NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday recommended an ordinance to significantly tighten the norms to bar promoters of companies facing insolvency proceedings from bidding for the ailing entities, in a move that will shut out several business families from vying with competitors and overseas funds.
Apart from seeking to ban bidding by wilful defaulters, the
Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code+
will be amended to disqualify a tainted promoter in control of an entity that has been a ‘non-performing asset’ for a “prescribed period”, which may be fixed at one year. A continuous loan default for 90 days forces banks to classify a borrower as an NPA.
The one-year clause will make promoters of some of the 12 large companies f…
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