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Indian lenders must let borrowers choose higher EMI or longer tenure
Original: When a floating rate rises, Indian lenders must now offer borrowers the choice: higher EMI or longer tenure. Illustrativ
When floating interest rates rise, Indian banks and housing finance companies are required to give borrowers options: increase the monthly EMI, extend the loan tenure, or a combination, among other choices like prepayment or balance transfer. For an illustrative ₹50 lakh, 20-year loan moving from 8.10% to 8.35%, the higher-EMI route adds about ₹784 a month (roughly ₹1.88 lakh in total), while extending tenure by 12 payments costs about ₹5 lakh more — showing why the choice matters financially.
Why now: The central bank's rulemaking on floating-rate loan servicing is prompting discussion of the real cost difference between keeping the EMI the same and stretching out repayment.
Reserve Bank of IndiaIndian banksfloating-rate borrowers
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