Saturday, February 23, 2013

AP High Court ruling has sent MFIs back to square one

......"The directions issued by the Reserve Bank of India coupled with the provisions of Chapter IIIB of the RBI Act will protect the interests of the self help groups from usurious interest rates and coercive means of recovery.... Apart from this, the Micro Finance Institutions (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2012, introduced by the Central Government in the Lok Sabha is a complete code in itself as regards the micro finance institutions. Once that Bill takes the shape of an enactment, we are of the opinion that it will govern every aspect of the micro finance institutions at all levels and in all respects and all the issues raised by the petitioners herein. In such circumstances, it would be a futile exercise for this Court to examine the legislative competence or otherwise of the State to legislate the impugned enactment, therefore, we have not gone into the same."......

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