



Budget 2026: Centre weighs debt recovery framework overhaul for swift recoveries
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016, for insolvency resolution—work in tandem rather than at cross-purposes, while also seeking to harmonize debt recovery rules with other laws, the people added.“The annual financial statement may classify special situation funds (SSFs), a new class of alternative investment funds (AIFs), as financial institutions (FIs) for debt resolution, and give banks greater autonomy by removing the clause that requires borrowers’ approval to withdraw debt recovery proceedings,” the first of the two persons said.Additionally, the government may change the rules of the SARFAESI Act—Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act—to prevent the redemption of securities by borrowers once creditors have finalized the sale, the first person added.Redemption of securities has been a major contributor to the rising volume of litigation in DRTs. As of late 2025, around 178,000 cases were pending before 39 functional DRTs and five Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunals (DRATs) across the country.
Of these, 66,876 applications were filed under the SARFAESI Act, showed data from the Union finance ministry.The proposed changes to the rules governing debt recovery procedures have been under discussion for some time and are being considered for mention when the budget proposals for 2026-27 are announced in February,” the second person said. Both persons spoke on condition of anonymity.Mint's emailed queries to the Union finance ministry remained unansweredA September 2025 Supreme Court order raised concerns over the SARFAESI Act’s 30-day waiting period between the publication of a sale notice—by a creditor for assets pledged as security for a loan—and the actual
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