Development Finance Institutions
The Need of DFIs
Classification of DFIs
All India DFIs |
Special DFIs |
Investment Institutions |
Refinance Institutions |
State Level DFIs |
IFCI
IDBI SIDBI ICICI ICICI ceased to be a DFI and converted into a Bank on 30 March 2002. IDBI was converted into a Bank on 11 October 2004. |
EXIM Bank
IFCI Venture Capitalist Fund Tourism Finance Corporation of India. IDFC. |
LIC
Union Trust of India. General Insurance Corporation. |
National Housing Board.
NABARD. |
State Financial Corporation.
State Industrial Development Corporations. |
All India Development Finance Institutions
IFCI |
ICICI |
IDBI |
SIDBI |
IFCI was the first DFI to be setup in 1948. |
It was setup in January 1995. |
The IDBI was initially set up as a Subsidiary of the RBI. In February 1976, IDBI was made fully autonomous. |
SIDBI was setup as a subsidiary of IDBI in 1989. |
With Effect from 1 July 1993, IFCI has been converted into Public Limited Company. |
With effect from April 2002, ICICI has been converted into a Bank. |
The IDBI was designated as apex organisation in the field of Development Financing. However, it was converted in a bank wef Oct 2004. |
The SIDBI was designated as apex organisation in the field of Small Scale Finance.
The Union Budget of 1998-99 proposed the delinking of SIDBI from IDBI. |
The key function of IFCI was; granting long-term loans(25 years and above); Guaranteeing rupee loans floated in open markets by industries; Underwriting of shares and debentures; Providing guarantees for industries. |
The key functions of ICICI were; to provide long term or medium term loans or equity participation; Guaranteeing loans from other private sources; providing consultancy services to industry. |
The key functions of IDBI were; it provides refinance against loans granted to industries; it subscribed to the share capital and bond issues of other DFIs; it also acted as the coordinator of DFIs at all India level. |
The key function of SIDBI was; to provide assistance to small scale units; initiating steps for technological up gradation and modernization of SSIs; expanding the marketing channel for the Small Scale Industries product; promotion of employment creating SSIs. |
IFCI was a public sector DFI. |
The ICICI differed from IFCI and IDBI with respect to ownership, management and lending operation. ICICI was a Private sector DFI. |
It was a Public sector DFI. |
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Investment Institutions
UTI |
LIC |
GIC |
The UTI was setup on Nov 1963 after Parliament passed the UTI Act. |
LIC was setup in 1956 after the insurance business was nationalised. |
The GIC was formed by the central government in 1971. |
The objective of UTI was to channel the savings of people into equities and corporate debts. The flagship scheme of the UTI was called Unit Scheme 64. |
The objective of LIC is to provide assistance in the form of term loans; subscription of shares and debentures;resource support to financial institutions and Life insurance coverages. |
The GIC had four subsidiaries; National Insurance Co; New India Assurance; Oriental Insurance; and United India Insurance. |
In 2002, the Union Cabinet had decided to split UTI into UTI 1 and UTI 2 as a result of the prolonged crisis in UTI. |
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The General Insurance Nationalisation Amendment Act, 2002, has delinked the GIC from its four subsidiaries. |
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1. What are Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) and what role do they play in India's financial markets? |
2. Are Financial Regulators in India responsible for overseeing the operations of Development Finance Institutions? |
3. How do Development Finance Institutions contribute to the development of financial markets in India? |
4. What are the key functions of Financial Regulators in India regarding the regulation of Development Finance Institutions? |
5. What are the challenges faced by Development Finance Institutions and how do Financial Regulators address them? |
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