The Reserve Bank of India recently announced that it is to conduct the first Special Long Term Repo Operation (SLTRO) of Rs 10,000 crores for Small Finance Banks.
The RBI will conduct the SLTRO for each month starting from May 2021.
This is to continue till October 2021.
The SLTRO will be valid for three years.
All the Small Finance Banks shall participate in the SLTRO.
However, these banks should make sure that the amount borrowed from RBI should be lent only to specified segments such as unorganised sectors and small business units.
Reserve Bank of India launched this as one of the measure to protect the small and medium enterprises in the country.