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-The Economic Times, <br />
<br />
The Cabinet has cleared a proposed Bill empowering the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to regulate all microfinance institutions (MFIs).<br />
<br />
A central legislation makes sense only to the extent that it over-rides draconian state-level laws. However, the Bill suffers from many infirmities. And it is unfortunate that these have been overlooked. The law, if enacted, is likely to kill small MFIs and hurt the sector that is struggling to stay afloat.<br />
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A major flaw is capping the interest rate charged by MFIs at 26%. A cap is untenable, irrespective of the fact that it is 2% higher than the ceiling recommended by the Malegam panel. Price control will only dampen the supply of microfinance and compel the poor to turn to moneylenders.<br />
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Microfinance Bill will regulate the sector to death, to the joy of moneylenders

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