Lenders give money against selective stocks, mutual funds and bonds
Increasing the loan tenure reduces EMI burden but enhances interest outgo
Doing so can result in sizeable saving in interest cost
The three states represent about 32 per cent of the country's overall credit population share despite comprising only 20 per cent of the Indian population
The educational loans portfolio grew 6.13% but the quantum of NPAs shot up to 11% from 8.09%
New customers or existing ones seeking better credit scores can go through this process
While start-ups are making it easier to borrow, one needs to choose carefully
Verify the purpose of borrowing and make other members part of the loan, if possible. Maintain a loan agreement for tax purposes
SC/ST and women entrepreneurs who avail loan would be given a RuPay Debit Card for withdrawal, besides support like pre-loan training, facilitating loan, factoring, marketing
RBI had asked banks to price fixed rate loans of up to three years based on marginal cost of funds from April 1
Gross NPAs of PSBs rose to Rs 3.61 lakh cr while that of private lenders were at Rs 39,859 cr at the end of Dec'15