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SEPTEMBER - 2019

                                     Interest Subvention Scheme for
                                       Incremental Credit to MSMEs

            It is now official. The Ministry of MSME                    incremental  working  capital  and
            has issued a circular regarding 2% lower                    term loan by an eligible institution,
            interest  payment  for  MSMEs  under  the                   interest subvention would be made
            Interest  Subvention  Scheme  for                           available  only  for  a  maximum
            Incremental credit to MSMEs 2018, a gist                    financial assistance of Rs 100 lakh.
            of  which  is  given  below,  for  the  ready
            reference of Members:                                       Who is not Eligible?

            It may be recalled that the Hon'ble Prime                FMSME  exporters  availing  interest
            Minister  in  his  outreach  initiative  for                subvention  for  pre-shipment  or
            MSME sector last year, had announced a 2                    post-shipment  credit  under
            % interest subvention for all GST & UAM-                    Department of Commerce will not
            registered MSMEs up to a maximum up to                      be  eligible  for  assistance  under
            Rs. 1 crore, on fresh or incremental loans,                 Interest  Subvention  Scheme  for
            under the Interest Subvention Scheme for                    Incremental credit to MSMEs 2018.
            Incremental credit to MSMEs 2018, being
            implemented over 2018-19 and 2019-20                     FMSMEs  already  availing  interest
            with an allocation of Rs 975 crore.                         subvention  under  any  of  the
                                                                        Schemes of the State/Central Govt.
            Eligibility for MSMEs                                       will  not  be  eligible  under  the
                                                                        proposed Scheme.
                   Valid Udyog Aadhar Number [UAN]
                F
                                                                 Sri  Srinivas  Asranna,  President,  PIA
                FValid GSTN Number                               requested all the eligible Members to
                                                                 make  use  of  the  interest  subvention
                FIncremental term loan or fresh term             and reduce their cost of finance, and
                   loan or incremental working capital           also asked them to inform PIA of any
                   extended during the current FY viz.           instances  where  the  Banks,  financial
                   from Nov 2, 2018 and next FY would            institutions  were  not  passing  on  the
                   be eligible for coverage.                     benefit of interest subvention, so that
                                                                 these cases will be taken by PIA for due
                FThe  term  loan  or  working  capital           redressal.
                   extended by Scheduled Commercial
                   Banks  and  RBI  registered                   The  Scheme  aims  at  encouraging  both
                   systemically  important  Non-                 manufacturing and service enterprises to
                   Banking  Finance  Companies                   increase productivity.
                   [NBFCs].
                                                                 SIDBI shall act as a Nodal Agency only for
                FIn  order  to  ensure  maximum                  the  purpose  of  channelizing  of  interest
                   coverage  and  outreach,  all  eligible       subvention  to  the  various  lending
                   working capital or term loan would            institutions through their Nodal office.
                   be eligible for coverage to the extent
                   of  Rs  100  lakh  only  during  the          F o r   m o r e   d e t a i l s   v i s i t :
                   period of the Scheme.                         http://dcmsme.gov.in/Notification_of_Inte
                                                                 rest_subvention_Scheme_2018.pdf.
                FWherever for a single MSME both
                   the  facilities  are  extended  viz.



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