Chennai: Just as the police force found “All women’s police stations” fulfilling a unique need, financial institutions such as banks, MFIs and insurance companies are coming up with all women sourcing networks. At Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co, their all women branches are …
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Mudra reports Rs 66 cr net profit in first year of operation
Micro Units Development & Refinance Agency (Mudra) on October 3 reported a net profit of Rs 66 crore and an income of Rs 364 crore in the first year of its operations. Mudra Chairman Kshatrapati Shivaji said the company’s net profit and deferred tax adjustments stood at Rs 65.93 crore w…
Enhance credit absorption capacity of weaker sections, RBI tells financial intermediaries
The Reserve Bank of India wants financial intermediaries such as banks and non-banking finance companies to focus on a ‘3x3x3’ matrix so that small and marginal farmers, micro and small enterprises (MSEs), and low-income earners in the unorganised sector are financially included. Speaking at a BR…
MUDRA lends over Rs 42,000 crore in 5 months
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet project, Micro Units Development & Refinance Agency (MUDRA), has disbursed over Rs 42,000 crore in the five months of this financial year. This is one fourth of its annual target of Rs 1,80,000 crore. The lending agency’s disbursals nearly double…
MUDRA Yojna sluggish, bigger role for MFIs needed: Parliamentary panel
Concerned over sluggish refinancing under the MUDRA Yojna for tiny enterprises, a parliamentary panel has suggested a bigger role for micro-finance institutions (MFIs) while capping their interest rates at “reasonable rates”. As per the report by the Parliamentary Standing Committee p…
Indian MSME finance market expected to touch INR 46 trillion by FY 2020 | Ken Research
Ken Research announced its latest publication on “India MSME Finance Market Outlook to 2020 – Driven by Government’s Financial Inclusion Agenda and Newfound Profitability in Segment” which provides a comprehensive analysis of the MSME Finance Market in India. The future analysis of overall MSME m…
Despite high target, Mudra refinance to remain low
Even as the government has set a lofty target of Rs 180,000 crore of loan sanctions under its Mudra Yojana, the actual refinance by Mudra, Non-Banking Finance (NBFC) arm of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), will be not more than Rs 4,000 crore this year. In the 2015-16 budget,…