Missing Middle FFunding –– MUDRA
A Bank
ARTICLE BY : Dr. Sheennu Jain
DESIGNAATION : Assistantt Professor
COMPAN NY : Jaipuria Institute of M
Managemen
nt
Dr. Shee
enu Jain is Assistant
A Prrofessor, Maarketing & Entrepreneu urship & Heead – Centre for
Entrepreneurship & Skill Develo opment (Praayaas) at Jaiipuria Institute of Management, Jaaipur.
be reached aat sheenu.jain@jaipuria.ac.in
She can b
• Foor all entitie
es engaged in microfinan nce there co ould be a sinngle regulato ory body thaat will
leead industryy to follow uniform
u cod
de. The currrent pattern n of differen
nt regulationns by
different regu ulators can bbe avoided aand it can alsso set the sttage for bestt financial seervice
delivery for e even undeserved category.
• To increase the
t confiden nce of youngg, and skilleed people, and
a speciallyy first generration
entrepreneurr’s priority will
w be given to them along a with special emp phasis on peeople
frrom SC, ST category.
• Shishu / Kisho or / Tarun Philosophy off growth to be followed by bank to nurture SME like
human life cyycle of growtth
1. Shishu– Th his is the staage where th he seeds of business haave been plo otted
and loan off Rs. 50,000 can be provided.
2. Kishor – Th he business starts growwing up in thhis stage an
nd entreprenneurs
can seek a loan rangingg from Rs. 50 0000 to Rs. 55 Lakh.
3. Tarun – thee small busin ness is now getting scaleed up and su ustained, so
o they
can fetch looan uptors. 1 10 lakh.
The bankk in nutshell would be prrimarily resp
ponsible for
Thesee initiatives will embarkk access to unfinanced lo ot with sourrce of easy fiinance and iit will
also rreduce the ccost of financce in informal sector.
Finan
ncial inclusio
on for the people
p of thee country has to be thee top prioritty for any of
o the
goverrnment as excluding peo ople from so ources of funnds leads to hindrance in n the growth h of
the ccountry. MUDRA Bank iss one of tho ose initiatives to create higher finan ncial inclusio
on for
the ppeople of the country. O Only time caan tell how ffree, paperless and easy loan hasslle it’s
goingg to be for thhis sector orr it will only become ano other gloriouus policy decisions on paper.
For now,
n it exud
des confideence in me, and show me path to o begin my entrepreneeurial
journ
ney which was
w blocked somewheree due to no on‐availabilitty of small time funds. In a
nutshhell the deglamorized po ortion of eco onomy got the solution to their problem in the most
glamo ourized wayy.