Attempts to de-clog the infrastructural bottlenecks through accelerated clearances and setting up of smart cities are likely to open up new avenues for banks. In order to make it  BIS central bankers’ speeches  5  easier for the banks to extend long term loans to infrastructure sector with flexible structuring to absorb potential adverse impacts, RBI has already issued enabling guidelines.
This will mitigate the asset-liability management (ALM) problems faced by banks in extending project loans to infrastructure and core industry sectors, and also ease the process of raising longterm resources for project loans to infrastructure and affordable housing sectors. iii)  Retail demand  25. The impending turnaround in the Indian economy has the potential to provide a big leg-up to the domestic demand.