Base rate up from 9.02% in the previous quarter
The Reserve Bank of India has communicated that the applicable average base rate to be charged by Non-Banking Financial Company - Micro Finance Institutions (NBFC-MFIs) to their borrowers for the quarter beginning 1 January 2019 will be 9.15%.The base rate of NBFC-MFIs has increased from 9.02% in the previous quarter ending 31 December 2018.
The Reserve Bank had, in its circular dated February 7, 2014, issued to NBFC-MFIs regarding pricing of credit, stated that it will, on the last working day of every quarter, advise the average of the base rates of the five largest commercial banks for the purpose of arriving at the interest rates to be charged by NBFC-MFIs to its borrowers in the ensuing quarter.
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