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Parliament Passes The Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill [Read Bill]

By LawStreet News Network      29 November, 2019 02:11 PM      0 Comments
Parliament Passes The Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill [Read Bill]

The Rajya Sabha on November 28, 2019, passed the Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2019, that seeks to amend the Chit Funds Act, 1982, to streamline operations of chit funds in India and to protect the interests of investors, mainly the economically weaker sections of the society.

The Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on November 20, 2019, after it was introduced in the Lower House of the Parliament on August 5, 2019.

Under a chit fund, people agree to pay a certain amount from time to time into a fund.  Periodically, one of the subscribers is chosen by drawing a chit to receive the prize amount from the fund.

The main changes proposed by the Bill are:- 

  1. Names for a chit fund: The Act specifies various names which may be used to refer to a chit fund. These include chit, chit fund, and kuri.  The Bill additionally inserts ‘fraternity fund’ and ‘rotating savings and credit institution’ to this list.
  2. Substitution of terms: The Act defines certain terms in relation to chit funds. It defines: (a) ‘chit amount’ as the sum of subscriptions payable by all the subscribers of a chit; (b) ‘dividend’ as the share of the subscriber in the amount kept apart for running the chit; and (c) ‘prize amount’ as the difference between chit amount and the amount kept apart for running the chit.  The Bill changes the names of these terms to ‘gross chit amount’, ‘share of discount’ and ‘net chit amount’, respectively.
  3. Presence of subscribers through video-conferencing: The Act specifies that a chit will be drawn in the presence of at least two subscribers. The Bill seeks to allow these subscribers to join via video-conferencing.
  4. Foreman’s commission: Under the Act, the ‘foreman’ is responsible for managing the chit fund. He is entitled to a maximum commission of 5% of the chit amount.  The Bill seeks to increase the commission to 7%.  Further, the Bill allows the foreman a right to lien against the credit balance from subscribers.
  5. Aggregate amount of chits: Under the Act, chits may be conducted by firms, associations or individuals. The Act specifies the maximum amount of chit funds which may be collected.  These limits are: (i) one lakh rupees for chits conducted by individuals, and for every individual in a firm or association with less than four partners, and (ii) six lakh rupees for firms with four or more partners.  The Bill increases these limits to three lakh rupees and 18 lakh rupees, respectively. 
  6. Application of the Act: Currently, the Act does not apply to: (i) any chit started before it was enacted, and (ii) any chit (or multiple chits being managed by the same foreman) where the amount is less than Rs 100. The Bill removes the limit of Rs 100, and allows the state governments to specify the base amount over which the provisions of the Act will apply. 

(Source PRS)

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