The Finance Minister today has announced the much needed relief measures, for multiple affected sectors. Considering the fact that almost 90% of the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) outlay was effectively utilized to support the affected MSME sector, an additional Rs 1.5 lakh crore will greatly catalyze the revival as well as growth processes of the MSMEs. This announcement came at a significant moment, as the World MSME day was celebrated a day prior. Further, credit guarantee scheme for 25 Lakh individuals through the micro-finance institutions and the financial measures announced for the tourism sector are much appreciated. With the economy carefully opening up in stages, the announced measures will certainly prove viable for the MSMEs and individuals towards their efforts to overhaul the broken cash-flows.

-By Mr. Shachindra Nath, Executive Chairman and Managing Director, U GRO Capital