Bankers term the monetary policy accommodative as it relaxes provision on loan provisioning

They, however, say meeting the increased lending thresholds for agriculture, hydro and small and medium enterprises could be challenging.

The banking sector has termed the monetary policy for the fiscal year 2020-21 as ‘balanced’, for it has introduced a rescue package for those businesses affected by the Covid-19 pandemic while also making sure that profitability of banks are not hurt.