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Women-Led MSMEs To Get Major Boost As IFC Proposes To Lend Loan Up to $150 Million to Bajaj Finance

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Chennai, April 23: In a bid to boost the startup ecosystem in India and help the women-led MSMEs in the country, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) part of the World Bank Group has proposed to loan up to $150 million to Bajaj Finance Ltd.

Under the new initiative, Bajaj Finance will increase its lending to MSME segment to about $600 million. According to details by IFC, the proposed $150 million senior loan for up to five years to Bajaj Finance will enable the company to expand its lending to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) and women-owned MSMEs.

Bajaj Finance, which is headquartered in Pune is part of the Bajaj Group,  which is the third-largest non-banking finance company (NBFC) in India. The firm has $4.9 billion equity base and $22.3 billion asset base as of December 31, 2020, IFC said.

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Digitalisation To Play Key Role in Growth and Development of MSME Sector in India, Says Nitin Gadkari

Union MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari. (Photo Credit: PIB)
Union MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari. (Photo Credit: PIB)

With an aim to development of small businesses in the country, digitalization across areas like marketing and manufacturing would play a critical role, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Minister Nitin Gadkari said. The Minister also emphasised the need for technologies that can help expand economically viable MSMEs in the rural and tribal areas across the country. He also pointed out that MSMEs account for 30 percent of India’s GDP, 48 percent of the exports and have created 11 crore jobs. The government aims to take this to 40 percent GDP contribution, 60 percent exports, and create 5 crore new jobs.

“Digitalisation in MSMEs is the most important subject…digitalisation is a solution by which we can make our system transparent and time-bound,” he said at an event held by Microsoft. In his address, Gadkari noted that marketing is an important arena for MSMEs and a number of small companies that have started marketing online are seeing excellent results. He added that digitalization can play an important role for the manufacturing sector in enhancing processes, he said, urging the tech sector to collaborate with MSMEs to help them in these processes. He said the most important agenda for the government is development of MSMEs in the rural, agricultural, tribal areas and 115 aspirational districts.

“This area is where GDP contribution is very negligible…So we need to find technology which is useful for making economically viable MSMEs in the village, rural, agricultural and tribal area,” he noted. He added that while these areas have raw materials, a digital system that is result-oriented can be brought in that will create a win-win situation for all.

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Startups and MSMEs in India Get Major Boost As Indian Bank Signs MoU With SID of IISc for Extending Exclusive Credit Facility to Businesses

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New Delhi, February 20: In a bid to extend the exclusive credit facility to Startups and MSMEs in India, state-owned Indian Bank has inked an MOU with the Society for Innovation and Development (SID), an initiative of the Indian Institute of Science. Under the pact, the Indian Bank will extend loans of up to Rs 50 crore to these startups for their working capital requirements or for the purchase of machinery, equipment among other things.

This initiative is a part of the Banks scheme Ind Spring Board for financing Startups and will empower Startups and MSMEs to realise their research efforts powered by financial support from the Bank and backed by incubation facilities offered by SID, it said in a release.

In its statement, the Bank said that SID is the forerunner in setting up joint R&D with industries and supporting start-up incubation, the bank said, it provides support to the MSME sector by providing joint research and development arrangements and technical and financial support for incubation and acceleration of high-end technology products under its department named TIME2. (Technology Innovation for Midsized Enterprises).

Under the MOU, SID will identify the start-ups and MSMEs based on their credentials and past experience and will refer the list of such members who require financial assistance to the Bank, it added.

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MSME Sector in India Gets Major Boost As Banks Sanction Rs 2.05 Lakh Cr Loans to 81 Lakh MSMEs Under Credit Guarantee Scheme

New Delhi, December 12: With an aim to help the MSME sector which was impacted by disruptions caused due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Finance Ministry on Friday said banks have sanctioned loans worth Rs 2,05,563 crore to about 81 lakh accounts under the Rs 3-lakh crore Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) for the MSME sector. In a series of tweets, the Finance Ministry said that as many as 40 lakh MSME accounts have received Rs 1,58,626 crore till December 4. Another tweet informed that Rs 3 lakh cr Collateral-Free Guaranteed Loans – Budgetary provision of Rs 4,000 crore made for the Scheme in First Supplementary Demand for Grants for FY 2020-21.

While announcing the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Package 3.0, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said that Rs 2.05 lakh crore sanctioned and Rs 1.52 lakh crore disbursed under ECLGS 1.0. “As part of the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan 3.0 (announced on November 12), ECLGS Scheme has been extended through ECLGS 2.0 for the 26 stress sectors and health care sector with credit outstanding of above Rs 50 crore and up to Rs 500 crore as on February 29, 2020,” a tweet said. Credit Guarantee Scheme: Banks Sanction Rs 1.86 Lakh Cr to 50 Lakh MSMEs Impacted by Slowdown Amid COVID-19 Pandemic.

The Finance Ministry said that under ECLGS 2.0, entities with outstanding credit above Rs 50 crore and not exceeding Rs 500 crore as on February 29, 2020, which were less than or equal to 30 days past due as on February 29, 2020 are eligible. The loans provided under ECLGS 2.0 will have a five-year tenor, with a 12-month moratorium on repayment of principal. Meanwhile, the entire Scheme (ECLGS 1.0 and ECLGS 2.0) valid till March 31, 2021, it said.

As part of the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Package, the government has announced to cover 2.5 crore farmers under the KCC scheme with a credit boost of Rs 2 lakh crore through a special saturation drive.

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MSMEs Backbone of Indian Economy, Govt Aiming to Increase the Sector’s Contribution to India’s GDP to 50%, Says Nitin Gadkari

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Hyderabad, December 12: Terming Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) as the backbone of Indian economy, MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari said the Modi government is now aiming is to increase the MSME sector’s contribution to the GDP to about 50 percent. The existing contribution of the MSME sector to India’s GDP is 30 percent. While speaking at the inaugural session of the three-day TiE Global Summit (TGS) being held virtually on Tuesday, Gadkari said the MSME sector currently constitutes 48 per cent of total exports from India and the government aims to take it to 60 percent in future.

“MSME is the backbone of Indian economy…a total 30 percent of the GDP in Indian economy is contributed by the MSME. Out of our total exports, 48 percent is also from MSME. At the same time up till now MSME created 11 crore jobs. And that is one of the reasons why MSME is the backbone of the country,” he said. “Now we have decided to make this 30 per cent contribution to GDP to 40 per cent and 48 per cent of the exports contribution to 60 per cent. And we want to create five crore jobs, he added. MSMEs Can Help in Boosting Exports, Says Nitin Gadkari.

During his address, Gadkari said at present, the village industries such as handlooms, handicrafts, Khadi Gram Udyog are generating Rs 80 thousand crore revenues which needs to be taken up to Rs 5  lakh crore in the next few years. Gadkari requested industrialists to invest in India and stressed that the country currently has an excellent network of roads, abundantly available power and water and reformed labour and other administrative laws. According to him, though there is an impact of COVID-19 globally, the Indian industry may get some opportunities out of it.

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‘MSME Prerana’, an Online Business Mentoring Programme Launched for MSMEs; Here’s All You Need to Know

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Chennai, October 7: ‘MSME Prerana’, an online business mentoring programme for MSMEs by state-run Indian Bank has been launched. The initiative was launched by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on October 6. The online programme will be made available in local languages and is aimed at empowering entrepreneurs through skill development and capacity building workshops. Sitharaman launched the initiative at the Indian Bank’s corporate centre in Chennai.  During the launch, Sitharaman said Indian Bank has taken an out-of-the-box initiative in launching MSME Prerana which will handhold the entrepreneurs through a mentoring program.

The Finance Minister added saying that this novel initiative shall further inspire others in the banking sector to adopt similar measures. Financial Services Secretary Debashish Panda, who also participated in the launch event through video conferencing, delved on the various initiatives taken by the government to support MSMEs.

About ‘MSME Prerana’ Programme:

  1. The ‘MSME Prerana’ initiative is in collaboration with Poornatha & Co, a firm that designs entrepreneurial development programs in vernacular languages using online web-based interactive sessions and case studies.
  2. The first two programs will be in Tamil for the Coimbatore clusters of Indian Bank. It will then be scaled up across the country in Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali and Gujarati, the Bank statement said.
  3. Spread over 12 sessions, the program enables MSME entrepreneurs to acquire expertise in handling finance and managerial skills, capacity to handle crises in business, understand the dynamics of credit rating and risk management.
  4. While the sessions on managerial and financial skills will be conducted by Poornatha & Co, the banking related topics will be handled by Indian Bank.
  5. MSME Prerana is our effort to bridge this gap in the skill sets. It is a business mentoring program that gives inputs in simple terms (no jargon) and in the local vernacular.
  6. On successful completion of the online programme, all participants would get a certificate, issued jointly by Indian Bank, Poornatha & Co and MADE (Michigan Academy for Developing Entrepreneurs), USA.

The lender’s Managing Director and CEO Padmaja Chunduru said during its outreach programs, webinars and interaction with the bank”s MSME units, one main takeaway was that there is still a lot of dependence on chartered accountants or agents to access bank loans.

Chunduru added that the barriers these MSMEs face include language, confusion about what the bank looks for when they approach for loans, how to manage cash flows, which government schemes are available and suitable for them and how to register themselves for these schemes.

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MSME Sector to Grow and Contribute to Job Creation With the Help of Structural Reforms Taken by Modi Govt, Says Finance Ministry Report

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New Delhi, October 6: The Finance Ministry on Monday said that the major structural reforms launched by the Modi government in agriculture markets, labour laws provide unparalleled opportunity for the MSME sector to grow and prosper. These reforms will in turn contribute to job creation in the primary and secondary sectors. A report by the Finance Ministry stated that the historic labour reforms will benefit MSMEs to increase employment, enhance labour productivity and thereby wages in MSMEs.

According to a report by PTI, the Finance Ministry said that important structural reforms that have been taken by the government to ease the risks posed by COVID-19 pandemic will strengthen India’s economic fundamentals and ensure long-term sustained growth. “The enabling policy environment and initiatives taken by all stakeholders to seize the available opportunities will actualise the growth potential of the Indian economy,” the monthly economic report prepared by the Economic Affairs Department of the Finance Ministry said.

The report further said that the sustained spread of the virus poses a downside risk to short-term and medium-term growth rate, adding that the government has strategically undertaken various important structural reforms, encompassing various sectors, to combat these risks. Meanwhile, the implementation of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ package and unlocking of the economy have ensured that economic recovery in India has gained momentum.

The PTI report adds that as on September 25, India’s foreign exchange reserves stood at USD 542.02 billion, equivalent to more than 13 months of imports. India”s probable growth path is visible in this assessment.