Final project finance norms have been eased by RBI

Published on June 21, 2025
Current Context: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released the final Project Finance Directions, 2025 on June 19, 2025, significantly easing provisioning norms for banks and NBFCs, effective October 1, 2025.
Final project finance norms have been eased by RBI
🧾 Key Highlights:
  • Under-construction projects: Standard asset provisioning reduced to 1% (from 5% in the draft norms).
  • Commercial Real Estate (CRE): Slightly higher provisioning at 1.25%.
  • Operational phase: Provisioning drops to 0.4% for general projects, 0.75% for CRE–Residential Housing, and 1% for CRE.
  • DCCO Delays: If the Date of Commencement of Commercial Operations is delayed, provisioning will increase incrementally each quarter.
  • Grandfathering Clause: Existing projects with financial closure before Oct 1, 2025, will continue under current norms.
  • Flexibility: DCCO extension allowed up to 3 years for infrastructure and 2 years for non-infra projects.

Question:

Q.1 What is the new standard asset provisioning requirement for under-construction projects as per RBI’s 2025 norms?
a) 0.4%
b) 1%
c) 1.25%
d) 5%

Answer: b) The provisioning for under-construction projects has been reduced from 5% (draft norms) to 1%. This checks knowledge of changes in RBI’s risk-weighting policies.
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