Banks and MSME industry representatives have sought support for the sector in the line of ECLGS, a measure introduced early in the pandemic
ECLGS launched by the government in 2020 to provide relief to MSMEs impacted by Covid-19 pandemic has saved 13.5 lakh firms from going bankrupt and consequently 1.5 crore jobs, claimed a report.
Vaishnaw was speaking at 'Digital payment Utsav'
The credit facility will extend working capital loans to small businesses that need financing to support their digitisation and recovery from the effects of the pandemic, HDFC Bank said
Retail loans clocked a growth of 11.2 per cent in July 2021 as compared to 9.0 per cent a year ago
Banks to ramp up efforts during outreach programme
India is the first country where Facebook is rolling out this programme in partnership with online lending platform Indifi.
Credit to Mid, small units also see higher growth
Scheme removes the ceiling of outstanding loans of Rs 500 crore, keeps government's guarantee cover of Rs 3 trillion.
It may allow small companies to borrow an additional 30% of their credit limit, up from 20% announced last year.
Studies point out that the 40 million-odd SMEs in India, with limited access to formal credit, face a financing gap of $250-500 billion
State-owned Bank of Maharashtra on Monday said it has entered into a co-lending agreement with the Pune-based non-banking financial company LoanTap Credit Products, for MSME loans.
Credit to large companies contracted 2.9%, but that to medium enterprises grew 16.7% YoY. Overall credit to industry had grown at 3.4% in October 2019
Government guarantee will help and restart businesses which will kickstart the virtuous circle of employment, consumption, and growth
Cheap deposit money, which helps offer low lending rates, gives banks the edge over gold loan companies
Yogi Adityanath said that his government was working with full dedication to explore all possibilities to realise 'self reliant India'
The maximum amount of guaranteed emergency credit line (GECL) funding under the scheme would also correspondingly increase from Rs 5 crore at present to Rs 10 crore
Outstanding loans to SME remained flat at Rs 3.52 trillion in June, compared to May
Exporters said the financial position of the knitwear garment units in Tirupur has not improved and they were not in a position to repay the loan and interest
However, disbursements against this stood at Rs 77,613 crore till July 20 under the 100 per cent ECLGS for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs)