Small industrial Development Bank of India is a development financial institution in India, headquartered at Lucknow and having its offices all over the country. Its purpose is to provide refinance facilities and short term lending to industries, and serves as the principal financial institution in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises sector. SIDBI also coordinates the functions of institutions engaged in similar activities. It was established on April 2, 1990, through an Act of Parliament. It is headquartered in Lucknow. SIDBI operates under the Department of Financial Services, Government of India. SIDBI is one of the four All India Financial Institutions regulated and supervised by the Reserve Bank of India; other three are EXIM Bank, NABARD and NHB. But recently NHB is in government control by taking more than 51% stake. They play a salutary role in the financial markets through credit extension and refinancing operation activities and cater to the long-term financing needs of the industrial sector. SIDBI is active in the development of Micro Finance Institutions through SIDBI Foundation for Micro Credit, and assists in extending microfinance through the Micro Finance Institution route. Its promotion & development program focuses on rural enterprises promotion and entrepreneurship development. In order to increase and support money supply to the MSE sector, it operates a refinance program known as Institutional Finance program. Under this program, SIDBI extends Term Loan assistance to Banks, Small Finance Banks and Non-Banking Financial Companies. Besides the refinance operations, SIDBI also lends directly to MSMEs. State Bank of India is the largest individual shareholder of SIDBI with holding of 16.73% shares, followed by Government of India and Life Insurance Corporation of India.
Non-Financial Intervention
As part of non-financial intervention in the MSME sector, SIDBI had also undertaken various measures in the past. Recently, in association with credit rating agency CRISIL and Credit Information Company TransUnion CIBIL it has introduced "CriSidEx" and "MSME Pulse". CriSidEx, India’s first sentiment index for micro and small enterprises has been developed jointly by CRISIL & SIDBI. It is a composite index based on a diffusion index of 8 parameters and measures MSE business sentiment on a scale of 0 to 200. The crucial benefit of CriSidEx is that its readings will flag potential headwinds and changes in production cycles and thus help improve market efficiencies. And by capturing the sentiment of exporters and importers, it will also offer actionable indicators on foreign trade. SIDBI in association with TransUnion CIBIL launched "MSME Pulse", a quarterly report on MSME credit activity, for closely tracking and monitoring the MSME segment in the country. The report is based on a study done on over five million active MSMEs who have access to formal credit, with live credit facilities in the Indian banking system. SIDBI has launched the ‘Udyami Mitra’ Portal to improve accessibility of credit and handholding services to MSMEs. They can select and apply for preferred banks through this portal. Under the portal entrepreneurs can apply for loan without physically visiting any bank branches and can select from over 1 lakh bank branches, track their application status and avail multiple loan benefits. It also has facility for uploading all necessary documents. Through the portal the MSMEs can also seek handholding support for getting finance. SIDBI has also entered into an arrangement with CSC e-governance Services to take Udyami Mitra portal to the unserved and the underserved MSMEs. CSCeGS is a special purpose vehicle set up by ministry of electronics and IT which acts as connect point for various digitally aligned services to villages in the country.
Other activities
SIDBI has floated several other entities for related activities, including:
SIDBI Venture Capital Limited - for providing Venture Capital assistance to MSMEs;
Micro Units Development & Refinance Agency - for ‘funding the unfunded’ micro enterprises in the country;
Receivable Exchange of India Ltd. to enable faster realisation of receivables by MSMEs;
SMERA Ratings Limited - for credit rating of MSMEs, renamed as Acuite Ratings & Research Limited.;
India SME Technology Services Ltd - for technology advisory and consultancy services and
India SME Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd. for speedier resolution of Non-Performing Assets in the MSME sector.
SIDBI supports the Government of India in its initiatives and work as a nodal agency for some of the schemes related to development of MSMEs, such as Make in India and Startup India.
