INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Mudra card is a debit card issued against the Mudra loan account for working capital
Mudra is an NBFC
(non-banking finance company) set up by the government that supports development of micro enterprise sector
The purpose of Mudra is to support the small scale businesses that don't have access to formal channel of borrowing
More than 90% of the non-corporate small business (NCSB) sector does not have access to formal sources of finance, states Mudra.org.in
Mudra (Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency) provides refinance support to a host of financial institutions, which include public
sector banks, private sector banks, regional rural banks, urban cooperative banks, state cooperative banks, micro finance institutions, and
Mudra yojana loans are given under three different categories
The first category, known as shishu (for extremely small business units) covers loans upto Rs 50,000
The second category known as kishor (slightly bigger units) covers loans above Rs 50,000 and upto Rs 5 lakh
The third category known as Tarun (relatively bigger units) covers loans above Rs 5 lakh and upto Rs 10 lakh
Mudra operates a special refinance scheme for women entrepreneurs, which is Mahila Uddyami Scheme.Besides the three categories, the funding
support from Mudra four types.Types of loan: The first is micro-credit scheme for loans upto Rs one lakh finance through micro finance
The second is refinance scheme for commercial banks / regional rural banks (RRBs)/ scheduled co-operative banks
The third is women enterprise programme and the fourth is securitisation of loan portfolio.Mudra Card: It is an innovative product, which
provides working capital facility as a cash credit management
It is a debit card issued against the Mudra loan account for working capital portion of the loan
MUDRA Card can be operated across the country for withdrawal of cash from any ATM / micro ATM and also make payment through any 'Point of
Sale' machines.Amount disbursed: Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently said that loans worth Rs
6 lakh crore have been given to 12 crore beneficiaries under the Mudra scheme.Genesis of mudra: The 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.Partnering with e-commerce companies: The finance ministry has joined hands
with over two dozen e-commerce firms, including major players like Amazon, Flipkart, Ola and Uber, to provide easy finance to small
entrepreneurs under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY).
