Financial Services Secretary M Nagaraju.
Microfinance organizations have truly performed a vital operate in cultivating financial addition but they have to keep away from any kind of negligent financing, claims Financial Services Secretary M Nagaraju.
Microfinance organizations (MFIs) have truly performed a vital operate in cultivating financial addition but they have to keep away from any kind of negligent financing, Financial Services Secretary M Nagaraju said onWednesday “We should all be careful on this. Any reckless or poor underwriting norms regarding lending to Self Help Groups (SHGs) or Joint Liability Groups (JLGs) will only harm the sector,” he said at an event organized by Sa-Dhan under.
Anything that can definitely have an effect on their functionality to repay again will actually harm MFIs, he said.
“So, we should be very careful in what we lend, when we lend and how we lend because their financial literacy is limited…their exposure to the outside world is limited. We should not capitalize on that. We should actually try to empower them, provide the needed finance and also ensure hand holding so that they flourish,” he said.
Nagaraju said beneath the SHG-Bank Linkage Programme, there are larger than 77 lakh groups with Rs 2.6 lakh crore distinctive funds profiting regarding 10 crore dangerous households.
JLGs are moreover taking part in a vital operate with a superior funding amount of Rs 4.4 lakh crore profiting regarding 8 crore dangerous households, he said.
The federal authorities is moreover making use of the Lakhpati Didi Yojana targeted on women empowerment, he said, together with, the system targets at altering SHG contributors proper into women enterprise house owners permitting them to develop and develop their providers.
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