Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) was introduced by the Ministry of Rural Development to assist poor families living below the poverty line in rural areas in taking up self-employment. The scheme was renamed as National Rural Livelihood Mission in 2011. In 2016 the program was renamed “Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM)”.…
The Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises has launched the Performance & Credit Rating Scheme (PCR) to ascertain the strengths and weaknesses of MSMEs’ existing operations and take corrective measures to enhance the organizational strength. Under the PCR scheme, empanelled rating agencies carry out the rating of MSE. The rating makes credit available at…
Banks provide several credit facilities to customers engaged in activities related to agriculture. Many a time banks take the brunt when unforeseen disaster strikes the farmers in the form of ‘on-farm loss’ and or ‘off-farm losses. These types of losses are caused mainly due to production risk and price risk. Risk management in agriculture involves…
There are several types of agricultural credit, including Short-term credit, Medium-term credit, Long-term credit, Crop Loans, Farm development Loans, Live- stock loans, Kisan Credit cards, Agribusiness loans, agricultural real estate loans, allied agricultural loans, equipment loans, warehouse receipt loan, Forestry loans, Horticulture loan, Multipurpose Gold Loan, Solar pump set loan, etc. Short-term credit: Farmers use…
Projected net working capital (NWC) is the difference between a company’s projected current assets and current liabilities. (i) Projected current assets are the aggregate current assets of a seller, excluding excluded assets, projected as of the Closing Date, and expressly including the value of the inventory as determined consistent with past practice, (ii) Projected current…
Working capital is the operating capital of a business that is used in its day-to-day operations, calculated as the current assets minus the current liabilities. The positive working capital commonly indicates that a company can pay off its short-term liabilities almost immediately. Source of working capital: Sources of working capital are Share Capital, retained profits,…
Three cardinal principles of bank lending have been followed by commercial banks in the employment of their funds. These are the principles of safety, liquidity, and profitability. Safety The important principle of lending is safety which refers to the important fact that the borrower should be able to repay the loan based on character, capacity…
RSETIs stand for Rural Self Employment Training Institutes. RSETIs are promoted and managed by banks with active cooperation from state governments. RSETI concept is based on RUDSETI (Rural Development and Self Employment Training Institute), a society established in the year 1982 jointly by three agencies i.e. Syndicate Bank (now merged with Canara Bank), Canara Bank…
A personal account is a bank account maintained by a natural person for his personal transactional needs. Personal account is a relative term to distinguish it from business accounts. The accounts of other types of bank customers are maintained by artificial persons (legal entities). Personal accounts of individuals in the bank include: SB account, Current…
The Reserve Bank of India in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 11 of the Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005 (CICRA, 2005), directed that Credit Information Companies (CICs) and Credit Institutions (CIs )shall keep the credit information collected/maintained by them updated regularly on a fortnightly basis (i.e., as on 15th…