Put in place policy to refund 'interest on interest' charged during moratorium: RBI to banks
MUMBAI: The RBI on Wednesday asked banks and NBFCs to immediately put in place a board-approved policy to refund/adjust the 'interest on interest' charged to the borrowers during the six-month moratorium, in conformity with the Supreme Court judgement last month. As part of the Covid-19 regulatory package, the RBI had allowed lending institutions to grant a moratorium on payment of instalments of term loans falling due between March 1 and May 31 of last year. The moratorium was extended by three months till August 31. Referring to the judgement of Supreme Court dated March 23, 2021, the RBI...