The government has been running a variety of schemes that aim to remove every obstacle in the way of women entrepreneurs. However, capital is always the major factor while propagating entrepreneurship. But, there’s good news for those women who want to broaden their horizons and start their own business or start-up.
Recently, various banks are providing special loan facilities at affordable rates to women entrepreneurs. A number of such schemes have been implemented by the Central Government under Woman Entrepreneur Schemes which are helping women entrepreneurs to grow in India's startup ecosystem. Let’s know about such schemes which help women entrepreneurs to start their own businesses.
Oriental Mahila Vikas Yojana Scheme
Under this scheme, the Oriental Bank of Commerce provides loans to women who, individually or jointly, own a proprietary concern. Holds 51% share capital. Under this scheme, women entrepreneurs are given loans ranging from 10 lakh to 25 lakh for small-scale industries.
However, no type of guarantor is required to avail of this loan. Women entrepreneurs can repay their loans over a period of 7 years. Under this, a 2% loan interest rate concession is also given to women entrepreneurs.
Udyogini Scheme
Under this scheme, women between 18 and 45 years of age are given loans up to one lakh rupees for working in the business, agriculture, retail, and small entrepreneurs sector. If the annual income of a woman entrepreneur's family is less than 45000, then only she can avail loan through this scheme. In this, a subsidy of 30% is also provided for loans up to Rs.10,000 to widows, destitute or disabled women of SC and ST categories.
Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana
Under this scheme, loans are given to women starting businesses from small enterprises. This includes tuition center, tailoring unit or beauty parlor, etc. You will also be given a Mudra Card at the time of granting the loan and this Mudra Card will work in the same way as your credit card and will have a limited amount of 10% of the loan amount. At the same time, the loan amount is given between 50000 to 5 lakh rupees. The loan amount in Tarun is 10 lakh.
Bharatiya Mahila Bank Business Loan
The Bharatiya Mahila Bank commercial loan has been implemented for women entrepreneurs who want to start a new venture from property and SMEs in retail. Women entrepreneurs are given a maximum loan amount of up to 20 crores under this scheme and a rebate of 0.25% is also given. The interest rate on this loan amount is usually 10.15% or more.
Annapurna Scheme
Under the Annapurna Scheme, women entrepreneurs who want to set up the food catering industry to sell food items like packaged food, breakfast, etc. Under this scheme, a loan of Rs. 50 thousand is given to women entrepreneurs by the State Bank of Mysore. Women can pay it in monthly installments of 36 months. This loan will be given to fulfill the primary needs of the female entrepreneur, that is, to buy utensils and other equipment.
Dena Shakti Scheme
If women entrepreneurs want to grow their business in the field of agriculture, manufacturing, micro-loans, retail stores, or micro-enterprises and need financial support for that, this scheme is the best of all.
Women entrepreneurs are given a maximum loan amount of Rs 20 lakh under this scheme for retail trade, at which the interest rate is zero point 25%. This amount can be easily repaid by the bank provided in the loan by the monthly payment of the installments by women entrepreneurs.
Cent Kalyani Scheme
If the women want to start their new venture or want to revise it, then the Central Bank of India gives them the benefit of the loan DHS scheme. Under this scheme, this loan can be availed by women entrepreneurs who are involved in business ventures like villages, small and medium industries, self-employment, agricultural retail trade. Under this scheme, women entrepreneurs do not need any guarantor while taking loans and the maximum loan amount given under this scheme is 1 lakh.
Mahila Udyam Nidhi Scheme
Mahila Udyog Nidhi Yojana has been launched by Punjab National Bank. Under this scheme, the objective is to provide loans to women enterprises involved in small-scale industries. The loan amount can be easily repaid by the women entrepreneurs in a period of 10 years. Different loan schemes are also included under the Mahila Nidhi scheme, beauty parlor, daycare center, auto-rickshaw. The maximum loan amount given under this scheme is Rs.10 lakh.
Stree Shakti Packages
This scheme makes women entrepreneurs get discount rates in loan amounts. Under this scheme, if the loan amount of a woman entrepreneur is more than Rs 20 lakh, then it provides a discount of 0.50% at that interest rate. This scheme has been operated by the government through most branches of SBI Bank.
