Government to soon launch new credit guarantee scheme for MSME sector up to ₹100 crore
The Hindu
Government to launch new credit guarantee scheme for MSME sector, offering loans up to ₹100 crore.
Financial Services Secretary M Nagaraju on Thursday (January 9, 2025) said the government would soon launch a new credit guarantee scheme for the MSME sector covering loans up to ₹100 crore.
"We are likely to come up with a scheme, which was announced by Finance Minister in her last Budget, that could provide loans up to ₹100 crore without guarantee, if they are already having the enterprise," he said at the concluding day of Grameen Bharat Mahotsav.
The scheme is expected to be placed before the Union Cabinet soon for its approval.
"For facilitating term loans to MSMEs for purchase of machinery and equipment without collateral or third-party guarantee, a credit guarantee scheme will be introduced. The scheme will operate on pooling of credit risks of such MSMEs. A separately constituted self-financing guarantee fund will provide, to each applicant, guarantee cover up to ₹100 crore, while the loan amount may be larger," the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced in Budget 2024-25.
The borrower will have to provide an upfront guarantee fee and an annual guarantee fee on the reducing loan balance, she had said.
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector employs 50 million people, he said.
MSMEs exports have witnessed a remarkable rise, increasing from ₹3.95 lakh crore in 2020-21 to ₹12.39 lakh crore in 2024-25, underscoring their critical role in boosting India's economy and strengthening global trade.
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