The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on September 07, 2022 has issued Notification regarding Review of Prudential Norms – Risk Weights for Exposures guaranteed by Credit Guarantee Schemes (CGS).
The following has been stated namely: –
• It is advised that the risk weight of zero percent shall be applicable in respect of exposures guaranteed under any existing or future schemes launched by CGTMSE, CRGFTLIH and NCGTC satisfying the following conditions:
1. Prudential Aspects: The guarantees provided under the respective schemes should comply with the requirements for credit risk mitigation, which inter alia requires such guarantees to be direct, explicit, irrevocable and unconditional;
2. Restrictions on permissible claims: Where the terms of the guarantee schemes restrict the maximum permissible claims through features like specified extent of guarantee coverage, clause on first loss absorption by member lending institutions (MLI), payout cap, etc., the zero percent risk weight shall be restricted to the maximum permissible claim and the residual exposure shall be subjected to risk weight as applicable to the counterparty in terms of extant regulations.
3. In case of a portfolio-level guarantee, the extent of exposure subjected to first loss absorption by the MLI, if any, shall be subjected to full capital deduction and the residual exposure shall be subjected to risk weight as applicable to the counterparty in terms of extant regulations, on a pro rata basis. The maximum capital charge shall be capped at a notional level arrived at by treating the entire exposure as unguaranteed.
• Any future scheme launched, in order to be eligible for zero percent risk weight, shall provide for settlement of the eligible guaranteed claims within thirty days from the date of lodgement, and the lodgement shall be permitted within sixty days from the date of default.
[Notification No. RBI/2022-23/113]
