TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I 7; 1.1 INTRODUCTION 7; 1.2 AIM OF THE STUDY 10; 1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY 10; 1.4 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 10; 1.5 HYPOTHESIS 10; 1.6 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 11; 1.7 CHAPTERIZATION 11; 1.8 LITERATURE REVIEW 12; CHAPTER II 15; 2.1 NON-BANKING FINANCIAL COMPANIES IN INDIA 15; 2.2 MEANING OF NBFCs 17; 2.3 ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF NBFCS 18; 2.4 TYPES OF NBFCs 20; 2.5 REGISTRATION OF NBFCs 30; 2.6 SOURCES OF FUNDS OF NBFCS 31; CHAPTER III 36; 3.1 NBFCs and the banks 36; 3.2 REASONS FOR POPULARITY OF NBFCS WITH THE CUSTOMERS 38; CHAPTER IV 42; 4.1 REGULATION OF NBFCs 42; 4.1.1 BHABATOSH DATTA STUDY GROUP (1971) 42; 4.1.2 JAMES RAJ STUDY GROUP (1974) 43; 4.1.3 CHAKRAVARTHY COMMITTEE (1985) 44; 4.1.4 VAGHUL COMMITTEE, 1987 45; 4.1.5 NARASIMHAM COMMITTEE I, 1991 45; 4.1.6 SHAH COMMITTEE, 1992 46; 4.1.7 KHANNA COMMITTEE, 1995 47; 4.1.8 VASUDEV COMMITTEE, 1998 48; 4.1.9 USHA THORAT WORKING GROUP, 2011 51; 4.1.10 NACHIKET MOR COMMITTEE, 2013 53; CHAPTER V 55; 5.1 CRB FIASCO 55; 5.2 IL&FS FIASCO 57; CHAPTER VI 69; 6.1 CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS 69; BIBLIOGRAPHY 79.