The measures will lower credit cost to some extent, but analysts are sceptical of asset quality of such loans
The Centre has also decided to include personal loans for business purposes under the scheme
A survey on micro, small, and medium enterprises showed that estimated 25-30 million people have lost their jobs by the end of June
The minister called India as the most favourable destination for foreign investment and urged foreign investors to reap rich dividends by investing in the country's infra, MSMEs, banks, NBFCs
Businesses from textiles to sports goods and furniture are shuttered or working at a bare minimum, and cows roam streets that would be normally packed with workers and vehicles
FIDC said the assistance to eligible individual borrowers under ECLGS is just limited to loans given under MUDRA scheme
Move taken to ensure timely payments particularly to MSMEs; buyer will have to pay interest at the rate of 1% a month
'Govt's recent notification on the MSME sector will enable large corporates and MNCs take indirect control of the manufacturing sector in India through their subsidiaries'
Some 1.5 million businesses in MSME sector will get liquidity and jobs will be saved as a result, says World Bank.
He also stressed the role of productivity in the transformation of any organisation
The bulk of the disbursed amount -about two-third- was contributed by public sector banks.
The minister was addressing MSME and Infrastructure-Paving the growth path in Post-COVID World event
Says GST rate reduction to go to Council; Council is likely to meet on Friday through video conferencing.
IOB reduced its interest rate on loans linked to MCLR by 30 basis points in overnight tenor and by 20 bps in one month to one year tenors
Urges units facing any such delay to write to it, assured corrective action and disbursement of loan
Tata Motors' stock could be active in today's session after the company announced that it has resumed operations across all its manufacturing plants in the country
Not all companies had declared results for FY20. Turnover figures for previous year were used when FY20 numbers were unavailable
Medium units' turnover limit hiked to Rs 250 crore
Mr Javadekar said MSMEs are the backbone of India's economy and therefore the Cabinet has made a road map for implementation of decisions for the MSME sector
The company will also benefit from various government initiatives recently announced in the economic package