PM: The biggest capital of the poor is their integrity.
PM: Combination of integrity with MUDRA – capital – will be the key to success
for small entrepreneurs.
Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today said that supporting the small
entrepreneurs of India is the biggest way to help the Indian economy grow and
prosper. He was speaking at the launch of the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA (Micro
Units Development and Refinance Agency) Yojana in New Delhi.
Stressing the contribution of small entrepreneurs in the economy, the Prime
Minister expressed confidence that within a year’s time, the major banks would
also adopt the MUDRA model.
The Prime Minister said that in our country, one often experiences that things
revolve around mere perceptions, while the details often paint a different
picture. Giving the example of the perception that large industries create more
employment, he said that a look at the details reveals the reality that only 1
crore 25 lakh people find employment in large industries, whereas small
enterprises employ 12 crore people in the country.
The Prime Minister said that while there are a number of facilities provided for
the large industries in India, there is a need to focus on these 5 crore 75 lakh
self-employed people who use funds of Rs 11 lakh crore, with an average per
unit debt of merely Rs 17,000 to employ 12 crore Indians. He said that these
facts, when brought to light, led to the vision for MUDRA Bank.
The Prime Minister spoke about his time as the Chief Minister of Gujarat, when
he focused on the environment-friendly cottage industry of kite making, which
employs lakhs of poor Muslims. He said that he brought a research institute from
Chennai on board which discovered that small inputs of skill development were
needed in the industry. He said that he felt proud that these small efforts helped
the kite-making industry grow from Rs. 35 crore to 500 crores in Gujarat.
The Prime Minister also gave examples of other small businesses that, with a
little help, have the potential to grow manifold. He said that the biggest asset of
the poor is his / her integrity (imaan). By combining their integrity with capital
(MUDRA), it would become the key to their success –
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Speaking about women’s self help groups in particular, the Prime Minister said
that the kind of honesty and integrity showed by these loan takers is seldom
seen in any other sector.
The Prime Minister appreciated the efforts made by the banking sector of India
in making Jan Dhan Yojana a success. He said that he envisioned that within a
year, banks would queue up to give loans to MUDRA applicants. The Prime
Minister also congratulated SIDBI on the silver jubilee of its inception, and
appreciated the work done by it in supporting India’s small scale industry in
these 25 years.
The Prime Minister said that MUDRA scheme is aimed at “funding the
unfunded”. He said that the small entrepreneurs of India are used to exploitation
at the hands of money lenders so far, but MUDRA will instil a new confidence in
them that the country is ready to support them in their efforts that are
contributing so heavily to the task of nation building.
The Prime Minister also spoke about the possibilities of value addition in
agriculture. He said that, we must aim at creating a whole network of farmers
engaged in value addition at the community level.
Brand building, advertising, marketing and financial support, when given to such
small entrepreneurs will strengthen the foundation of the Indian economy, he
said.
The Prime Minister said that this will not entail any big changes in the existing
structures, just a little empathy, a little understanding and a little initiative. He
urged the banks to study successful models of microfinance, tailored to the local
requirements and cultural contexts, which will be enable us to help the poorest
of the poor in a big way.
The Prime Minister said that mere launching of new schemes in not progress.
Real success lies in real change on the ground, as was seen in the Jan Dhan
Yojana and PAHAL, which had delivered concrete results within limited
timeframes, he added. He said that the established financial systems will soon
move to the MUDRA-model of functioning, i.e. to support entrepreneurs that
give employment to a large number of people using least amount of funds.
The Union Minister of Finance, Shri Arun Jaitley, the Union Minister of State for
Finance, Shri Jayant Sinha, and the Governor of Reserve Bank of India, Shri
Raghuram Rajan, were present on the occasion.

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