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A move to review and regulate when and how microfinance providers should be allowed to accept savings deposits is picking up speed.

In a bid to police the booming sector, finance minister P. Chidambaram introduced a Bill to regulate small micro-credit institutions through the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) requiring them to meet more stringent accounting standards.

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