Banking & Finance MCQs

The framework mandates clear and upfront disclosure of the Annual Percentage Rate (APR), which includes all charges and fees, to ensure borrowers understand the total cost of borrowing.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is the primary regulator for NBFCs and is responsible for framing and implementing such financial frameworks.

The report focused on digital risks. An increase in physical cash transactions is generally seen as reducing digital risk, not increasing it.

The report projected the GNPA ratio to remain at a comfortable level, around 3.0%, indicating improved asset quality.

The report highlighted Commercial Real Estate as a sector facing potential asset quality issues due to various economic factors.

Under the SBR framework, especially for NBFCs in the Upper Layer, enhanced disclosures are mandated in areas such as capital adequacy, asset quality, liquidity risk management, and importantly, related party transactions and exposures to entities within the same group.

The primary objective of mandating enhanced disclosure norms under the SBR framework is to increase transparency in the operations of NBFCs, strengthen corporate governance, and enable better market discipline and public oversight.

The Scale Based Regulation (SBR) framework categorizes NBFCs into different layers. NBFCs in the Upper Layer (NBFC-UL) are deemed systemically significant and are subject to the most stringent regulatory and disclosure requirements, including enhanced public disclosures.

The RBI's framework allows for various resolution strategies like restructuring, change in ownership, or sale of assets. However, an automatic 100% write-off of outstanding debt is not a permissible resolution strategy; write-offs are typically a measure taken after other resolution attempts fail and are subject to specific policies.

The RBI's Framework for Resolution of Stressed Assets (June 7, 2019) generally mandates that a resolution plan, once invoked, must be implemented within 180 days. Failure to implement within this period requires the account to be classified as an NPA.