MSMEs Ministry to organize meeting with bank heads to boost lending to small sector

09 Dec 2013 Evaluate

The Ministry for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) will organize a meeting with the heads of the public sector banks soon in order to encourage them to lend to MSME sector under the Pradhan Mantri Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP).

Union Minister of State for Small and Medium Enterprises, K.H. Muniappa has said that presently, banks are cautious for lending under the scheme in some areas of MSMEs, therefore, the meeting will organize to learn about their problems and sort them out. The Government would stand guarantor for a significant portion of the loans and provide matching subsidies under scheme, Minister added. On the other hand, banks had reported that many MSMEs loans had turned bad as the subsidies were credited to the loan account holders’ account.

Under the PMEGP scheme, which has formed by merging the existing employment generation programmes - Rural Employment Generation Programme and Pradhan Mantri Rozgar Yojana loans are given without any collateral. Through the scheme, the government has planned to reach out to 1 lakh entrepreneurs in 650 districts across the country during 2013-14 and also aims to train 40 lakh people through the primary technical training centres during the 12th Plan period.

The MSME sector contributes around 8% of the country's GDP, 45% of the manufactured output and provides employment to over 8 crore persons engaged in over 3.6 crore units. Meanwhile, the government has been taking steps to boost the sector’s growth. In the 12th Five-Year Plan, the government has increased Budget allocation for the sector to Rs 24,000 crore from Rs 11,000 crore in the previous five-plan period.

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