Sidbi

Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
Origin & Objectives

Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) was established in April 1990 under an Act of Indian Parliament as the principal financial institution for :
Promotion Financing Development of industry in the small scale sector Co-ordinating the functions of other institutions engaged in similar activities
Since its inception, SIDBI has been assisting the entire spectrum of SSI Sector including the tiny, village and cottage industries through suitable schemes tailored to meet the requirement of setting up of new projects, expansion, diversification, modernisation and rehabilitation of existing units.
Domain of Service
The Small Scale Industries (SSIs) sector is a vibrant and dynamic sector of the Indian economy. The sector presently occupies an important place and its contribution in terms of generation of employment, output and exports is quite significant. The Small Scale Industries sector including tiny units, comprises the domain of SIDBI's business. Besides, the projects in the services sector with total cost upto Rs.250 million are also taken within the area of SIDBI's operations. The Bank also finances industrial infrastructure projects for the development of SSI sector.
Channels of Assistance
SIDBI's financial assistance to small scale sector have three major dimensions:
1. 2. 3.
Indirect assistance to primary lending institutions (PLIs); Direct assistance to small units; and Development and Support Services
Indirect Assistance
SIDBI's Schemes of indirect assistance envisages credit to SSIs through a large network of 913 PLIs spread across the country with a branch network of over 65000. The assistance is provided by way of refinance, bills rediscounting, and resource support in the form of short term loans/Line of Credit (LoC) in lieu of refinance, etc.
Direct Assistance
The objective behind SIDBI's direct assistance schemes has been to supplement the efforts of PLIs by identifying the gaps in the existing credit delivery mechanism for Small Scale Industries. Direct assistance is provided under several tailor made schemes through SIDBI's 41 Regional/Branch offices spread across the country.
Development And Support Services

The Bank extends development and support services in the form of loans and grants to different agencies working for the promotion and development of SSIs and tiny industries. Over the years, the initiatives of SIDBI under promotional and developmental activities have crystallised into the following important areas:
Enterprise Promotion with emphasis on Rural Industrialisation Human Resource Development to suit the SSI sector needs Technology Upgradation Quality and Environment Management Marketing and Promotion and Information Dissemination.
This article may need to be wikified to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please help by adding relevant internal links, or by improving the article's layout. (June 2009) The Small Industries Development Bank of India is a state-run bank aimed to aid the growth and development of micro, small and medium scale industries in India. Set up in 1990 through an act of parliament, it was incorporated initially as a wholly owned subsidiary of Industrial Development Bank of India. Current shareholding is widely spread among various state owned banks, insurance companies, etc. Beginning as a refinancing agency to banks and state level financing bodies for their credit to small industries, it has diversified in to many activities, including direct credit to the SME through more than 100 branches in all major clusters of SME in India. Besides, it has been playing the development role in several ways such as support to micro-finance institutions for capacity building and onlending. Recently it has opened 7 branches christened as SFMC branches, aimed especially at dispensing loans up to Rs. 5.00 lakh. SIDBI has also floated several other entities for related activities. Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises ([1]) provides guarantees to banks for collatoral free loans extended to SME. SIDBI Venture Capital Ltd.([2]) is Venture Capital company focussed at SME. SME Rating Agency of India Ltd. (SMERA - [3]) provides composite ratings to SME.
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1 Provision Of Charter 2 Business Domain 3 Achievements 4 Technology Oriented
[edit] Provision Of Charter
SIDBI was established on April 2, 1990, under an Act (SIDBI Act, 1989) passed by the Indian Parliament. The Charter establishing it, The Small Industries Development Bank of India Act, 1989 envisaged SIDBI to be "the principal financial institution for the promotion, financing and development of industry in the small scale sector and to co-ordinate the functions of the institutions engaged in the promotion and financing or developing industry in the small scale sector and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
[edit] Business Domain

The business domain of SIDBI consists of small scale industrial units, that contribute significantly to the national economy in terms of production, employment and exports. Small scale industries are the industrial units in which the investment in plant and machinery does not exceed Rs.10 million . About 3.1 million such units, employing 17.2 million persons account for a share of 36 per cent of India's exports and 40 per cent of industrial manufacture. In addition, SIDBI's assistance flows to the transport, health care and tourism sectors and also to the professional and self-employed persons setting up small-sized professional ventures
[edit] Achievements
SIDBI retained its position in the top 30 Development Banks of the World in the latest ranking of The Banker, London. As per the May 2001 issue of The Banker, London, SIDBI ranked 25th both in terms of Capital and Assets.
[edit] Technology Oriented

SIDBI is also using software like CART to assess and rate borrowers and firms and for fixing loan rate.

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Origin & Objectives

Development And Support Services

1 Provision Of Charter 2 Business Domain 3 Achievements 4 Technology Oriented

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[edit] Business Domain

[edit] Technology Oriented

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