Goyal was speaking at the fourth Plenary Session of the B20 India Inception Meeting on Building Resilient Global Value Chains in Gandhinagar
The emergency credit line guarantee scheme (ECLGS), launched during Covid to help small businesses tide over losses due to lockdowns, has helped save at least 14.6 lakh MSMEs which benefited from Rs 2.2 lakh crore in additional credit, a report said on Monday. According to an SBI Research analysis, this additional credit flow has saved around 12 per cent of the outstanding MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) credit from slipping into NPAs. In terms of people, it saved the livelihood of at least 6.6 crore people, the report said. The ECLGS has helped in boosting credit flow to MSMEs with at least 14.6 lakh of them being saved due to the scheme. In absolute terms, loans worth Rs 2.2 lakh crore were flown into MSMEs from banks during the scheme. This means that around 12 per cent of the outstanding MSME credit has been saved from slipping into NPAs because of the scheme, and saving the livelihood of 6.6 crore people, SBI chief economist Soumyakanti Ghosh said in the report. The
PLI schemes, quick access to funding, and expansion of exports are some of the key areas that the sector is looking forward to
MCA proposes specialised framework for realty projects
Bankers say private lenders have more risk appetite, faster response times, and are aggressive on pricing
The interim pact between India and Australia, also known as Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA), has the potential to double bilateral trade to $50 billion in half a decade
Globally, supply is expected to ease as output in Brazil and Thailand, both major producers, is likely to revive
The growth is driven by a low base, NBFC, retail credit, higher working capital demand driven by inflation and improvement in capacity utilisation ratio, and rising demand for fresh capex
The decline in demand and rise in raw material prices due to high transportation costs are the major problems faced by micro, small and medium enterprises in the last 27 months, according to a survey. The report by Bhartiya Yuva Shakti Trust (BYST) also said that though markets have stabilised, about 57 per cent of the units that participated in the survey are struggling to get new orders for their merchandise. "Lesser purchasing power of consumers lead to reduced demand and increased raw material cost due to higher transportation cost with increase in fuel prices have been cited among key problems faced by entrepreneurs during the last 27 months," Lakshmi Venkataraman Venkatesan, Founding and Managing Trustee, BYST, said. Over 5,600 Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) participated in the survey. While the impact of COVID-19 has been slowly receding, the economic situation is yet to completely stabilise due to multiple factors, according to the report. About 27 per cent of
Foreign procurement in defence rises to Rs 50,061 cr
They suggested that the central bank could look at a reasonable cap to the FLDG models, given RBI's concerns of around build-up of systemic risk and 100% risk transfer rather than banning it outright
Walmart and Flipkart on Tuesday joined hands with the National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) to accelerate capacity building for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) across India, help them unlock export potential and become part of retail supply chains locally and globally. The agreement was signed at a summit here to mark the milestone of 20,000 MSMEs completing their training under the Walmart Vriddhi Supplier Development Programme, of which Swasti is a programme partner. The Vriddhi programme also includes training, seminars and mentoring sessions conducted regularly for MSMEs. Tens of thousands of MSMEs have registered for the programme from metros and Tier II and III cities across India. The partnership will enhance access for participating MSMEs to schemes offered by the NSIC while making learning resources of Vriddhi available to MSMEs registered with the NSIC. "The Indian MSME sector currently comprises 6.3 crore MSMEs that employ more than 11 crore people. We
The three plan to support MSMEs in their quest to integrate with local and global retail supply chains
GSTN is expected to go live on AA network in late January or early February, people aware of the development say
Commercial vehicle financing major Shriram Transport Finance Company and two-wheeler and MSME financier Shriram City Union Finance have been merged to form Shriram Finance Limited (Shriram Finance)
Dept in advanced inter-ministerial talks; schemes for bicycles, footwear to follow
Government's PLI schemes can help manufacturing and reduce import dependence in some sectors, say some experts
The AA network had been in discussion with the GSTN network for their onboarding for a long time as this would give financial institutions access to data regarding small businesses
The lender is seeing demand for capex growth, apart from working capital, an indicator that investments are picking up
Nearly half of the small businesses will not be able to claw back their margins to the pre-pandemic levels even though almost all of them will be able to match the fiscal 2020 revenue levels this fiscal due to the inability to completely pass on high commodity prices and the rupee's fall, as per a report. According to the Crisil report on Wednesday, while almost all small businesses are likely to close this fiscal at the FY20 top-line levels, as much as 43 per cent of them will close the fiscal with pre-pandemic margins because of their inability to completely pass on the high prices in some commodities as well as an unfavourable exchange rate. The report is based on 69 sectors and 147 clusters or two-thirds of the MSME universe, which logged an aggregate revenue of Rs 56 lakh crore, representing 20-25 per cent of the GDP. According to Pushan Sharma, a director at the agency, the overall MSME sector is expected to bounce back to 1.27 times the pre-pandemic level in terms of revenue