The quantity concerned in frauds reported by banks and choose monetary establishments based mostly on the date of incidence of fraud declined considerably from Rs 32,178 crore in 2019-20 to Rs 3,785 crore in 2021-22, Union minister Bhagwat Karad stated on Monday.
As per the RBI knowledge, frauds involving the quantity of Rs 11,800 crore had been detected in 2020-2021, the Minister of State for Finance stated in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
In reply to a different query, Karad stated the Authorities, in view of the unprecedented and excessive Covid-19 scenario, supplied ex-gratia aid to eligible debtors, by the use of fee of the distinction between compound curiosity and easy curiosity, on the excellent as of February 29, 2020, for the moratorium interval, i.e. from March 1, 2020, to August 31, 2020.
Underneath this, he stated, about 19.92 crore debtors have benefitted with an combination ex-gratia quantity of Rs 6,474 crore.
To mitigate the debt servicing burden on account of the Covid-19 pandemic and to make sure continuity of viable companies, the Reserve Financial institution of India, on March 27, 2020, introduced the Covid-19 Regulatory Bundle.
Underneath this, RBI permitted lending establishments to grant a moratorium of three months on fee of all instalments falling due between March 1, 2020, and Might 31, 2020, in respect of all time period loans, and to defer the restoration of curiosity in respect of working capital loans for a similar interval, which was additional prolonged by three months, i.e. as much as August 31, 2020.
