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DECLARATION
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PREFACE and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Thanking You
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CONTENTS
Introduction
Review of Literature 36-42
Objectives & Scope of Project 43-44
Methodology 45-48
Limitations 49
Analysis and Interpretation 50-72
Conclusion 73-77
Bibliography 77-79
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INTRODUCTION
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have played a significant role world
over in the economic development of various countries. Over a period of
time, it has been proved that SMEs are dynamic, innovative and most
importantly, the employer of first resort to millions of people in the country.
The sector is a breeding ground for entrepreneurship. The importance of
SME sector is well-recognized world over owing to its significant
contribution in achieving various socio-economic objectives, such as
employment generation, contribution to national output and exports,
fostering new entrepreneurship and to provide depth to the industrial base of
the economy.
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more traditional sources. SMEs are vital for economic growth and
development in both industrialized and developing countries, by playing a
key role in creating new jobs. Financing is necessary to help them set up
and expand their operations, develop new products, and invest in new staff
or production facilities. Many small businesses start out as an idea from one
or two people, who invest their own money and probably turn to family and
friends for financial help in return for a share in the business. But if
they are successful, there comes a time for all developing SMEs when
they need new investment to expand or innovate further. That is where
they often run into problems, because they find it much harder than
larger businesses to obtain financing from banks, capital markets or other
suppliers of credit.
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Decision making such as changes in price mix or product mix in response to
market conditions is faster.
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found spread virtually right across, even through some specific location s
emerge as ‘clusters’.
SMEs in India
India has a vibrant SME sector that plays an important role in sustaining
economic growth, increasing trade, generating employment and creating
new entrepreneurship in India. In keeping in view its importance, the
promotion and development of SMEs has been an important plank in our
policy for industrial development and a well-structured programme of
support has been pursued in successive five-year plans for. SMEs in India
have recorded a sustained growth during last five decades. The number of
SMEs in India is estimated to be around 13 million while the estimated
employment provided by this sector is over 31 million. The SME sector
accounts for about 45 per cent of the manufacturing output and over 40 per
cent of the national exports of the country.
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Defining SMEs
In India, the enterprises have been classified broadly into two categories:
(i) Manufacturing; and
(ii) Those engaged in providing/rendering of services.
Both categories of enterprises have been further classified into micro, small
and medium enterprises based on their investment in plant and machinery
(for manufacturing enterprises) or on equipments (in case of enterprises
providing or rendering services). The classification on basis of investment is
as under:
Table 1.1
Classification Of Micro, Small And Medium Enterprises
Table 1.2
Classification Of Micro, Small And Medium Enterprises Before 2nd
October, 2006
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Classification Investment Ceiling For Plant, Machinery Or
Equipments*@
Manufacturing Service Enterprises
Enterprises
Micro Upto Rs.25 lakh Upto Rs.10 lakh
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• Power generation set and extra transformer installed by the enterprises
as per the Regulations of the State Electricity Board;
• Bank charges and Service Charges paid to the National Small
Industries Corporation or the State Small Industries Corporation;
• Procurement or Installation of cables, wiring bus bars, electrical
control panels (not mounted on individual machines)
• Oil circuit breakers or miniature circuit breakers which are necessarily
to be used for providing electrical power to the plant and machinery or
for safety measures;
• Gas producer plants;
• Transportation charges (other than sales tax or value-added tax and
excise duty) for indigenous machinery from the place of their
manufacture to the site of the enterprise);
• Charges paid for technical know-how for erection of plant machinery;
• Such storage tanks which store raw materials and finished products
only and are not linked with the manufacturing process;
• Fire-fighting equipment; and
• Such other items as may be specified, by notification from time to
time.
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would be in place of the existing definitions of Small & Medium Industries
and SSSBEs/Tiny Enterprises.
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• Reserve Bank of India has since reviewed the definition on Priority
Sector and have issued revised guidelines on lending to Priority Sector
vide their Master Circular dated 2nd July, 2007. As per this circular
Retail Trade is excluded from the activities classified as SME.
Making the best use of the material resources by employing higher order of
skill and artistic talents through traditional handicrafts, India has
occupied a permanent place of pride in the world before industrial
resolution. However, the advent of modern large scale mechanized
industry, the imposition of restrictions on Indian trade by the British rulers
and deteriorating socio-economic conditions lead to the decline of
Small Scale Industry. But with the provisions of permanent place in the
nation's policy of economic development after the attainment of the
Independence, it has staged a grand recovery and is now well entrenched
on the path of progress towards great expansion.
SME has emerged into prominent sector in Indian economy in general and
industry in particular. SSI sector in India has posted impressive growth in
1990's from 15% in 1991-92 to 55% in 2001-02.The growth in
employment generation has been equally impressive from 3% to 45%
during the same period. Employment in SME touched 19 million, just
behind agriculture. Share of SSI exports crosses 40% of total exports.
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Growth by itself in SME sector is impressive enough indicating a
positive response to the Economic Reform process initiated in the country
since 1991.
--- Development of infrastructure
--- Assured supply of Raw Materials
--- Availability of Cheap Credit
--- Concessionary Taxes and Tariffs.
--- Financial subsidies
--- Equity contributions are all the protective measures for the sector
Table 1.3
Progress Of SMEs In India
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(http://www.smechamberofindia.com/rol_of_sme_sector.aspx last accessed
on 27 Nov, 2009)
Small and Medium Enterprises - Industrial policy:
The small and Medium industries have a specific role to play by the
Industrial policy 1948 which stated that cottage and small scale
industries are particularly suited for better utilization of local resources
and for the achievement of local self-sufficiency in respect of certain
type of essential goods. A Small and Medium Industries Board was
constituted in 1954 and a number of helping schemes such as supply of
machinery on hire purchase, liberal and wider grants.
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In the policy statements of 1991, the state followed a policy of
supporting small enterprises in the country. Small and Medium enterprises
account for 55% of industrial production, 40% of exports and above 88% of
manufacturing employment. Hence, this sector is considered as dynamic
and vibrant sector of the country. The relative importance tends
to vary inversely with the level of development and their contribution.
Small and Medium enterprises have emerged as the leaders in the industrial
sector. In recognition of their significance and stature, the then government
announced policy measures on August 6, 1991 for the first time in the post
independence period. This was to promote and strengthen small, tiny and
village enterprises. This is almost a U-turn in policy stimulants and
structure of micro and small enterprises in the country.
Problems of SMEs
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Some of the major problems are briefly as follows:
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c) Production problem of SMEs:
SME units suffer from inadequate work space, power, lighting and
ventilation, and safety measures etc. These short comings have tended to
endanger the health of workmen and have adversely affected the rate of
production. Many units are following primitive methods of
production. Adoption of modern techniques is either disliked by the
entrepreneurs is not feasible. Wage rates and service conditions of
small industries are not attractive to skilled labor.
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Small scale industries in our country have suffered from the lack of
entrepreneurial ability to develop initiative and undertake risks in
the unexplored industrial fields. The in efficiency in management
comes first among managerial problems. The entrepreneurial ability
of promoters of cottage industries and SMEs are handicapped by technical
know how in the areas of production, finance, accounting and marketing
management.
f) Sickness of SMEs:
A serious problem which is hampering small and medium sector has been
sickness. Many small units have fallen sick due to one problem or the
other. Sickness is caused by two sets of factors, Internal and external factors.
From among the various internal and external causes of sickness
the important ones are bud management, high rate of capital
gearing, inadequacy of finance, short of raw materials, outdated plant and
machinery, low labor productivity etc.
The above figure shows that finance has been the major reason for the
sickness of SME units. The other major reasons are ineffective management
and technology upgradation according to the latest technological changes.
SME Financing
SME Finance is the funding of small and medium sized enterprises and
represents a major function of the general business finance market – in
which capital for firms of types is supplied, acquired, and costed/priced.
Capital is supplied through the business finance market in the form of bank
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loans and overdrafts; leasing and hire-purchase arrangements;
equity/corporate bond issues; venture capital or private equity; and asset-
based finance such as factoring and invoice discounting
Importance The economic and social importance of the small and medium
enterprise (SME) sector is well recognized in academic and policy literature.
It is also recognized that these actors in the economy may be underserved,
especially in terms of finance. This has led to significant debate on the best
methods to serve this sector. There have been numerous schemes and
programmes in markedly different economic environments. However, there
are a number of distinctive recurring approaches to SME finance.
There is also a more favorable environment now with the Govt. committed
to give fillip to this sector through infrastructure development; skill set
development/entrepreneurship development, technology up gradation etc.
With the deregulation of the financial sector, the general ability of the banks
to service the credit requirements of the SME sector depends on the
underlying transaction costs, efficient recovery processes and available
security. There is an immediate need for the banks generally to focus on
credit and finance requirements of SMEs. Although the banks are allowed to
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fix their own targets for funding SMEs in order to achieve a minimum 20%
year-on-year growth, the Government’s objective is to double the flow of
credit to the SME sector from Rs.67,600 crore in 2004-05 to Rs.1,35,200
crore by 2009-10 i.e. within a period of 5 years. Also, Credit risk in the SME
sector is widely dispersed and Banks get better yield from SME advances as
against the traditional advances where the spread is getting gradually
reduced. The SME clientele base could also be utilized by the Branches to
step-up “cross selling” of various other products including technology-
enabled products.
A substantial portion of the SME sector may not have the security required
for conventional collateral based bank lending, nor high enough returns to
attract formal venture capitalists and other risk investors. In addition,
markets may be characterized by deficient information (limiting the
effectiveness of financial statement-based lending and credit scoring). This
has led to claims of an "SME finance gap”. The SMEs that fall into this
category have been defined as Small Growing Businesses (SGBs) at a
workshop in Geneva in July 2008, hosted by The Network for Governance;
Entrepreneurship & Development (GE&D) There have been at least two
distinctive approaches to try to overcome the so-called SME finance gap.
The first has been to broaden the collateral based approach by encouraging
bank lenders to finance SMEs with insufficient collateral. This might be
done through an external party providing the collateral or guarantees
required. Unfortunately, to the extent that the schemes concerned run
counter to basic free market principles they tend to be unsustainable. Thus,
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the second approach has been to broaden the viability based approach. Since
the viability based approach is concerned with the business itself, the aim
has been to provide better general business development assistance to reduce
risk and increase returns.
Sources of SME Finance: The most common sources of SME finance are
as follows
The main problem faced by SME’s when trying to obtain funding is that of
uncertainty:
• SME’s rarely have a long history or successful track record that potential
investors can rely on in making an investment;
Because the information is not available in other ways, SME’s will have to
provide it when they seek finance. They will need to give a business plan,
list of the company assets, details of the experience of directors and
managers and demonstrate how they can give providers of finance some
security for amounts provided. Prospective lenders – usually banks – will
then make a decision based on the information provided. The terms of the
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loan (interest rate, term, security, and repayment details) will depend on the
risk involved and the lender will also want to monitor their investment. A
common problem is often that the banks will be unwilling to increase loan
funding without an increase in the security given (which the SME owners
may be unable or unwilling to provide).A particular problem of uncertainty
relates to businesses with a low asset base. These are companies without
substantial tangible assets which can be use to provide security for lenders.
When an SME is not growing significantly, financing may not be a major
problem. However, the financing problem becomes very important when a
company is growing rapidly, for example when contemplating investment in
capital equipment or an acquisition. Few growing companies are able to
finance their expansion plans from cash flow alone. They will therefore need
to consider raising finance from other external sources. In addition,
managers who are looking to buy-in to a business ("management buy-in" or
"MBI") or buy-out (management buy-out" or "MBO") a business from its
owners may not have the resources to acquire the company. They will need
to raise finance to achieve their objectives
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financing like venture capital, PE funding etc is that is only interest to be
paid no stake is to be diluted thus the whole command of the SME is with
the owner only. There are a number of Private as well as Public sector banks
who assist SME in Financing
Figure 1.4
Sources Of SME Finance (2006-07)
Others
18%
Public sector
Private sector
banks
abnks
57%
25%
(http://www.businessworld.in/bw/2009_11_19_Reforms_To_Improve_Credi
t_Access_To_SMEs.html last accessed on 5 Jan, 2010)
The role of Banks, in general, has become very important in the above
context The SME sector’s demands were comprehensively taken care of by
the Public sector Banks through several initiatives such as:
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• Provision of timely and adequate credit to the SMEs,
• Encouraging Technology Up gradation, for better quality and
competitiveness of their product(s), and
• Proactively detecting sick and viable units in time so as to nurse them
back to health through appropriate re-structuring.
• Financing of Clusters with adequate and concessional Bank finance
on liberal terms in several pockets for specified activities concentrated
in these pockets, which would result in reducing transaction cost and
greater economies of scale.
Table 1.5
Credit to SME sector from Public Sector Banks
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Figure 1.5
Steps For SME Loans By Public Sector Banks
Application for loan by SME to local branch of a particular bank in that area
The above figure shows the steps for availing finance through Public
sector Banks using loans. Here is the brief description of the above shown
procedure:
• First of all the SME who wants to avail loan has to visit the local
branch office of the bank of their area, where by the loan application
is been filled by the SME.
• After that the executives of that branch check whether all the
necessary documents are provided by the SME or not, then if all
necessary documents are submitted the next step comes whereby the
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officials of that local branch go to the premises of that SME and
just have a brief survey of promoter as well as the premises.
• If the SMECC branch is satisfied with the details then it forward the
request of granting loan to the sanctioning authority.
Some Public sector Banks offering SME financing schemes are as follows:
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1) State bank of India and its subsidiaries 7) Central Bank of
India
State Bank of India has been playing a vital role in the development of small
scale industries since 1956.The Bank has financed over 8 lakhs SSI units in
the country. It has 55 specialized SSI branches, 99 branches in industrial
estates and more than 400 branches with SIB divisions. The Bank finances
for Small Business activities which are of special significance to a large
number of people as many of these activities can be started with relatively
lower investment and with no special skills on the part of the entrepreneurs.
The following are the SME products offered by State Bank Of India:
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• Business Current Accounts
• Open Term Loan
• Retail Trade
• Doctor Plus
• SBI Shoppe
• Cyber Plus
• SME Credit Plus
• Small Business Credit Card
• SME Petro Credit
• Dal Mill Plus
• Paryatan Plus
• Auto Loans
• Transport Operators
• Rice Mills Plus
• School Plus
IDBI Bank
IDBI Bank has been actively engaged in providing a major thrust to
financing of SMEs. With a view to improving the credit delivery mechanism
and shorten the Turn around Time (TAT), IDBI Bank has developed a
special business model to serve the SMEs in India. The Bank has set up 24
City SME Centres (CSCs) across India in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai,
Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune to name a few. These CSCs are the Bank's hubs
while dedicated SME desks have been set up in several branches across
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these cities. These branches serve as front offices for sales delivery and
customer service.
IDBI Bank has a wide variety of products and services catering to the needs
of different segments within small business. Long years of experience in
being the trusted partner of large and mid corporates has translated into
deeper understanding of needs of business and industries. The Bank has
parameterised products for transporters, dealers, traders, and vendors. In
addition, it has a separate Transaction Banking Group that has expertise in
products like cash management services, letter of credit, bank guarantees
and treasury products”
IDBI Bank provides following SME products:
• Sulabh Vyapar Loan
• Dealer Finance
• Funding Under CGFMSE
• Direct Credit Scheme-SIDBI
• Preferred Customer Scheme
• Vendor Financing Programme
• Lending against the security of future Credit Card Receivables
• Working Capital Financing
• Finance to Medical Practitioners
• Loans to SRWOTs
• SME Hosiery Special Current Account
Bank of Baroda
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Bank of Baroda started its operation in the year 1908 in Baroda though its
Corporate Centre is in Mumbai now. Its mission is "to be a top ranking
National Bank of International Standards committed to augment stake
holders' value through concern, care and competence”. Bank of Baroda
offers following SME products and services:
• Baroda Vidyasthali Loan
• Baroda Arogyadham Loan
• Baroda Laghu Udhyami Credit Card
• Baroda Artisans Credit Card
• Technology Upgradation scheme
• SME short term loans
• SME medium term loans
• Composite Loans
(http://www.bankofbaroda.com/bbs/sme.asp last accessed on 26 Nov, 2009)
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• Union Cyber
• Union SME Plus
• Union Transport
• Financing SMALL HOSIERY UNITS in Kolkata
(http://www.unionbankofindia.co.in/cb_sme.aspx last accessed on 27 Nov,
2009)
Canara Bank
Canara Bank was founded by Shri Ammembal Subba Rao Pai, a great
visionary and philanthropist, in July 1906, at Mangalore, then a small port in
Karnataka
The Bank has adopted a Policy for lending to SME sector, in tune with Govt.
of India guidelines as per MSMED Act, 2006, which has come into force
w.e.f. 2nd October, 2006.
LOAN PRODUCTS
Schemes for Capital Investment
• Term loan for acquisition of fixed assets
• Standby credit for capital expenditure
• Standby term loan scheme for Apparel Exporters
• Loan scheme for reimbursement of investment made in fixed assets by
SMEs
• Soft loan scheme for Solar Water Heaters
• Scheme for Energy Savings for SMEs
• Technology Upgradation Fund scheme (TUFS) for textile & jute
industries in SME sector
• Credit linked capital subsidy scheme (CLCSS)
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• Loans under Interest Subsidy Eligibility Certificate (ISEC) Scheme of
Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC) to eligible
institutions
Schemes for Working Capital
• Simplified Open Cash Credit (SOCC)
• Open Cash Credit (OCC)
• Micro financing joint liability groups (Handloom weaver & Agarbathi
manufacturer groups)
• Laghu Udhyami Credit Card (LUCC)
• Bill of Exchange discounting facility to Small Enterpreneurs at
concessional rate of interest (BE-SE)
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
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A review of literature is a critical analysis of a segment of a published body
of knowledge. Various studies on a number of issues concerning small and
medium enterprises had been conducted in foreign countries. However, in
Indian context, the number is quite few. A number of studies had been
conducted related to SME Financing schemes of Public sector banks. Due to
shortage of time and inability to cover all these past studies, some of these
studies have been considered in this section that has provided a base for this
research.
Kaura and Sharma (1999) made a research and analyzed the attitudes of
the financial institutions whether belong to Central Government or state
Government or the Governmental Agencies promoted for this purpose.
In the wake of the MSME Act, 2006 passed in the interest of the small scale
sector by the Government of India, the attitude of the financial institutions
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towards SME sector is totally changing. New innovations are being made for
fulfilling the financial needs of SME units. The attitude of the Employees of
above said financial institutions is also changing.
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MSME act, 2006, the government of India clearly indicated the signal to the
banking people to provide the credit facilities to the SMEs.
Raju (2008) conducted a study and analyzed that SMEs form the backbone
of the Indian manufacturing sector and have become engine of economic
growth in India. It is estimated that SMEs account for almost 90% of
industrial units in India and 40% of value addition in the manufacturing
sector. This paper closely analyses the growth and development of the
Indian mall scale sector from opening of the economy in 1991. Third part
looks into the present scenario of SMEs and the problems they phases like
lending, marketing, license raj issues in detail. The Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises Act, 2006 is intended to boost the sector. The
provisions of the Act are examined closely. The final part provides some
future policy framework for the sustainability of the sector.
Rani and Rao (2008) conducted a research that Small and Medium
Enterprise sector is a vibrant and dynamic one, and an engine of growth for
the present millennium. Financing of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs),
which is part of the SME sector, has been given special attention by banks
and financial institutions, and is included in priority sector lending. In spite
of the special efforts, only 14.3% of registered small enterprises have availed
institutional credit, as per the 3rd All India Census of Small Scale Industries
of 2001-02. From 2000 to 2004, institutional credit for MSEs has shown
disturbing trends, despite the high level of liquidity in the banking system
and the initiatives taken by the Union Government and Reserve Bank
of India (RBI). This paper examines the recent trends in credit flow to
MSEs, in particular, and medium enterprises, in a limited way, from
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commercial banks and the Small Industries Development Bank of India
(SIDBI), and outlines the recommendations of A S Ganguly Working Group
and Internal Group chaired by C S Murthy. The Union Finance Ministry's
directive to public sector banks is to double the credit flow to SMEs during
the five-year period 2005-10. The year, 2005-06 has shown good progress in
this direction. The task is to be pursued vigorously in the next four years, of
which 2006-07 has been completed with encouraging performance.
Innovative approaches and directions for the future are presented in the
paper. SMEs need special treatment through devising special instruments of
credit for strengthening their competitiveness.
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Mercieca et al (2009) conducted a research and analyzed that how the
concentration and competition in the European banking sector affects
lending relationships between small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)
and their banks. Recent empirical evidence suggests that concentration and
competition capture different characteristics of banking systems. Using a
unique dataset on SMEs for selected European regions, we empirically
investigate the impact of increasing concentration and competition on the
number of lending relationships maintained by SMEs. They find that
competition has a positive effect on the number of lending relationships,
weak evidence that concentration reduces the number of banking
relationships and weak persistent evidence that they tend to offset each
other.
Popli and Rao (2009) made a research that in banking sector, the quality of
customer service plays an important role, particularly in the context of
growing competition and sustained business growth. The study is an attempt
to ascertain the service quality provided by Public Sector Banks to Small &
Medium Enterprises which play a key role in India’s economy. The major
findings of the study have been that 1. Modernization and Communication
affect the services to a large extent and there is a need of training to the staff
for improvement of service to the SMEs customers; 2. The service quality of
private banks is superior to that of Public sector banks; 3. Majority of the
respondents revealed that the credit flow to SMEs sector is not sufficient and
the Government will have to initiate necessary steps for making the required
funds available easily on convenient terms; 4. Majority of the respondents
feel that the policies for SME Sector of other countries are far better from
the policies of India; 5. Delay in loan application processing due to
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unhelpful nature of the staff members, as claimed by the majority of the
respondents. The banks usually provide finance against security and as high
as 86% of the respondents are of the view that the banks ask for collateral
security/guarantee from a third party even where the project has been
assessed as viable and primary security is adequate.
Popli and Rao (2009) conducted a study and analyzed that Small and
Medium Enterprises have been globally recognized as vital components of a
domestic economy and major contributors to employment generation in a
country, regardless of global barriers. SMEs form the lifeblood of any
vibrant economy. In an emerging economy like India, SMEs have a
significant socio-economic role to ensure overall development of the nation.
Electronic Sector is an upcoming sector in India. The Indian Electronic
Industry is undergoing transformation due to the new economic policy and
business environment in the post WTO regime. This paper examines
the problems, strategies for investments, competences development,
technological up gradation, quality improvement, Govt. Policies, Equity
participation by MNCs and overall improvement of this sector in the post
WTO regime. The study has been done by using data acquired from an
extensive survey of Indian SMEs in the Textile Sector and from the
experienced Bankers/ Officials/Policy makers of Govt. of India. The key
findings of the study are that lack of quality consciousness, growth
conducive environment, inadequate government support and difficulties in
raising funds from market. Further, the study highlights the need to upgrade
technology in the Indian Electronic SME Sector and also develop a strong
and supportive Financial System.
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The perusal of literature reveals that Small and Medium enterprises face a
lot of problems, and inadequate financing is the major one. A rich literature
house has been developed over time, mostly in foreign countries, with regard
to SME funding. A very few studies has been conducted in India regarding
the effectiveness of SME financing s
chemes of the public sector banks. That is why a need was felt to conduct a
study in Indian context and that too in case of SME financing schemes of
public sector banks and their usage that has not been extensively researched.
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SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The researches that were conducted in past by the various professionals are
in foreign context and not in Indian context. Study relating to SMEs, their
problems and source of financing has been done but regarding the SME
financing schemes of public sector banks has not been done. This gap has
been identified and it has led to the present research to be undertaken. So,
the need was felt to cover the areas neglected. Thus, here a study on SME
financing schemes of public sector banks was taken care of.
Objectives are the guiding lights of a study. The present study was
undertaken to achieve the following objectives: -
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• To know the effectiveness of various SME financing schemes of
public sector banks.
• To know the problems faced by SMEs in getting credit from public
sector banks.
• To know the benefits of SME financing schemes of the public sector
banks.
• To check the satisfaction level of Small and Medium enterprises
regarding SME financing schemes of the public sector banks.
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METHODOLOGY
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• Descriptive Research: -A type of conclusive research, which has as
its major objective the description of something-usually market
characteristics or functions. In other words descriptive research is a
research where in researcher has no control over variable. It just
presents the picture, which has already studied.
4.2.2 Sample Frame-Sample frame was Small and Medium enterprises all
over India.
4.2.3 Sample Unit- Sampling unit is the basic unit containing the elements
of the universe to be sampled. The sampling unit of the present study was
SMEs located in Ludhiana city in Punjab.
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4.2.4 Sample Size- Sample size is the number of elements to be included in
a study. Keeping in mind all the constraints 100 respondents were selected.
4.3.1 Data Collection: Information has been collected from both Primary
and Secondary sources of data collection.
• Secondary sources- Secondary data are those, which have already
• Primary sources- Primary data are those, which are collected are
fresh and for the first time and thus happen to be original in character.
Primary data had been collected by conducting surveys through
questionnaire, which include several questions and personal and
telephonic interview.
Tools of Analysis: -
• Summated Score: This tool was used for the analysis of questions
based on Likert scale.
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• Weighted Average Score: This tool was used to calculate highest and
lowest rank.
Tools of Presentation: -
• Tables: This tool was used to present the data in tabular form.
• Bar Graphs and Pie Charts: These tools were used for analysis
of data.
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Due to constraints of time and resources, the study is likely to suffer from
certain limitations. Some of these are mentioned here under so that the
findings of the study may be understood in a proper perspective.
The limitations of the study are:
• The research was carried out in a short period. Therefore the sample
size and the parameters were selected accordingly so as to finish the
work within the given time frame.
• The information given by the respondents might be biased as some of
them might not be interested to give correct information.
• Some of the respondents could not answer the questions due to lack of
knowledge.
• Some of the respondents of the survey were unwilling to share
information.
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ANALYSIS AND INTERPETATION
Table 5.1
Demographic Features
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Male 95 95
Female 5 5
Total 100 100
Business
Hosiery 100 100
Other 0 0
Total 100 100
Table 5.2
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Bank financing 75 27
Venture capital 14 5
Hire purchase and 24 9
leasing
Business angel 29 10
financing
Total 280 100
Figure 5.1
No. Of Respondents
Owners Financing
Private financial
10% institutions
Bank financing
5%
Venture capital
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multiple sources for financing their enterprises. The figure shows that 29%
respondents rely on their own funds for financing SMEs.28% respondents
use bank financing and 16% take credit from private financial institutions.
Equity finance and venture capital are the least used.
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3. Rank the obstacles that are faced by your enterprise in its growth
from 1 to 5; 1 being the biggest obstacle.
Table 5.3
Obstacles In The Growth Of Enterprise
In this above table weighted average score method is used where 1 rank is
given to the biggest obstacle in the growth and 5 is the least important rank.
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profitability of the sector and fifth to the instability of demand of product or
service.
From the above table it can be concluded that obtaining adequate finance is
the biggest obstacle faced by SMEs in their growth followed by burden of
heavy taxes on them. Easy financing schemes should be provided. Rates of
taxes should also be decreased; it will help in the growth of SMEs in India.
Table 5.4
Figure 5.2
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No. Of Respondents
0%
Yes
No
100%
The above figure shows that 100% of the respondents have raised finance
from the public sector banks .This shows that public sector banks are the
most popular source of SME financing. The reason is low rates of interest
which gives them capital at low cost. The service fees and bank charges are
also less which results in low cost of financing than the other sources.
Table 5.5
Type Of Loan
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Type of Loan No. Of Respondents %Age Of
Respondents
Sulabh Vyapar loan 67 28
Transport loan 25 10
Paryatan plus loan 56 23
Open term loan 38 16
Working capital loan 54 23
Total 240 100
Figure 5.3
Type Of Loan
No. Of Respondents
23%
28%
Sulabh Vyapar loan
Transport loan
Paryatan plus loan
Open term loan
16%
10% Working capital loan
23%
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6. For what purpose, your enterprise has taken loan?
Table 5.6
Figure 5.4
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No. Of Respondents
Real estate
acquisition to house the
15% business
22%
To increase the
production
Construction, renovation
or leasehold
24% improvements
For the flooring of
inventory and for working
27%
capital
For modernization and
12%
upgradation of
technology
Table 5.7
Benefits Of SME Financing Schemes
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Attractive financing 40 28 20 4 8 212
conditions
Easy access 4 12 32 30 22 354
Low rates of Interest 40 36 14 6 4 198
In this above table weighted average score method was used where 1 rank is
the most important rank and 5 is the least important rank.
As in the above table various benefits of SME financing schemes were being
ranked. The benefit ranked first with summated score of 198 was low rates
of interest. This shows that public sector banks financing schemes provide
finance at cheap rates. Second rank is with summated score of 212 was
given to the attractive financing conditions of these schemes. The schemes
are designed in such a way that makes financing easier for SMEs.
The third rank was given to easy access. The fourth rank was given to Single
window dispensation and fifth to Better service, being least preferred by the
respondents. This shows that respondents were not satisfied by the service
provided by these banks.
From the above table it can be concluded that Low rates of interest was most
preferred of all other benefits. Attractive financing conditions and easy
access were next in the preference order. Single window dispensation was
the next preferred benefit. Better service was the least preferred benefit by
the respondents.
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8. What were the problems faced by your enterprise in raising finance
from public sector banks?
Table 5.8
Figure 5.5
No. Of Respondents
Insufficient collateral
6% Poor documentation
22%
8% Biasness
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The number of respondents has increased from 100 to 308, as this is a
multiple-choice question. The most common problem faced by SMEs in
raising finance is the delay made in sanctioning the loan with 26%.The
public sector bank employees work very slowly and usually an application
takes a lot of time for approval.25% respondents say biasness was one
another problem faced by them.22% respondents find the inability to provide
sufficient collateral as a problem.
9. What are the most common reasons given to your enterprise by the
public sector bank for rejecting an application for Loan?
Table 5.9
Figure 5.6
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No.Of Respondents The management team is
too inexperienced
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Total 165 100
Figure 5.7
No. Of Respondents
Too much of
38% documentation is
required
Table 5.11
Whether Private Sector Banks Schemes Are Better Than Public Sector
Banks Schemes
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Private Sector Bank No. Of Respondents %Age Of Respondents
Schemes Are Better
Yes 64 64
No 36 36
Total 100 100
Figure5.8
Whether Private Sector Banks Schemes Are Better Than Public Sector
Banks Schemes
No.Of Respondents
36%
Yes
No
64%
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12. Please indicate your level of satisfaction with various aspects of
obtaining finance from these public sector banks. Kindly rate them on
5-point scale basis; 5 being strongly satisfied and 1 being strongly
dissatisfied
Table 5.12
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11.7) 10 22 12 30 26 340
Behavior
of the bank
staff
It was clear that respondents were satisfied with the ‘Rate of Interest’ as this
aspect lies between strongly agreed and agreed with summated score of 184.
So the respondents were satisfied with this aspect. The factor “amount
granted by the bank relative to the amount requested lies between agree and
neutral with summated score of 212 but was more close to satisfied. So,
respondents are satisfied with the interest rate and the amount sanctioned.
About other 2 factors ‘Simplicity of the application form’ and ‘Service fees’
were with summated score of 231 and 236 were between agreed and neutral
but are more close to agreed level. So the respondents were satisfied with
these aspects.
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The other three factors ‘behavior of the bank staff’, guarantees required by
the institution and the time to obtain the approval are between the neutral
and dissatisfied. Respondents were not very satisfied with these aspects.
13. Apart from such schemes, what initiatives government can take for
improving SME business in India?
Table 5.13
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companies
Guidance for upgrading skills & 15 12
knowledge of entrepreneurs
Assistance and support for revival of 29 23
sick units
Introduce a Single Window concept for 20 16
helping SMEs
Total 125 100
Figure 5.9
No. Of Respondents
Decrease the amount of
taxes
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SME units are increasing at a rapid ratew..21% of the respondents believe
government should support innovative technological companies. Moreover
government can introduce a single window concept for helping SMEs and
can provide guidance for upgrading skills and knowledge of entrepreneurs.
After undertaking the study, the following findings were made about the
usage of SME financing schemes of the public sector banks:
• Public sector banks were the most popular source of SME financing.
The reason was low rates of interest which gives them capital at low
cost. The service fees and bank charges were also less which results in
low cost of financing than the other sources.
• Sulabh Vyapar loan was the most popular scheme of public sector
banks for financing SMEs followed by working capital loan.
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• Most of the firms were taking loans for fulfilling their frequent needs
for the capital. They took credit for the flooring of inventory and
working capital and to increase the size of production. They had taken
loans for technological upgradation also as SMEs require capital to
upgrade their technologies which is changing at a very fast phase.
• The most preferred benefit of these schemes was low rates of interest
as government is charging very less rates in comparison to other
sources. These schemes offer attractive financing conditions and easy
access also.
• The most common problem faced by SMEs in raising finance was the
delay made in sanctioning the loan. The public sector bank
employee’s work very slowly and usually an application takes a lot of
time for approval. Biasness and insufficient collateral were another
problems faced by them.
• Most of the respondents get demotivated for applying for finance from
these schemes because of the lengthy process involved and because
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they were turned down before. Some of the respondents did not apply
for loan from these schemes as too much of documentation was
required. The time to obtain the approval for loan and documentation
involved demotivates the SMEs.
• Most of the respondents were satisfied with the interest rate charged,
amount of loan sanctioned and service fees .Respondents showed their
dissatisfaction regarding time to obtain the approval, behaviour of the
bank staff.
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CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Over a period of time, it has been proved that SMEs are dynamic, innovative
and most importantly, the employer of first resort to millions of people in the
country India has a vibrant SME sector that plays an important role in
sustaining economic growth, increasing trade, generating employment and
creating new entrepreneurship in India. But the SME sector faces a lot of
obstacles in obtaining adequate finance. Government of India has started a
number of SME financing schemes in its public sector banks .These public
sector banks are playing a major role in the development of SME sector in
India. But due to few obstacles, these schemes are not as effective as they
should be. The review of researches has showed that SME sector plays an
important role in the economic development of a country but obtaining
adequate finance has emerged as a major problem faced by SMEs. The need,
scope and objectives of the study provided the framework for further
research. The basic purpose of conducting the study was to study the usage
of SME financing schemes of the public sector banks. The data was
collected from SME units. Various tools of data analysis and interpretation
were used for carrying out the research. The major findings of the study
were that bank financing is the most popular source for financing SMEs in
India. The SME financing schemes provide credit to this sector at low rates
of interest and at attractive conditions but the procedure involved is lengthy.
Moreover, too much of documentation is required .Insufficient collateral and
biasness are also the major problems. The re-orientation program,
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workshops and seminars should be organized at district level to provide
latest information to the SMEs about the various SME financing schemes of
the public sector banks. New credit products may be developed to take care
of the diverse, unexpected and short-term requirements of the SME
customers in a hassle free manner and in a short time the process followed
in sanctioning the loan and documentation required is cumbersome;
hence it is suggested to make the process easier.
• Product innovations in banks have set the rule of the game “Innovate
or perish”. The same rule applies to SME segment. At present, there
is a vast gap between requirements of the SME customer and
availability of suitable/matching products and services in the public
sector banks. New credit products may be developed to take care of
the diverse, unexpected and short-term requirements of the SME
customers in a hassle free manner and in a short time.
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business. Banks may adopt a balanced score card model for credit
assessment under which risk weights may be assigned to (i)
managerial, technical and commercial competence of the entrepreneur
(ii) quality of trade references from suppliers/buyers (need not be in
writing) (iii) potential of the industry, unit and person.
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• The problem that the SMEs face while acquiring funds from Public
sector Banks is that their financial systems lack transparency. Credit
Ratings can benefit both the parties. The credit ratings will give Public
sector Banks ratings an easy access to the financial information of
SMEs that highlight the unit's strength and weaknesses, making it
easy for them to take a decision while lending.
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• Banks may publish periodicals/magazines to disseminate information
pertaining to various schemes of bank, various ministries, RBI,
SIDBI, CBDT, CBEC and other tax related policy matters. It may
also provide the same information through its website and e-mails.
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