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  • ‘Tamil Nadu 360’ | CM on the watch

    The ‘Tamil Nadu 360’ digital dashboard has helped CM Stalin monitor the efficiency of presidency departments to search out options each on the micro and macro degree

    Chennai,ISSUE DATE: Feb 20, 2023 | UPDATED: Feb 10, 2023 18:07 IST

    CM Stalin and his officers at a dashboard evaluation assembly

    At his first official assembly after taking cost as Tamil Nadu chief minister in May 2021, M.Okay. Stalin sought info and a plan for an digital dashboard system giving real-time info on authorities initiatives and programmes. Just six months later, on December 24, Tamil Nadu’s oldest first-time chief minister unveiled a system to trace, analyse and enhance administrative effectivity within the state.

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    Arindam Mukherjee

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    Feb 10, 2023

  • Construction, meals MSMEs gas post-Covid credit score rise

    Among micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), these concerned in meals merchandise and building supplies, in addition to those concerned in investments in know-how are driving the post-Covid credit score progress within the sector.

    Lenders to MSMEs say e-commerce was robust even through the pandemic, and retail and meals companies picked up a couple of 12 months again.

    “Companies that have seen an increase in borrowing in terms of percentage of total disbursal include food products, which has seen an uptick in borrowing from around 14 per cent in FY19 and FY20 to nearly 20 per cent in FY21 and FY22. During the same period, the construction materials industry has shown increased credit demand, going from around 4 per cent of the pie to over 7 per cent,” stated Hardika Shah, founder & CEO, Kinara Capital, in an e-mail.

    The MSME sector was one of many worst hit through the pandemic and the resultant lockdowns led to lack of enterprise.

    “We have seen a strong pickup in demand for credit over the past 12 months across these categories. In terms of gradation, while e-commerce continued to be strong through the course of pandemic, retail and food services sectors picked up about 12 months back, and travel has seen a strong revival over the past 6-9 months,” Alok Mittal, managing director, Indifi Technologies Pvt Ltd, stated.

    The State Bank of India’s (SBI) Ecowrap report launched in July additionally echoed the development, stating that incremental credit score to the MSME sector has been on an upswing. “Around 74 per cent of such is purely because of the credit guarantee scheme, and the remaining 26 per cent is because of other schemes including the definitional change in the MSME sector. In terms of overall credit growth, the ECLG scheme has contributed 15 per cent of the expansion,” learn the report.

    The Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) was unveiled as a part of the excellent package deal introduced by the federal government in March 2020 to assist the MSME sector in view of the financial misery brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic.

    According to the Ecowrap report, round Rs 2.36 lakh crore has been disbursed to MSMEs underneath the ECLGS. However, it’s not simply the pandemic; the sector can also be affected by delayed funds. Data from Bengaluru-based non-profit Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship (GAME), information analytics firm Dun & Bradstreet, and Omidyar Network present that delayed funds to the MSME sector have elevated to Rs 10.7 lakh crore until the tip of 2021.

    About 81 per cent of the full quantity is owed to small and micro enterprises (SMEs) — Rs 4.29 lakh crore to small enterprises and Rs 4.44 lakh crore to micro enterprises. Mittal, nonetheless, says that the demand for credit score, past March 2021, is to fund progress. “The demand for credit has not been driven by desperation of funds, but by the growth opportunities available to these businesses. Also, given the sharp uptick in digitisation during the pandemic period, more of that demand is getting channeled to digital lenders,” Mittal stated.

  • ‘FY22 MSME loan growth 36% above pre-Covid level’

    The mortgage portfolio excellent of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) rose to Rs 22.7 lakh crore, a rise of 36 per cent over the pre-pandemic degree in March 2020 and 18 per cent over March 2021.

    According to CRIF High Mark, a credit score data bureau, as of March 2022, there have been 137.4 lakh lively loans for the MSME sector, a rise of seven per cent from March 2021 and a 43 per cent enhance from March 2020. Portfolio in danger (PAR) for 91-180 days late (DPD) improved from 1.6 per cent as of March 2021 to 1.3 per cent as of March 2022.

    It stated PAR for 181-360 days held regular at 0.3 per cent. As of March 2022, PAR for 360 days late was at 2.2 per cent, bettering from 2.5 % as of March 2021, it stated.

    Navin Chandani, MD & CEO, CRIF High Mark, stated, “The fact that total loans disbursed to MSMEs has increased by nearly 50 per cent compared to pre-pandemic levels is a clear indication that the lending community is actively supporting the resilience and regrowth of this sector. We will continue to publish rich data & insights to benefit the lending ecosystem for small businesses.”

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    At 51.5 lakh accounts, complete loans disbursed in FY22 represented a 47 per cent enhance over FY20. From Rs 37.7 lakh in FY20 to Rs 72.4 lakh in FY 21–22, the typical ticket dimension of MSME loans elevated by 92 per cent, it stated.

    Crif High Mark stated the small borrower phase had the very best market share by originations worth in FY22 at 28.5 per cent, adopted by Mudra phase at 26.2 per cent. By originations quantity, Mudra borrower phase had the largest market share in FY22 at 57.7 per cent, adopted by micro phase at 21.2 per cent.

    The market share by originations worth of personal banks considerably elevated from 33.6 per cent in FY20 to 69.8 per cent in FY22, the bureau stated. Their share climbed from 26.9 per cent in FY20 to 33.5 per cent in FY22 by originations quantity. This is attributable to the rise in common ticket dimension of personal banks from Rs 47.1 lakh to Rs 150.5 lakh from FY20 to FY22. Public sector banks and NBFCs confirmed a decline in market share throughout this era.

    The common ticket dimension for PSU banks in FY22 was Rs 28.6 lakh, NBFCs Rs 32.1 lakh, overseas banks Rs 502.6 lakh and different lenders Rs 26.1 lakh, it stated.

    Geographically, the highest 10 States account for 90 per cent of originations worth in FY22. The prime 3 states Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Delhi, make up 64 per cent of the whole originations worth in FY22.

    According to originations quantity, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh are the highest 3 states and with a mean ticket dimension of Rs 256.5 lakh in FY22. Maharashtra has the most important MSME mortgage portfolio.

  • FISME plans collateral-free MSME lending platform

    Aimed at fulfilling the necessity for pressing funds, a digital lending platform is being created to supply entry to collateral-free capital as much as Rs  25 lakh to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

    The platform is being arrange by the Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME) and Eqaro Surety Pvt Ltd, a supplier of monetary ensures.

    A memorandum of understanding on this regard was signed by Prashant Patel, president of FISME, and Vikash Khandelwal, CEO of Eqaro, in Delhi not too long ago.

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    “Lending has traditionally been collateral based. This unique, first time in India initiative will help MSMEs get easier access to credit backed by a surety guarantee without the need to put up collaterals,” Khandelwal stated.

    According to Patel, it’s like an overdraft facility, initially pegged at Rs 25 lakh, which could possibly be tapped anytime from wherever ought to an MSME want funds.

    Former Secretary, Department of Financial Services, DK Mittal termed the initiative “path-breaking”, including, “Lack of collateral is the single biggest bottleneck that small entrepreneurs face in accessing institutional funds and obviating the need for asset-based collateral by sureties can revolutionise MSME lending.”

  • Covid-hit MSMEs get Rs 6,062-crore booster

    The Cabinet has permitted a $808-million (Rs 6,062-crore) help to revitalise Covid-hit micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) by a programme backed by the World Bank. Of the overall help, Rs 3,750 crore ($500 million) shall be within the type of a mortgage from the World Bank and Rs 2,312 crore shall be offered by the federal government.

    The help for the Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance (RAMP) programme, introduced in Budget for FY23, shall be prolonged over 5 years.

    The programme goals at enhancing entry of MSMEs to market and credit score whereas bolstering establishments and governance associated to the small companies on the central and state ranges.

    An official assertion after the Cabinet assembly suggests RAMP will deal with the generic and Covid-related challenges being confronted by MSMEs by enhancing the affect of current schemes for such entities and enhancing their competitiveness. FE

  • Covid, lockdown hit MSMEs hardest, their unhealthy loans spiked Rs 20,000 crore in 2020-21

    THE SLOWDOWN within the financial system within the wake of the Covid pandemic within the final two years appears to have hit the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) probably the most regardless of a number of mortgage restructuring schemes and packages introduced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the federal government.

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    Gross non-performing property (NPAs) of MSMEs, or loans defaulted by these enterprises, rose by Rs 20,000 crore to Rs 1,65,732 crore as of September 2021 from Rs 1,45,673 crore in September 2020, the RBI stated in response to a Right to Information (RTI) utility by The Indian Express.

    According to the RBI, unhealthy loans of MSMEs now account for 9.6 per cent of gross advances of Rs 17.33 lakh crore as in opposition to 8.2 per cent in September 2020. In truth, MSME unhealthy loans had declined from Rs 1,47,260 crore (8.8 per cent of advances) in September 2019, solely to choose up once more in 2021.

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    Public sector banks accounted for the majority of MSME NPAs at Rs 1,37,087 crore, the RBI says. Among state-owned banks, PNB had MSME NPAs of Rs 25,893 crore as of September 2021, adopted by State Bank of India Rs 24,394 crore, Union Bank Rs 22,297 crore and Canara Bank Rs 15,299 crore, the RBI says.

    A mortgage turns right into a non-performing asset when principal or curiosity turns into overdue after 90 days.

    The rise in unhealthy loans occurred even after the RBI introduced 4 mortgage restructuring schemes for MSMEs in January 2019, February 2020, August 2020 and May 2021. Loans of as many as 24.51 lakh MSME accounts price Rs 1,16,332 crore had been restructured below these schemes. Under the May 2021 round issued by the RBI, loans for Rs 51,467 crore had been restructured, in line with the RBI’s ‘Trend and progress of banking’ report.

    According to the RBI definition, a micro unit’s funding shouldn’t exceed Rs one crore and turnover Rs 5 crore, small items’ funding shouldn’t exceed Rs 10 crore and turnover Rs 50 crore and a medium enterprise’s funding shouldn’t be greater than Rs 50 crore and turnover Rs 250 crore.

    The MSME sector was among the many most pandemic stricken sectors. Thousands of MSMEs both shut down or grew to become sick after the federal government introduced a nationwide strict lockdown in March 2020 within the wake of the Covid pandemic. To revive exercise, the RBI and the federal government launched a number of measures together with the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) which offered Rs 3 lakh crore of unsecured loans to MSMEs and enterprise. The RBI additionally prolonged the scheme of one-time restructuring of loans to MSMEs with out an asset classification downgrade and permitted financial institution lending to NBFCs (apart from MFIs) for on-lending to agriculture, MSMEs and housing to be labeled as precedence sector lending (PSL).

    Banking sources stated the restructuring schemes and packages didn’t profit 1000’s of items which had been already in default. This is as a result of to be eligible below the ECLGS scheme, borrower accounts had been to be lower than or equal to 60 days due as on February 29, 2020.

    According to the RBI’s Financial Stability Report, credit score to the MSME phase slowed down (y-o-y) by the tip of September 2021 vis-a-vis March 2021. The decline was notably noticeable within the sub Rs 25 crore ticket measurement throughout main financial institution teams.

    Under the ECLGS, loans amounting to Rs 2.82 lakh crore had been sanctioned until November 12, 2021, of which Rs 2.28 lakh crore was disbursed (Rs 1.94 lakh crore by business banks, forming 20.6 per cent of the incremental credit score throughout the interval), it stated.

  • ‘ECLGS, unlocks help MSME credit offtake rise 6.6% in FY21’

    Unlocks within the month of June have led to a pointy bounce again in credit score demand by MSMEs, which was dampened by the second wave after a robust fourth quarter of FY21.
    Strong rebound in credit score demand, accompanied by equally robust credit score provide and Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) assist, has led to development within the credit score excellent quantity of MSME sector to Rs 20.21 lakh crore, with a year-on-year development price of 6.6 per cent, says a report from TransUnion Cibil and SIDBI.
    “In FY2021, the country disbursed loans worth Rs 9.5 lakh crore to MSME sector, higher than preceding year of Rs 6.8 lakh crore in FY 2020,” Cibil mentioned. The complete on-balance sheet industrial lending publicity in India stood at Rs 74.36 lakh crore in March 2021, with a year-on-year development price of 0.6 per cent.
    After the preliminary drop in industrial credit score enquiries by 76 per cent because of the first wave, they recovered quick with ECLGS and have since sustained near pre-Covid ranges. Commercial credit score enquiries in March 2021 had been 32 per cent over pre-Covid ranges, Cibil mentioned. “MSME credit outstanding has grown by 6.6 per cent YoY in March’21, with micro segment growing the fastest at 7.4 per cent.”
    Micro phase was adopted by the small phase at 6.8 per cent and medium phase at 5.8 per cent. Lending to new-to-bank (NTB) MSMEs has recovered again to pre-Covid ranges, whereas lending to existing-to-bank (ETB) continues to be bouyant. Credit disbursals to NTB MSMEs had dropped by 90 per cent in April 2020 in comparison with pre-Covid ranges, and has regularly returned again to five per cent larger than pre-Covid ranges in March 2021, Cibil mentioned.
    Rajesh Kumar, Managing Director & CEO of TransUnion CIBIL, “the significant surge in MSME credit demand post gradual reopening of the markets, reasserts India’s growth story. The government’s pro-growth initiatives like extending ECLGS support to the tune of Rs 4.5 lakh crores, regulatory reforms like restructuring of loans and the swift implementation of these initiatives by banks & credit institutions using data analytics has fortified MSMEs.” With these progressive insurance policies and assist, India’s MSME sector is ready on a particular resurgence trajectory and this bodes properly for the long run energy and development of our financial system, Kumar mentioned.

    “The key highlight which signals the revival is credit to new-to-bank (NTB) which has returned back to pre-Covid levels, while credit to existing-to-bank (ETB) remains buoyant. The recent additional relief measures by Government, especially in healthcare, travel and tourism, are expected to improve credit offtake in the MSME sector. Going forward, the lenders need to continuously monitor the health of credit portfolios, while sustaining credit growth to MSMEs,” mentioned Sivasubramanian Ramann, Chairman and Managing Director, SIDBI.
    Of the MSME that got loans within the interval of January to March 2021, 29 per cent had missed a couple of cost in final three months.