House passes Bills to regulate MFIs, fees in private educational institutions

The Bihar Micro Finance Institutions (Regulations of Money Lending and Prevention of Coercive Actions) Bill, 2026, aims to ...
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Bihar Assembly Passes Bill To Regulate Microfinance Cos; State-Level Registration Made Mandatory

Bill, 2026, mandates that lenders must obtain prior permission from the state Finance Department before disbursing loans.

Bihar MFI Bill unlikely to hit RBI-regulated lenders, say experts

The recently passed Bihar Micro Finance Institutions (Regulation of Money Lending and Prevention of Coercive Actions) Bill, ...

SFB shares fall after Bihar passes Microfinance Bill 2026; analysts weigh

Stocks of Utkarsh Small Finance Bank, Equitas Small Finance Bank, Jana Small Finance Bank, Ujjivan Small Finance Bank and AU Small Finance Bank fell after Bihar cleared a Bill to regulate microfinance ...

No more forced recovery: Bihar’s new law limits borrowers to two MFIs and bans unauthorised loans

Under the new law, microfinance institutions (MFIs) can no longer give loans without the Bihar government’s permission. It ...

No 3rd loan at a time! Microfinance hotspot tightens noose on lenders—Rs 60,000 crore market in spotlight

The Bihar Legislative Assembly has passed a crucial bill that aims to introduce stricter measures and regulation for microfinance institutions in the state, which is the largest market for these ...
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Bihar Regulates Microfinance: Registration Mandatory

Bihar assembly passes bill to regulate microfinance institutions, mandating state-level registration and curbing coercive ...