At least $100 million will be earmarked for women-owned micro, small and medium enterprises
The target is also increase the share of MSMEs in the country's export and growth to 50 per cent, Gadkari said
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also joined in and defended the Centre's economic record in the last six months
Sonowal also appealed to the entrepreneurs to take benefits of the National SC/ST hub to add capacity building.
75 per cent of equipment at each unit to be financed by govt, rest to come from private investors; 6-8 facilities planned in south and north defence corridors
State partners with Federation of Indian Export Organisations for draft paper, may place it before cabinet for approval next month
Central schemes may be significantly modified to maximise returns on fund allocation and speed up industrial output
He further said that secondly, the government is working on policy to increase indigenous production of products that are being imported
He said earlier Indian companies used to export material and import finished goods due to lack of technology availability
While a lot of announcements have been made by the government in the last few months, public sector undertakings continue to pay late, says PHDCCI chief D K Aggarwal
The bank has an optimistic outlook on the credit demand from the corporate and SME sector
NBFCs with a minimum rating of 'AA' are allowed to participate in the scheme.
Singh also said the Centre is committed in exploiting the entrepreneurship spirit of private defence sector and ready to interact and resolve their problems
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to hold a press conference at around 7 pm today
The private banks, due to their higher credit cost in FY20, will see muted RoE at 9-10 per cent
Both non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) and housing finance companies (HFCs) are shying away on such loans to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs)
PSB executives were not too sure if they would be able to not classify all the stressed loans of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) as non-performing assets (NPAs) till March 2020
State-owned lenders will hold meetings with Non-Banking Financing Companies--or shadow banks--and new retail customers in 200 districts till September 29 to explore giving credit
For design applications filing, fees for MSMEs and startups will be reduced to Rs 1,000 from Rs 2,000, the ministry said
The proposed move is expected to benefit micro, small and medium enterprises