India- With increased corpus fund for CGTMSE, govt committed to handhold MSMEs: Giriraj Singh

New Delhi, Feb 20 (KNN) Eyeing at facilitating relief for the Micro, Small and medium Enterprises (MSME) sector, Minister of State (I/C) for MSME Giriraj Singh said that the government has increased the corpus for Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE).

Talking to KNN, along the sidelines of the 'Rebooting CGTMSE event, the Minister said that the government is taking steps towards handholding the MSMEs in the country.

'Next to the agriculture sector in the country, the MSMEs is on the priority of the present government, the Minister said.

The increased corpus amount from 2,500 crores to 7,500 crores is another step in the direction, the Minister added.

The Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGS) was launched by the Government of India (GoI) to make available collateral-free credit to the micro and small enterprise sector.

During the event the key changes, along with a new logo of the trust, several key changes in the CGTMSE were unveiled.

Under the changed rule, loans with Partial Collateral Security have been allowed under CGS.

'This apart from bringing a large chunk of loans under the ambit of credit guarantee would also help in promoting disciplined credit behaviour, said an official release.

It has also been decided to increase the extent of guarantee coverage for proposals above Rs 50 lakh.

New Product for NBFCs have been introduced in order to enable them to avail loan guarantees under the credit guarantee scheme.

It has also been announced to enhance the IT infrastructure of the Trust to improve operational efficiencies and reduce turnaround time for claim settlement.

Further, under the Rebooted CGTMSE, the Trust is embedding risk management tools within the scheme.

The Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGS) was launched by the Government of India (GoI) to make available collateral-free credit to the micro and small enterprise sector.

Both the existing and the new enterprises are eligible to be covered under the scheme.

MoMSME and SIDBI established a Trust named Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE) to implement the Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme for Micro and Small Enterprises.

The scheme was formally launched on August 30, 2000. The corpus of CGTMSE is being contributed by the GoI and SIDBI in the ratio of 4:1 respectively and has contributed Rs. 2477.78 crore to the corpus of the Trust up to May 31, 2016. As announced in the Package for MSEs, the corpus was to be raised to Rs.2500 crore by the end of 11th Plan. (KNN/DA)

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