Women entrepreneurs receive 33% SME loan under stimulus package: SME Foundation

He urged the concerned banks and financial institutions to take preparation for distributing another Taka 200 crore loans for the current fiscal 2021-22.

Md Mofizur Rahman said this while exchanging views with the representatives of banks and financial institutions through online.He informed that in the 2020-21 financial year, the SME Foundation distributed about Taka 116 crore among 1,069 entrepreneurs in 54 districts of the country through 13 banks and non-bank financial institutions at just 4 percent interest.

He expressed deep gratitude to the officials of SME Foundation and concerned banks and non-bank financial institutions, especially BRAC Bank and IDLC, for disbursing the loan in less than two months.

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