BackGive relief on loans, EMIs amid outbreak: Mumbai Congress to RBI
Borrowers opting for loan moratorium can defer payment of the interest and principal component of the loan during this periodRBI had announced a three-month loan moratorium in March
PremiumThe Mumbai Congress on Friday asked the Reserve Bank of India to continue loan moratorium and waive interest on EMIs till December as people had lost their income due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
To help borrowers deal with liquidity crunch during the pandemic, the RBI had announced a three-month loan moratorium in March, which was later extended by another three months till August 31.
Borrowers opting for loan moratorium can defer payment of the interest and principal component of the loan during this period.
In a letter to the RBI governor, Mumbai Congress vice president Amarjeet Singh Manhas said, "The RBI had allowed banks to provide a moratorium till August 2020 on fixed-term loans and EMI payments, but the banking regulator did not order banks to provide such relief. It gave the option to banks to take a call on whether they are in a position to extend the measure for customers."
"Banks are not obligated to fulfill RBI's suggestion and can choose to ignore it based on financial health," he said in the letter, adding that people of the country need to be assured that banks and other financial institutions will not exploit them during the lockdown.
Manhas said people have various types of loans and lower-income groups use their credit cards for monthly expenses and to make EMI payments etc, and they too should be given some relief.
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