation," Nair said.

Though SBI has provided sanction letter for additional loan facility to 67 per cent of all eligible borrowers, only 50 per cent of them could avail of the facility due to practical difficulties in executing documentation, he said.

SBI lowers lending rate by up to 15 bps; 10th cut in current fiscal

Overnight and one-month MCLRs have been reduced by 15 basis points to 7.45 per cent each. Three-month MCLR has been revised to 7.50 per cent from 7.65 per cent.

The country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) on Wednesday said it has reduced its marginal cost of fund-based lending rate (MCLR) by up to 15 basis points across various tenors, effective March 10.

The bank has reduced its one-year MCLR by 10 basis points to 7.75 per cent from 7.85 per cent earlier, the SBI said.

This is 10th consecutive cut in MCLR by the bank in the current fiscal.

Overnight and one-month MCLRs have been reduced by 15 basis points to 7.45 per cent each. Three-month MCLR has been revised to 7.50 per cent from 7.65 per cent.

The new two-year and three-year MCLRs stand reduced by 10 basis points to 7.95 per cent and 8.05 per cent, respectively.

On Monday, another state-run lender Union Bank of India had announced cut in its MCLR by 10 basis points across all tenors, effective March 11.

This is the ninth consecutive rate cut announced by the Mumbai-based bank, since July 2019.

The bank has cut its one-year MCLR to 8 per cent from 8.10 per cent. The overnight MCLR has been revised to 7.55 per cent, while the new one month rate stands at 7.60 per cent, the bank had said.

SBI board approves exploring 'investment opportunity' in YES Bank

A salvage plan including SBI and Life Insurance Corporation of India was being talked about and a declaration right now be made soon

Yes Bank Share : The State Bank of India board has given on a fundamental level endorsement to consider a "venture opportunity" in YES Bank. In a late night proclamation on Thursday, SBI, be that as it may, said no choice had at this point been taken to get stake in the bank.

Exceptionally put sources showed a salvage plan including SBI and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) was being talked about and a declaration right now be made soon.

While the better subtleties of the arrangement are being worked out, it is foreseen that both SBI and LIC together will take a 51 percent stake in the bank, with a one-year lock-in period.

LIC as of now possesses 51 percent in IDBI Bank, which it obtained in 2018 to inject capital into the upset loan specialist.

Sources said both the state-possessed associations would hold the offers as speculation. LIC as of now possesses 8 percent in the private loan specialist.

The sources said YES Bank needed to practice its call choice on ceaseless bonds or extra level 1 (AT1) obligations of Rs 80 crore on March 5. "The bank hasn't practiced its call choice," said a source. Inability to have met the bond commitment is said to be the trigger for the purposeful activity.

As of late, CARE Ratings downsized YES Bank's appraising on bonds worth Rs 21,016 crore to acknowledge watch for negative ramifications. These bonds were at that point put under negative rating.

On the salvage plan, specialists said the need is rebuild the asset report. "Resources should be brought down to feasible worth and that overview will demonstrate how a lot of capital is required for the bank," said a financial advisor.

All may not be lost for YES Bank but insiders say its recovery to be slow

It will rely upon the obtaining bank or money related foundation's ability to hold the benefits till the market improves and sell them later to recuperate sizeable lump of the credits.

YES Bank Crisis : All may not be lost for emergency hit YES Bank with banking industry insiders calling attention to that the bank has rock solid insurance against advances.

It will, thusly, rely upon the procuring bank or monetary establishment's ability to hold the benefits till the market improves and sell them later to recuperate sizeable lump of the credits.

For example, if security is a private structure, it may not bring great cost in a discouraged market.

Yet, given that a portion of the enormous budgetary foundations, for example, IL&FS and DHFL have fell as of late, the market may not react well to YES Bank.


"This is the explanation we expect recovery of YES Bank to be extremely moderate," a Mumbai-based bank official said.
Indeed Bank had before put forth all potential attempts to raise development capital however hopelessly fizzled. Since the main private bank is very nearly breakdown, the administration has bumped the SBI to frame a consortium and salvage the bank.


The RBI, as controller, has come vigorously and finding a way to guarantee the bank makes a turnaround.
The circumstance at the YES Bank has arrived at disturbing level constraining the RBI to supplant its board. A breaking point has additionally been forced on withdrawal of stores in overabundance of Rs 50,000.


There is a developing recognition in the market that a sizeable piece of YES Bank's credits have transformed into non-performing resources (NPAs) which are not recoverable. This will prompt disintegration of its advantages yet given that the bank, before, took substantial guarantee for loaning, the market anticipates that the gaining element should recoup some portion of the credits by selling the benefits.

"Advances are unquestionably transforming into NPAs however does the basic security have showcase esteem and to what degree, would they be able to be recouped? What one sees is that bank has just made arrangements for awful credits however the bank has the option to sell the advantages sold with it," another financial industry official said.
The administration is found out to have requested that the SBI lead a consortium to purchase stake in YES Bank. This signals the legislature won't permit the bank to come up short.

FM Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget goal: Lower rates, simple structure

The FM disagreed with experts who termed the new tax regime complex and unavailing saying it would benefit some taxpayers, if not all.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said the new tax regime proposed in her second Budget would ultimately lead to lower rates with simple structure.

Dismissing criticism that the new regime would not be largely beneficial to the assessees, she said, “eventually this should lead to a system where people are taxed at the lowest possible rate and are given a simple system. I am starting a scheme, which will eventually end there. For this, I’m not forcing people.” She was speaking to the media in an informal interaction a day after presenting the Union Budget in Parliament.

The FM disagreed with experts who termed the new tax regime complex and unavailing. She said the new scheme would benefit some taxpayers falling in certain brackets, if not all.

“…because the income tax cuts are deeper in the new scheme, we believe a taxpayer from a particular income bracket will be much better off coming into the new system. And in the new system, which however much I repeatedly say has no exemptions, there are some exemptions that we have allowed,” Sitharaman said.

Industry experts, however, argued that two tax regimes with optionality for personal tax, as in case of corporate taxes, only make the structure more complicated. Analysts sent out data to explain how the new tax regime would not be beneficial for those who take exemptions.

But the minister said, “I believe many of the calculations have probably not taken into account the exemptions which have been allowed in the scheme.”

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