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flag India's central bank relaxes loan rules, expands gold-backed lending, and eases capital requirements effective Oct. 1, 2025.

flag The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) introduced new lending rules effective October 1, 2025, allowing banks to adjust interest-rate spreads on small business and personal loans more frequently than the previous three-year limit, with borrowers able to switch to fixed rates at reset points. flag Lending eligibility for gold-backed working capital loans now extends to any business using gold as raw material, not just jewellers, and includes Tier 3 and 4 urban co-operative banks. flag The RBI also eased capital rules by permitting foreign and rupee-denominated perpetual debt as Additional Tier 1 capital, and proposed weekly credit reporting, extended repayment terms, and updated exposure limits for public comment by October 20.

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