Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI):A Successful Financial Institution in SME Financing

Worldwide, the wind has been changing in the finance sector in general and banking-investment sector in particular. Such a panorama teaches us that now, is the time of cooperation rather than a competition, now it's a time of convergence rather than cutting each other's neck over customers and markets, now it's a time of consolidation rather than antagonism. Curing the fatal disease requires the doses of small pills; impressive thoughts come out from the small brain, similarly, India requires prominence of small and medium enterprises for curing its problem of low economic groivth vis-a-vis developed nations.

To cure the overall disease of lack of appropriate growth of Indian SMEs - Small and Medium Enterprises, India needs several small pills such as adequate credit delivery to SMEs, better risk management, technological up gradation of Banks. Public Sector Banks, attitudinal change in Bankers and so on. Among them, the major problem of inadequate financing to SMEs tieeds an urgent attention. Having said this, it is pertinent to mention that Small Industrial Development Bank of India has achieved landmark results in the domain of small and medium enterprise financing and fulfilling their credit requirements time to time in various forms such as long term project finance, working capital finance, bill discounting etc. However considering the level of appetite for credit facilities of Indian small and medium enterprises, private and public sector banks in India need to workout an unique and innovative model of financing to this vital sector (SME) of Indian Economy.