SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Bank today announced restructuring of loan payments, including funding the interest, for its customers in the State who are hit by five-month unrest in the valley.
The Jammu and Kashmir Bank shall fund the interest due from the borrowers while deferring the principal repayments in the loan accounts up to a maximum period of 18 months, till December 2017, chairman of the bank Parvaiz Ahmad said.
He said the bank has also substantially reduced the rate of interest to be charged during the ‘repayment holiday’ on interest funding to 9.5 per cent per annum.
“Additional finance will be sanctioned to the affected borrowers up to a maximum of 20 per cent of their existing limits at concessional rate of interest.
The farmers who have suffered losses to their crops to the extent of 33 per cent or more are also covered in the package,” the chairman added.
He said the package shall be applicable till February 2017 in accordance with the RBI approval and the borrowers can avail the benefits of the relief package during the applicable period from their respective branches. (AGENCIES)
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