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With reference to the captioned order of CPIO and your letter dated 23.01.2012 depositing ` 90/-, which has been received by us on 27.01.2012, we enclose herewith copies of the NEF Scheme, circulars /guidelines issued by SIDBI on NEF scheme to SFCs/ IDCs/ SCB / SUCB and State Cooperative Banks are at Annexure-I and Copy of the detailed scheme guidelines of GEMs is at Annexure-II.

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With reference to your captioned application, we enclose herewith the Order No. 547 dated 17.01.2012 passed by CPIO, the contents of which are self-explanatory.

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Order No : 547 Dated : 17.01.2012

Application dated 18.12. 2011 of Shri Ashok Ranjan Mohanty, Bairoi,

seeking Information under Right to Information Act, 2005

This Order disposes of the captioned application of Shri Ashok Ranjan Mohanty, AT/PO- Bairoi, Dist- Cuttack, Odisha- 754010 seeking information under the RTI Act, 2005, received by the office of Small Industries Development Bank of Inida (SIDBI), Bhubaneswar, BO on December 21, 2011 and forwarded to the office ofCentral Public Information Officer(CPIO), SIDBI, Lucknow through e-mail and received by the office of CPIO, SIDBI, Lucknow on December 21, 2011.The information seeker has sought following information:

1) Copy of the National Equity Fund Scheme of SIDBI which was operative during the year 1996-1997 and onwards, which was provided to SSI units with 1% service charge and copy of the said scheme with details guidelines, circulars, govt. instructions towards implementation of the scheme;

2) Details scheme, guidelines, circulars, govt. direction etc. towards implementation of “Risk Capital Fund” created by Govt. of India with date of effective of the scheme, how much funds have been sanctioned and disbursed during the FY-2009-2010, 2010-2011 and how much funds have been targeted for coming financial year;

3) How much nos. of A/C(s) taken under the SIDBI’s CGTMSE scheme in Orissa, how much funds have disbursed to MSME under this scheme in Orissa during FY-2009, 2010, 2011 by the Financial Institutions & Banks , how much funds have been disbursed during said period by SIDBI in Odisha ? and how much funds paid by the CGTSI Trust Fund to Banks and FIs SIDBI after receipt of claim;

4) What is the future plan in Odisha in coming financial year for the development, establishment of MSME sector in Odisha;

5) What is the financial position /staff position in Odisha and expenditure & Income statement of Orissa branch during financial year 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 with Annual Report of Odisha branch for the said FY.

The said application is disposed of, as under:-

  1. Information in respect of Sl. No. (1) of the application:

In August 1987, Govt. of India introduced National Equity Fund (NEF) Scheme in the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) and subsequently, the portfolio relating to small scale industries was transferred to SIDBI in April 1990 to provide equity support to small scale entrepreneurs for setting up of new units and for rehabilitation of potentially viable sick units. The assistance under the scheme was made available from SFCs/ TFIDCs, eligible public and private sector banks, Urban Co-operative Banks which were extending working capital assistance to industrial units.

During August 1991, the ceiling of project cost covered under the scheme was enhanced from `.5.00 lakh to `.10.00 lakh and equity assistance was enhanced from a ceiling of `.0.75 lakh per project to `.1.50 lakh per unit.

During April 1995, the scheme was modified and extended to entrepreneurs for setting up new projects in tiny / small scale sector for undertaking expansion, modernization, technology upgradation and diversification by existing tiny, SSI and service enterprises [including those which have availed of NEF assistance earlier] and for rehabilitation of viable sick units in the SSI sector irrespective of the location [except for the units in Metropolitan areas]. Tiny enterprises would include all industrial units and service industries [except Road Transport Operators] satisfying the investment ceiling prescribed for tiny enterprises viz. `.5.00 lakh. The ceiling on soft loan assistance under the scheme was enhanced from the present level of 15% of the project cost subject to a maximum of `.1.50 lakh per project to 25% of the project cost subject to a maximum of `.2.50 lakh per project. The DER to be 1.857:1 [excluding State subsidy which may be retained for meeting working capital]

During March 2000, the State Co-operative Banks were included in the list of eligible institutions for channelising assistance under NEF scheme.

During May 2000, the restriction on extending assistance to units in metropolitan areas was removed and the ceiling of the project cost under NEF scheme was enhanced from `.10.00 lakh to `.25.00 lakh and soft loan assistance at 25% of the project cost, subject to a ceiling of `.6.25 lakh per project.

During December 2000, the project cost ceiling was further enhanced from `.25.00 lakh to `.50.00 lakh and soft loan assistance at 25% of the project cost subject to maximum of `.10.00 lakh per project. The service charge was increased to 5% p.a. as against 1% p.a. of which the PLI would continue to retain service charge of 1% p.a. and remaining 4% p.a. would be passed on to SIDBI.

In December 2001, the soft loan was extended under NEF Scheme for installation of semi-automatic / automatic looms in the decentralized powerloom sector, subject to the proposals satisfying the norms and parameters of the NEF scheme.

In June 2004, the units assisted under NEF scheme were made eligible for availing subsidy under Credit Linked Credit Subsidy Scheme (CLCSS), provided other terms and conditions under the guidelines of CLCSS are satisfied.

The GoI, vide its letter dated February 07, 2007 had advised that no budgetary allocation had been made for the NEF scheme by the Planning Commission for FY 2008. PLIs have been advised vide letter dated April 27, 2007 not to contract fresh cases under NEF Scheme with effect from May 01, 2007.

There are no Govt. of India instructions towards implementation of the scheme.

Copies of the NEF Scheme, circulars /guidelines issued by SIDBI on NEF scheme to SFCs/ IDCs/ SCB / SUCB and State Cooperative Banks are at Annexure-I [Total 21 pages] be provided to the information seeker on receipt of`.42/- (@`.2/- per page) in terms of the RTI provisions.

  1. Information in respect of Sl. No. (2) of the application:

Details regarding operationalization of the scheme in SIDBI and year wise sanctioning/ disbursement are given below:

  • With a view to ameliorating the problems faced by the MSMEs in accessing capital and facilitating extension of bank finance to MSMEs, SIDBI had set up in FY 2008, the SIDBI Foundation for Risk Capital for MSMEs (SFRC) to operate and manage the Risk Capital Fund with a committed corpus of`.2,000 crore. Risk capital assistance is provided to MSMEs directly as well as through Fund of Funds operation (i.e VCFs).
  • Operations under the MSME Risk Capital Fund commenced in January 2009. A total of `.296 crore out of the Risk Capital Fund has been committed to 169 MSMEs till the end of FY2011. The operations under Risk Capital Assistance during FY 2010 and FY 2011 are as follows:

(` Crore)
Schemes / 2009-10 / 2010-11
Sanc. / Disb. / Sanc. / Disb.
Direct Assistance / 99 / 63 / 153 / 101
  • Under the Fund of Fund operations, a total of `.65 crore was committed during FY2011. Cumulative commitment at the end of FY2011 was `.645 crore in respect of 15 Funds. The target for FY2012 is to assist at least 245 cases and total sanction of `.340 crore.
  • Copy of the detailed scheme guidelines of GEMs is at Annexure-II [Total 23 pages] be provided to the information seeker on receipt of`.46/- (@`.2/- per page) in terms of the RTI provisions.

3. Information in respect of Sl. No. (3) of the application:

The details of requestedinformation are as follows:

Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises
Data for the State of Odisha
Sr. No. / Period / FY 2009 / FY 2010 / FY 2011
1 / No. of Guarantee Approved / 3157 / 6736 / 13987
2 / Amount Approved (`. Crore) / 96 / 291 / 636
Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises
Data for SIDBI in the State of Odisha
Sr. No. / Period / FY 2009 / FY 2010 / FY 2011
1 / No. of Guarantee Approved / 8 / 9 / 19
2 / Amount Approved (`. Crore) / 3.39 / 0.82 / 2.23

As on November 30, 2011, an amount of `.3.44 crore had been released towards settlement of claim under the Credit Guarantee Scheme of CGTMSE in the State of Odisha.

  1. Information in respect of Sl. No. (4) of the application:

The mission of SIDBI is “to empower the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise sector with a view to contributing to the process of economic growth and employment generation and balanced regional development.”

The bank is continuously striving towards this objective and the same shall continue.

In FY 2013 also SIDBI will strive to reach out to the MSMEs in the state both directly and also indirectly through its Refinance mechanism through Primary Lending Institutions (PLIs) and also through its Credit Guarantee scheme.

The Bhubaneswar Micro Finance branch is planning to increase its assistance to the Micro Finance Institutions for onward lending to the borrowers.

  1. Information in respect of Sl. No. (5) of the application:

The financial position in Odisha by way of expenditure and income statement is as under:

(`. Crore)

Financial Position in Odisha
FY 2010 / FY 2011
Interest and Discount / 50.21 / 25.25
Other Income / 0.76 / 0.45
Total Income / 50.97 / 25.7
Interest Expenses / 34.21 / 16.23
Establishment Expenses / 1.80 / 0.77
Total / 36.01 / 17.00
Income over expenditure / 14.96 / 8.61

The financial position for FY 2012 will be available only after close of the financial year.

The staff position in Odisha is as under:

Designation / Number
General Manager / -
Dy. General Manager / 2
Asst General Manager / 3
Asst. General Manager (Hindi) / 1
Manager / 5
Manager(System) / 1
Asst. Manager / 2
Sub Total / 14
Staff Class III & IV / 2
Grand Total / 16

An Appeal may be filed by the information seeker, if aggrieved, against this Order before the First Appellate Authority within 30 days from the date of receipt of this order. The details of First Appellate Authority are given below and are also available at Bank’s web site at

1. Name of the Appellate Authority: ShriS.C. Garg

Chief General Manager [Legal]

2. Address of the

Appellate Authority : Small Industries Development Bank of India

“SIDBITower”, 15 Ashok Marg

LUCKNOW - 226 001.

[ U.S. Lal ]

Central Public Information Officer

Small Industries Development Bank of India

Head Office, 15,Ashok Marg, Lucknow–226 001