Thursday 30 May 2019

Devendra Fadnavis moots penalty on lenders failing to meet crop-loan target

The crop-loan target for FY19 was Rs 58,324 crore for Maharashtra
Devendra Fadnavis
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has mooted a plan to force punishment on banks for neglecting to meet loaning focuses of ranch advances, particularly harvest advances, in the express that is reeling from agribusiness trouble.
He rubbished guarantees by banks that they couldn’t meet harvest advance focuses because of draft conditions. “There are broad grumblings from ranchers about issues in getting cash (credits),” Devendra Fadnavis said while tending to State Level Bankers’ Com­mittee (SLBC), Maharashtra.
The harvest advance focus for FY19 was Rs 58,324 crore for Maharashtra, yet real payment were at Rs 31,231 crore. So the banks met 54 percent of harvest credit focus in FY19. The payment was, in any case, 23 percent higher than that in FY18. At present, there is no legitimate course of action for collecting fine on banks for neglecting to meet advance targets.
SLBC Maha­rashtra’s convener bank, Bank of Maharashtra, will compose bank boss on the push on gathering FY20 loaning targets. “There must be responsibility for execution (focuses) in manages an account as for the ranch segment. The state government is paying banks sums that have been deferred off. Choices taken at top dimensions don’t appear to permeate individuals working at bank office levels,” Fadnavis said.

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