Term lending institutions as a sector or as a set of companies is not something which many on the street would know or remember because this word was used a couple of decades back when ICICI, IDBI were not banks. They were term lending institutions who used to give loans to companies for specific projects for a specific period of time, which used to be normally longer term as compared to banks. That model failed for multiple reasons that is why the word “ term lending institution” became a bad word or one can say went into oblivion. The one company which did not change itself for multiple reasons is IFCI and we all know what happened to it. But if one looks at some of the companies, their essential model is to provide capital for the long term. The only difference is that they are catering to specific sectors, the whole chain of companies in that sector. So they can be called “ sector specific term lending institutions” and yes they are once again back on the street because there is a world of difference in today and what things were 10 years back.
