46 XX | Enlightener Series | C. Private Sector Schemes

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About the scheme…
Women Entrepreneur Loan Scheme was launched by SVC Co-operative Bank Ltd. (SVC Bank) to meet the credit needs of women entrepreneurs.

SVC Bank is one of the oldest and India’s only multi-state Scheduled Urban Co-operative Bank with a presence across 11 states – Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, New Delhi, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.

How is it being implemented?

Under Women Entrepreneur Loan Scheme, direct financial assistance, in the form of loans, is given to

Women entrepreneurs

What’s on offer?
I. Product:

Term loans
Working capital facility: Cash Credit and Overdraft
Ticket size from ₹5 Lakhs up to ₹50 Lakhs

II. Purpose:

Acquisition of fixed assets
Working capital requirements

III. Borrower Type

Individuals, Proprietary Firm, Registered Partnership Firm, Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs), Private Limited Companies, Public Limited Companies

IV. Security or Collateral or Guarantee or Insurance

Primary Security:
- Term loans or Overdraft: Equitable or Registered Mortgage of property preferably owned by the applicant or partners or promoters or their family members
- Cash Credit: Hypothecation of stock and book debts
Collateral Security:
- Term loans or Overdraft: Nil. However, personal guarantee of property owners required
- Cash Credit: Minimum 50% of the limit. Additionally, personal guarantee of property owners required
Guarantee: requirement of 2 guarantor
Membership: Borrower(s) to become regular member(s) by way of share linkage. Guarantor(s) to become nominal member(s). For information around this, please contact SVC Bank via means mentioned below
For information around the requirement of insurance, please contact SVC Bank via means mentioned below

V. Interest Rate

As applicable from time to time
For more information around the interest rates, please contact SVC Bank via means mentioned below

VI. Processing fee

For latest information regarding the processing fees and other charges, please contact SVC Bank via means mentioned below

VII. Margin money requirement

Term loans or Overdraft: 25% of the agreement value or market value of the property offered as the primary security
Cash Credit: 25% against stock (net of creditors) and book debts (up to 90 days)

VIII. Tenure, Repayments & Pre-Closures

Term loans: Up to 60 months reviewed annually
Cash Credit or Overdraft: limits reviewed annually
For information around repayments, pre-closures, related charges etc., please contact SVC Bank via means mentioned below

IX. Turnaround Time

For information around turnaround time, please contact SVC Bank via the means mentioned below

Interested? Read ahead to check your eligibility….

I. Is the business controlled or managed or run by women?

II. Has the business been in operations for at least 3 years?

III. Has the business been profitable for the last 2 years?

IV. Is the premises, where business is carried out, owned by the applicant borrower or family members?

V. Is the area of the proponent’s or borrower’s operations within a radius of 5km from the branch?

If your answers to the questions above are an emphatic YES, you are all set to avail loan under Women Entrepreneur Loan Scheme!

So…how big is this scheme and what has been done so far?

I. Details for SVC Bank’s Women Entrepreneur Loan don’t seem to be available in the public domain

So, now, how should you go about it?

I. For submitting application and documents:

Visit an SVC Bank branch nearest to you

Fill in an enquiry form here and an SVC Bank representative will get in touch with you

II. For information on the indicative loan application form and list of documentation required to be submitted, please click here and here. For information on indicative loan application form for trading units, please refer here

III. For any queries,

Please contact SVC Bank on phone 24/7 on 1800 313 2120

Fill in an enquiry form here and an SVC Bank representative will get in touch with you

Visit their nearest branch

Go on then…and do spread the word!

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