Sidbi

SAMPARK - signifying "connect with MSMEs and Entrepreneurs"

SAMWAD - dialogue to strengthen relations among various stakeholders of the MSME Sector

The Metro station at Hauz Khas in New Delhi has been adopted for a period of 10 years to spread awareness on SIDBI and Government schemes
Two kiosks have been set up at the station to tend to queries
The station has an average daily footfall of more than 1 lakh

170 SIDBI officers met 456 roadside vendors and micro unit-holders on SIDBI Foundation day to understand their daily issues and challenges
Around 110 potential role models were identified and 35 were supported under the Role Model initiative

2-day event organised for women microentrepreneurs, supported under SIDBI’s Mahila Udyami Sashaktikaran Project (MUSP), to showcase their products, and to network and generate new orders
700 out of 10,000 women microentrepreneurs assisted under MUSP participated in the initiative
Swavalamban Utsav received appreciation message from the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India

30 pan-India programmes envisaged through DICCI for mainstreaming potential SC/ST entrepreneurs
Nine Sankalp programmes already conducted

SURAKSHA - to create an enabling environment for the growth of MSMEs

SCKs set up in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Telangana to handhold aspiring entrepreneurs on an end-to-end basis
100 SCKs established under the programme
Basic profiling for 4,426 aspirants and advanced profiling of 3,158 aspirants
49 aspirants have been skill-trained and 39 enterprises have been set up

Creating and promoting Homepreneur role models in partnership with USHA International
1,000 silai (stitching) schools established, benefiting 1,000 rural women in 10 districts of five states. 59% belong to women from the BPL category, and 45% belong to women from the SC/ST category
Each Homepreneur has enrolled three more women, taking the overall enrolments to 3,273 as of March 2020
700 more schools are planned in three states in phase 2 of the initiative

"Workspaze" was launched at the Bank's Delhi office premises, in partnership with Incuspaze Solutions Pvt. Ltd., benefiting 39 enterprises
Another Co-working space is being established at BKC, Mumbai

11-day workshop has been designed as "by MSE for MSE"
The programme, in its second year, benefited 34 MSEs in FY 2020

Aims at promoting bamboo-based enterprises and generating green jobs
Implemented in nine states of the country including five in the North East
Cumulatively 2,734 artisans have been guided on setting up bamboo-based enterprises
During FY 2020, 1,000+ units were established or upgraded
Supported Swavalamban Lab in Meghalaya to shape the entrepreneurial zeal of freshers/potential entrepreneurs

SAMPRESHAN - constructive engagement with policy makers & MSME entrepreneurs

Awards and Recognitions

The Bank was awarded
BML Munjal Award for
"Business Excellence
through Learning and
Development" for the year
2019 in the category of Public
Sector Undertakings.

Corporate Image Enhancement (CIE)

The Bank's visibility in the MSME ecosystem got substantially enhanced with regular and frequent coverage in the print media, social media, national television and radio.

COVID RESPONSE - supporting livelihoods

Partnered with 11 agencies/NGOs working in 9 states for:

The Bank donated ₹ 15 crore to PM CARES Fund and ₹ 5 crore to UP CM Relief Fund to support fight against COVID pandemic

Poorest State Inclusive Growth (PSIG) Programme

Funded by UKAid through DFID, UK, to enhance income and employment opportunities of the poor, especially women, in states with high incidence of poverty. The programme concluded on March 31, 2020.

Impact accrued to MSMEs - Promotion and Development

5 lakh beneficiaries touched through 30 Promotional and Developmental initiatives with focus on economically poor states

More than 30 CSR activities undertaken in FY 2020, touching lives of 30,000+ people in the field of education, health, hygiene, skilling, environment conservation, safe drinking water etc.

Promotional & Developmental Initiatives

The Promotional and Developmental initiatives of the Bank are undertaken under the four guiding themes of Sampark, Samwad, Suraksha, Sampreshan (4S), to address various non-financial challenges of the MSME sector.