Tag: Mudra Bank

Mudra: Rs 1.8 lakh crore to be forked in FY17

Banks are expected to disburse Rs 1.80 lakh crore as loans under Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency (MUDRA) Bank Yojana during the current financial year, MUDRA Bank Chief Executive Jiji Mammen said on July 19. “We started our operations from April 2015. The total target for 2015-16 was…

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…

FM gives Rs 500 crore to support sc/st, women entrepreneurs

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the government will partner with Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DICCI) to set up entrepreneurial hubs for entrepreneurs from the backward classes. Jaitley, presenting the Union Budget for 2016-17, said the government proposes to allocate Rs…

Mudra Bank refinances Rs 1,500 crore to SMEs

Mudra Bank, which has been set up to provide credit to micro units, has refinanced Rs 1,500 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana. “In the first nine months of inception, Mudra Bank has so far refinanced Rs 1,500 crore to micro units through public sector banks,” Mudra Bank CEO …

FISME raises MSME financing issue with RBI

A delegation of Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME) led by Chairman, Banking and Finance Committee, Neeraj Kedia met Executive Director of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) U.S. Paliwal in Mumbai recently and highlighted rising MSME concerns about the fall out of fault…