Microfinance lenders hesitate to adopt the Centre’s credit guarantee cover due to high costs and stringent audit processes. While some lenders find the current stress transient, others seek a tailored scheme. High premiums and partial coverage make the scheme unattractive unless NPAs exceed 6%. Some banks, facing higher NPAs, utilize the cover as risk mitigation.
AI may hurt IT today, but it could create the sector’s next growth engine: Baroda BNP Paribas MF
AI may disrupt traditional revenue streams in India’s $280-billion IT services industry, but Rohan Korde of Baroda BNP Paribas Mutual Fund believes it could also