‘Guj tops in loans to MSME under Atmanirbhar Abhiyan scheme’

Rajkot: Gujarat tops among other states in sanctioning loans to MSME under Atmanirbhar scheme, stated energy minister Saurabh Patel in Rajkot on Saturday.
Talking to media persons in the city, Patel said that the state has taken the 'Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’ task given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi very seriously and is making all efforts to make Gujarat the growth engine of the country.
Giving information about loan disbursement, the minister said, “The banks have received 1,63,030 application under Atmanirbhar Abhiyan package from MSME units.
Of this, 1,62,245 applications have been sanctioned, while loan of Rs 5,25,868 lakh has already been disbursed. This has resulted in commencement of production in various industrial units.”
Patel further said that among Gujarat ranks third in disbursement of loan amount which will converted into the generation of lakhs of employment.
He also claimed that the state government has provided relief in electricity bills to small industries.
“The state government has given relief of Rs 110 crore to 16.29 lakh small industries and Rs 350 crore relief to 16,217 medium-scale industries. Total 16.45 lakh industrial units received relief to the tune of Rs 460 crore in their electricity bills,” Patel said.
Rupani government had announced a one-time waiver of up to 100 units in electricity bills for customers whose power consumption is 200 units.
Patel said that the scheme was announced in June and those people who got bills in the same month may not have got benefit this time. “But in their next bill cycle they will get this benefit,” he added.