Rs. 6lakh crore Mudra loans disbursed
Loans worth Rs.6 lakh crore have been given to 12 crore beneficiaries under the Mudra scheme, as stated by PM Modi.The Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) has helped and encouraged people to tread the unconventional path, fulfil their dreams and generate jobs for others by setting up small businesses.
PMMY was launched by the Prime Minister on April 8, 2015, for providing loans of up to Rs.10 lakh to the non-corporate, non-farm small/micro enterprises. Last fiscal, the government extended Rs.2.53 lakh crore credit under the Mudra Yojana, while Rs.5.73 lakh crore has been extended in last 3 years.
“Do you know 25-30 years ago there used to be loan melas for political benefit and people who were close to politicians used to gets loans with no intension of returning them. There used to be great fan fare but no one bothered to find the end results,” he said.
The NDA government did not organise any loan melas or gave space to intermediaries. It trusted the country’s youth and women to get loans directly from the banks and start their own small business, the Prime Minister said. “We trusted small businesses, we trusted business skills of first time entrepreneurs and loans were given under the Mudra Yojana for setting up their own venture,” Modi said.
The government developed the new product ‘Mudra’ with a view to provide opportunity to poor people and small businesses to obtain loans from banks without any collateral to either start small enterprise or expand the existing ones, he said.
Mudra has created opportunities for self-employment and is acting as job-multiplier, Modi said, adding that as many as 12 crore received Rs.6 lakh crore in loans under the scheme. “Out of the 12 crore beneficiaries, 28 per cent or 3.25 crore are first-time entrepreneurs,” he said in his interaction with beneficiaries of this scheme.
He also said 74 per cent, or 9 crore, borrowers are women and 55 per cent belong to the SC/ST and OBC category. “Mudra Yojana is not just a self-employment scheme but it acts as job multiplier as it has created jobs as several new ventures got started,” he said.
Taking a dig at past governments, the Prime Minister said, “people of this country heard poverty alleviation slogans in the past but nothing happened on the ground. As a result, trust of millions was shaken.” “Mudra has restored the confidence of people in the system as there are no discrimination for getting loans under the scheme,” he said.