e-Mudra Loan

The main target of the MUDRA programme is the nation's MSME units. It was created specifically to provide capital, protect small business owners from money lenders' exploitation, and aid 1.5 crore new business owners in growing their operations. The MUDRA scheme provides loans without the need for security. The interest rate on the loans obtained under this arrangement is not fixed. The base rate is applied to interest, plus 1-7%. Depending on the risks involved and the customer's profile, this could also be higher.

By providing these emerging businesses with collateral-free funding, the MUDRA scheme has benefited the MSME sector in following ways:

• Support for refinancing provided to NBFCs and banks to enable increased lending funds

• Loans for two-wheelers and subsequent lending to companies engaged in trading, manufacturing, tractor financing, services, and related industries.

• In addition to providing financial help, MUDRA also gives MSME firms empowerment through financial education and other social support services.

• Shishu loans up to ₹50,000, Kishore loans up to ₹5,00,000 and Tarun loans up to ₹10 lakh are the three lending programmes offered by MUDRA.

Furthermore, one can apply for an e-Mudra loan online via Udyami Mitra portal. However, you should keep the necessary documents handy before undergoing this application process. 

The Steps to Apply for an e-Mudra Loan through the Udyami Mitra Portal is as Follows: 

• Step 1: Go to the Udyami Mitra official website

• Step 2: Select on “Apply Now” option

• Step 3: In the next page, click on ‘Category of Borrower’ and select whether you are a new entrepreneur, existing entrepreneur, or self-employed.

• Step 4: Input your name, contact number, email ID. Select ‘Generate OTP’, and then proceed.

• Step 5: Insert the OTP that you received on your registered mobile number. By doing so your registration on the Udyami Mudra portal will be completed successfully.

• Step 6: Fill out professional and personal details on the next page.

• Step 7: Select the ‘Apply Now’ option under the ‘Loan Application Centre’ option.

• Step 8: You will get three scheme options: ‘Tarun’, ‘Shishu’, and ‘Kishor’ from which you can choose the scheme that suits you the best. 

• Step 9: After choosing the scheme, fill out your basic business details.

• Step 10: Next, provide information of proprietors and directors, basic information related to the business, existing credit facilities, estimated working capital, credit report, etc. 

• Step 11: Attach documents in .jpg, .bmp, png, or pdf format and make sure that its size is in between 250 kb and 5 MB. 

• Step 12: After entering all information select ‘Submit’ .

• Step 13: Lastly, you will be redirected to the declaration page where you have to tick the necessary checkboxes in order to complete the application process.

After completing all these steps successfully, you will get a notification with a loan application ID that you have to keep for future requirements.

Now that you have gone through the steps to apply for an E-Mudra loan online, take a look at its eligibility criteria and documents required.  

• An entrepreneur does not have to furnish any guarantee to avail an e-Mudra loan.

• An established or an aspiring business owner can avail up to ₹10 Lakhs as an e-Mudra loan.

• As e-Mudra loans can be availed online, it saves time.

• If the amount borrowed through an e-Mudra loan is under or equal to ₹5 Lakhs, many institutions do not charge a processing fee at all.

• The borrower can repay the e-Mudra loan over the course of five years, subject to personal eligibility and the loan size.

• Several banks and financial institutions offer e-Mudra loans to eligible applicants at affordable interest rates.

• The amount available as e-Mudra loan can be used for things such as starting a business, expanding a venture, giving the establishment an overhaul or meeting working capital requirements during months of low turnover.

• The eligibility criteria that one needs to fulfil to qualify for an e-Mudra loan is simpler as compared to the conditions an entrepreneur must satisfy to get a regular business loan.

• Transport Vehicles: Purchase of transport vehicles such as small goods transport vehicles,  e-rickshaws, auto rickshaws, three-wheelers, taxis, etc. for the movement of passengers and products. A tractor, tractor trolley, or power tiller that is only utilised for business operations is also eligible for PMMY aid. Two-wheelers utilised for business purposes are also covered by the PMMY.

• Personal, Social, and Community Services: Salons, fitness centres, boutiques, tailor shops, dry cleaners, repair shops for bicycles and motorcycles, DTP and photocopying facilities, drugstores, courier services, etc.

• Food Products Sector: This includes businesses providing daily catering / canteen services, cold chain trucks, cold storages, ice producing units, ice-cream making units, and biscuit, bread and bun manufacturing, as well as agricultural produce preservation at the rural level.

• Textile Products Sector/Activity: Handloom, power loom, Khadi, chikan, zari, zardozi, traditional embroidery and hand work, traditional printing and dyeing, apparel design, cotton ginning, knitting, computerised embroidery, stitching, and other textile non-garment products like bags, vehicle accessories, furnishing accessories, etc.

• Commercial loans for Traders and Shopkeepers: Financial assistance for financing to people for their retail stores, trade and business ventures, service businesses, and non-farm income generating ventures with beneficiary loan sizes of up to ₹10 Lakhs per enterprise or borrower.

• Equipment Finance Scheme for Micro Units: Creating micro businesses by acquiring the appropriate tools and equipment with a loan amount per recipient of up to ₹10 Lakhs.

• Agriculture-related activities: Agriculture-related activities include pisciculture, beekeeping, poultry, grading, livestock-rearing, sorting, and agro industries, as well as dairy, fishing, agri-clinics, agribusiness centres, food and agro-processing, etc. (crop loans, land improvements like canals, irrigation, and wells are excluded from this), services that help them and foster livelihood or generate income are qualified for coverage under the PMMY in 2016–17.