7B.9
- Document type
- Manual
- Dated
- Category
- Exchange Management Manual
Sub-loans out of Lines of Credits/Loans obtained by Term Lending Institutions
Term lending institutions viz.IDBI,ICICI and IFCI have been granted general permission for signing Heads of Agreements with their sub-borrowers in India, without prior approval of Reserve Bank in individual cases, in respect of sub-loans in foreign currency sanctioned to the latter to cover the cost of capital funds and the net amount of technical know-how fees payable, out of foreign currency loans/lines of credit arranged by the former from overseas institutions with the prior permission of Reserve Bank. Full details of the documents and particulars required to be furnished by the sub-borrowers should be ascertained from the financial institution concerned. IDBI, ICICI and IFCI have been granted general permission to accept personal guarantees of directors/promoters/partners/ associates of sub-borrower companies/firms by way of collateral/ interim security, without prior permission of Reserve Bank in each case, provided such guarantees do not involve any direct or indirect outgo of foreign exchange by way of guarantee commission or otherwise. It will not be necessary for sub-borrowers to approach Reserve Bank separately for permission for obtaining foreign currency loans through IDBI, ICICI and IFCI or for executing personal guarantees by way of collateral/interim security.