Important Notice:
The RBI through its Circular No. RBI/2023-24/53 dated Aug 18, 2023 on ‘Fair Lending Practice - Penal Charges in Loan Accounts’, has advised banks that penalty if charged, for non-compliance with the material Terms and Conditions of the loan contract will be treated as penal charges and not be levied in the form of penal interest that is added to the rate of interest charged on the loans/ advances. The RBI has further advised that there will be no capitalisation of penal charges i.e. no further interest will be computed on such penal charges. However, the above mentioned shall not affect the normal procedure for compounding of interest in the loan account.
The above guidelines are effective from Apr 01, 2024 and applicable for all fresh loan facilities executed from Apr 01, 2024. In case of an existing loan facility, the switchover to the new penal charges regime shall take place by the next review or renewal date or before Jun 30, 2024, whichever is earlier. The revised charges are as below:
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