* Dr.Sachin Chavan

ABSTRACT

Working capital is the fund invested in current assets and is needed for meeting day to day operating expenses. Working capital is the fund invested in current assets. It occupies an important place in a firm’s Balance Sheet. Working capital financing is a specialized area and is designed to meet the working requirements of a business. The main sources of working capital financing are trade credit, bank credit, factoring and commercial paper. Out of all these, this paper is related only to bank credit which represents the most important source for financing of current assets. The firms generally enjoy easy access to the bank finance for meeting their working capital needs. But from time to time, Reserve Bank of India has been issuing guidelines and directives to the banks to strengthen the procedures and norms for working capital financing. This paper attempts to analyse the role of bank credit in financing working capital needs of firms. It also tries to give a bird’s eye view about the guidelines issued by RBI to banks in relation to working capital financing. Key Words- Working capital, Current Asset, Current Liabilities, Commercial Papers, RBIL.