-India Today The Narendra Modi government has claimed that its flagship Mudra loan scheme is generating employment. But, data shows a miniscule number of MUDRA Loans generate a return that satisfies even the minimum wage requirement. * The Modi-led govt has been showcasing the Mudra loan scheme to claim that millions of jobs are being created * There is no official data available on the number of jobs created due to the Mudra...
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MUDRA Loans: Big States get a major share; smaller ones left high and dry -Radheshyam Jadhav
-The Hindu Business Line TN entrepreneurs account for 10% of loans disbursed Pune: The growth of entrepreneurship in the non–corporate small business sector (NCSB) in smaller States has not received any major boost under the Central government’s ambitious MUDRA loan scheme. Data show that States that already have higher Credit–Deposit (C-D) ratios — a yardstick that indicates better access to institutional credit — are the ones reaping the benefit of the scheme. While six...
More »MUDRA Loans is another crisis in the making, says Raghuram Rajan -Raghuvir Srinivasan
-The Hindu Flags risks in MUDRA, Kisan credit card loans in his report to MPs’ panel New Delhi: Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has cautioned that the next crisis in India’s banking sector could come from loans given to the unorganised micro and small businesses, called MUDRA Loans, and credit extended through the Kisan credit card. MUDRA Loans are offered under the Prime Minister Mudra Yojana or PMMY, launched in 2015 by the...
More »MUDRA Loans a big scandal in banking system
-Deccan Chronicle The managers used a part of the 60 per cent amount to repay the Mudra loan for a year and pocketed the rest. New Delhi: The Modi government may have to get battle ready soon for cleaning up the Mudra loan mess that has added to the concerns of the banking system. The plan to create “job creators and not job seekers” by disbursing massive credit to micro and small...
More »How Many Jobs Are Really Being Created by the Modi Govt's Mudra Scheme? -Noor Mohammad
-TheWire.in Figures highlighted in an RTI reply cut to the heart of a debate over the government’s assertion to count Mudra loan beneficiaries as employed. New Delhi: Struggling to deliver on the poll promise to create one crore jobs a year, the Narendra Modi government and the BJP may have found a face-saver in the flagship self-employment Mudra scheme, launched under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) in 2015. However, three years in,...
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