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SEBI notification specifies non-banking financial companies, including housing finance companies, as qualified buyers under the SARFAESI Act, 2002, subject to conditions.

Detailed Summary

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) issued a notification on February 28, 2025, under Section 2(1)(u) of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002. This notification supersedes a previous SEBI notification dated March 31, 2008. It designates all non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), including housing finance companies regulated by the Reserve Bank of India, as qualified buyers for the purposes of the SARFAESI Act, 2002. This designation is subject to conditions that NBFCs must prevent defaulting promoters/related parties from gaining access to secured assets via security receipts and comply with other RBI specified conditions.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-MH-E-28022025-261367 EXTRAORDINARY PART III-Section 4 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 143] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2025 1478 GI/2025 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA NOTIFICATION Mumbai, the 28th February, 2025 Notification under clause (u) of sub-section (1) of Section 2 of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 F. No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2025/232.β€”In exercise of the powers conferred under clause (u) of sub- section (1) of Section 2 of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (54 of 2002) and in supersession of the notification of Securities and Exchange Board of India number F. No. 11/LC/GN/2008/21670 dated 31st March, 2008, except as regards things done or omitted to be done before such supersession; all non-banking financial companies including housing finance companies, regulated by the Reserve Bank of India, are hereby specified as qualified buyers for the purposes of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (54 of 2002) subject to the following conditions: a. such non-banking financial companies including housing finance companies shall ensure that the defaulting promoters or their related parties do not directly or indirectly gain access to secured assets through security receipts; and b. such non-banking financial companies including housing finance companies shall comply with such other conditions as the Reserve Bank of India may specify from time to time. MADHABI PURI BUCH, CHAIRPERSON [ADVT.-III/4/Exty./1000/2024-25]

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