The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the ₹3 trillion emergency credit guarantee scheme for non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
The funding is a part of the ₹20 trillion economic package announced by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman for the sectors hit hard by coronavirus.
Under the scheme, the entire funding in the form of a guaranteed emergency credit line (GECL) facility will be provided with a 100% credit guarantee by state-owned National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company Limited (NCGTC) to the lenders.
Towards this, the Union government will provide ₹41,600 crore, spread over the current and the next three financial years. NCGTC will not charge any guarantee fee from lending