Microfinance Institutions Should Refrain from Reckless Lending: DFS Secretary M Nagaraju

Microfinance organizations (MFIs) have actually played an essential function in cultivating monetary addition yet they must avoid any type of negligent financing, Financial Services Secretary M Nagaraju stated 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 stated at an occasion arranged by Sa-Dhan below.

Anything that will certainly affect their capability to pay off back will in fact damage MFIs, he stated.

“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 stated.

Nagaraju stated under the SHG-Bank Linkage Programme, there are greater than 77 lakh teams with Rs 2.6 lakh crore exceptional finances profiting concerning 10 crore bad families.

JLGs are additionally playing a crucial function with a superior funding quantity of Rs 4.4 lakh crore profiting concerning 8 crore bad families, he stated.

The federal government is additionally applying the Lakhpati Didi Yojana focused on ladies empowerment, he stated, including, the system targets at changing SHG participants right into ladies business owners allowing them to develop and expand their services.

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