Fin min, RBI meet govt officials on scaling up Unified Lending Interface

June 25, 2025
Current Context: On June 23, 2025, the Finance Ministry and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) held a high-level meeting with officials from 13 Union ministries and 11 state governments to scale up the Unified Lending Interface (ULI)—a new Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for credit delivery.
Fin min, RBI meet govt officials on scaling up Unified Lending Interface
Key Highlights:
  • ULI is a consent-based, API-driven platform that gives lenders seamless access to borrower data (e.g., Aadhaar, land records, GST, credit scores) from multiple sources.
  • It aims to streamline loan approvals, especially for MSMEs, farmers, and underserved borrowers, by reducing paperwork and delays.
  • The meeting was co-chaired by Financial Services Secretary M. Nagaraju and RBI Deputy Governor T. Rabi Sankar.
  • Officials were urged to nominate nodal officers and digitally integrate government datasets to fast-track ULI’s rollout—envisioned as the “UPI of credit”.

Question:

Q.1 What is the primary purpose of the Unified Lending Interface (ULI) as discussed in the high-level meeting on June 23, 2025?
a) To facilitate inter-bank money transfers
b) To enhance insurance coverage for rural India
c) To streamline credit delivery by integrating borrower data
d) To regulate digital currency transactions

Answer: c) ULI is designed as a Digital Public Infrastructure to simplify and speed up credit delivery by providing lenders with seamless access to borrower data from various sources.

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