MSME body CIMSME to RBI’s Shaktikanta Das: Extend ECLGS 1.0 repayment period to 5 years post moratorium

The federal government had introduced extra help of as much as 10 per cent of the excellent credit score as of February 29, 2020, to debtors lined below ECLGS 1.0 as per the RBI tips.

MSME physique Chamber of Indian Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (CIMSME) in a letter the Reserve Financial institution of India Governor Shaktikanta Das has urged for extending the reimbursement interval below the Emergency Credit score Line Assure Scheme (ECLGS) 1.0 to 5 years from three years after the moratorium interval. The federal government had final month prolonged the ECLGS 1.0 moratorium interval — whereby MSMEs needed to repay solely curiosity — from one yr to 2 years whereas the interval for reimbursement of principal quantity and curiosity was three years. Furthermore, CIMSME additionally requested for permitting the prolonged reimbursement interval to be relevant to all MSMEs who had availed credit score below ECLGS 1.0 as a substitute of proscribing it to debtors who’re eligible for mortgage restructuring as per RBI tips dated Might 5, 2021.

“ECLGS catered to MSMEs’ day by day bills. Amid Covid, the price of manufacturing has elevated as a result of elevated time for uncooked materials procurement due to restricted transportation services and in addition for the conversion of uncooked materials to completed product. Additional lack of labour, end-use of ECLGS for mounted bills as a substitute of working capital have additionally hit MSMEs’ profitability. Therefore, MSMEs received’t be capable to generate sufficient money to repay this credit score in three years after the moratorium interval,” Mukesh Mohan Gupta, President, CIMSME, which represents over 1 lakh MSMEs, informed Monetary Specific On-line.

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The federal government had additionally introduced final month extra help of as much as 10 per cent of the excellent credit score as of February 29, 2020, to debtors lined below ECLGS 1.0 as per the RBI tips. “The reimbursement interval below the ECGL scheme ought to be elevated to 5 years as MSMEs have little enterprise and are working at a really low capability whereas overheads and uncooked materials value have elevated considerably particularly within the case of metal. The uncooked materials value has additionally virtually doubled and different overheads have additionally elevated. The price of manufacturing has elevated as a result of increased oil costs, security implementations of personnel as a result of Covid and lack of availability of expert labour as a result of a lot of the expert personnel have both gone to their hometown or aren’t obtainable,” Kanal Gupta, Director, United Drilling Tools Monetary Specific On-line.

The affiliation added that debtors’ accounts which have been restructured by way of RBI’s Round dated August 06, 2020, February 11, 2020, or January 01, 2019, ought to be given one other one-time alternative for restructuring with out downgrading of asset classification, contemplating the 2 consecutive waves of Covid-19. “It’s fully unattainable for a restructured account to stay customary when there’s a second state-imposed lockdown of 60 days and counting as there might be no money circulate throughout this era,” Rakesh Bajaj, Managing Director, Revolutionary Textiles informed Monetary Specific On-line. CIMSME additionally urged for a centralised mortgage software portal for the Subordinate Debt Scheme launched by the federal government final yr as a part of the Atmanirbhar package deal. Based on the affiliation, out of Rs 20,000 crore provision below the scheme, solely about Rs 30 crore has been disbursed up to now.