PM MUDRA YOJNA (PMMY) is a Government of India scheme to provide affordable credit to the micro enterprises engaged in trading, manufacturing and service sectors, including agricultural activities. Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency (MUDRA) is an NBFC, which provides refinance support to RRBs, commercial banks, MFIs, small finance banks, and other NBFCs for lending to micro enterprises. Prospective business loan borrowers can avail MUDRA loans of up to Rs10 lakh from a nearby branch of a bank, NBFC, etc. The NBFC also offers MUDRA Card for working capital loans, cash withdrawals from any ATMs and making purchases through POS machines.
Key Highlights of Mudra Loan | |
Loan Facility | Cash Credit, Overdraft & Term Loan |
Interest Rates | Depends on the bank’s policy decisions |
Loan Amount | Up to Rs10 lakhs (Up to Rs20 lakhs proposed in Budget 2024) |
Tenure | Depends on the bank’s policy decisions |
Processing Fees | For SHISHU category (loans up to Rs50,000) – No processing fee |
For Kishore & TARUN category – depends on the financial institution |
Loan Amount
MUDRA loans are categorised as ‘Shishu’, ‘Kishore’ and ‘Tarun’ to signify the development and funding needs of an applicant:
Category | Loan Amount |
SHISHU | Up to Rs50,000 |
KISHOR | Above Rs50,000 to Rs5 lakh |
TARUN | Above Rs5 lakh to Rs10 lakh* |
*Budget 2024 has proposed to increase the Mudra loan limit to Rs20 lakh for entrepreneurs who have repaid previous loans under the ‘TARUN’ category.
Collateral
The loans are collateral free and are covered under Credit Guarantee Fund for Micro Units (CGFMU) operated by National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company Limited (NCGTC).
Repayment Tenure
MUDRA has not specified any repayment tenure for the loans refinanced through the PMMY scheme. The agency has given a free hand to the lending institutions offering MUDRA loans to set their loan tenures as per their own rules and the regulations set by the RBI.
The loans under the PMMY scheme are offered in the form of term loan, overdraft and Cash Credit (CC).
Fees & Charges
The lending institutions providing MUDRA loans can consider charging of upfront fee as per their internal guidelines. However, most lenders waive the upfront fee or processing charges for loans under the SHISHU category.
MUDRA loans are offered to micro enterprise sector in manufacturing, service, processing, sector or trading including activities allied to agriculture. The prospective borrower should not be defaulter in any bank or any financial institution and should have a satisfactory credit track record.
The educational qualification (if any) of an applicant can also be assessed depending on the nature of the proposed activity, and its requirement. Furthermore, applicants may be required to have the necessary experience or skills or knowledge to carry out the proposed activity
Salons, gymnasium, boutiques, DTP and photocopying facilities, tailoring shops, dry cleaning, medicine shops, beauty parlours, cycle and motorcycle repair shops, courier agents, etc.
Papad making, biscuit/bread/bun making, jam/jelly making, ice cream making units, agricultural produce preservation at rural level, achaar making, cold storages, small service food stalls and day to day catering / canteen services, cold chain vehicles, ice making units, sweet shops, etc.
Handloom, chikan work, traditional embroidery and hand work, computerized embroidery, traditional dyeing and printing, zari and zardozi work, powerloom, khadi activity, apparel design, knitting, cotton ginning, stitching and other textile non garment products such as vehicle accessories, bags, furnishing accessories, etc.
Individual setting up micro enterprises by purchasing required machinery or equipment, with per beneficiary.
Pisciculture, poultry, livestock-rearing, bee keeping, aggregation agro industries, food & agro-processing, diary, fishery, grading, sorting, agri-clinics and agribusiness centres, etc. and services supporting mentioned activities that which promote livelihood or are income generating. Crop loans, land improvement such as irrigation, canal and wells are excluded from the activities allied to agriculture.
MUDRA Card is a RuPay debit card, which offers working capital loan in the form of an overdraft facility. The card allows multiple withdrawals and credits, digitalizing transactions and creating credit history for the borrower. MUDRA card is issued against MUDRA loan account and can be used across the country for cash withdrawals from ATM/micro ATM or make purchase using any Point of Sale (POS) machines. The borrower can repay the amount anytime, depending on the availability of surplus cash.
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