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Coronavirus: SBI to disburse loans worth Rs 700 cr to MSMEs to tide over liquidity crisis

The State Bank of India has set a target of disbursing Rs 700 crore to MSMEs in the Mumbai circle by the end of June to help them tide over liquidity crisis due to the COVID-19 lockdown.

Coronavirus: SBI to disburse loans worth Rs 700 cr to MSMEs to tide over liquidity crisis

Friday April 24, 2020 , 2 min Read

The State Bank of India (SBI), the country's largest lender, has set a target of disbursing Rs 700 crore to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the Mumbai circle by the end of June, to help them tide over liquidity crisis due to the COVID-19 lockdown.


Among all banks, SBI controls a market share of 22 percent in the MSME lending.


SBI will boost flow of credit to MSMEs (micro, small and medium enterprises) in this challenging period by reassessing their working capital limit and also by extending COVID-19 emergency loans.


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"Overall, we expect to lend Rs 700 crore to MSMEs in four districts of Mumbai circle - Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Raigad - by the end of June," the World Trade Centre said in a statement quoting Suresh Nair, deputy general manager (SMEs and financial inclusion) at SBI, as saying after a webinar.


Nair expressed hope that the pandemic will not lead to a sudden spurt in bad loans as the Reserve Bank of India has provided moratorium on all loan repayments.


"The impact of the crisis on non-performing assets (NPAs) will become clear after August depending on the evolving situation," Nair said.


Though SBI has provided sanction letter for additional loan facility to 67 percent of all eligible borrowers, only 50 percent of them could avail the facility due to practical difficulties in executing documentation, he said.


Edited by Megha Reddy