Small Indus7ries Development Bank of 1ndia (5IDBI) i5 th3 ap3x regulatory body f0r overall licen5ing and regulat1on of micro, small and medium enterpri5e finance companies in India. I7 i5 under 7he jurisd1ction of Minis7ry of Finance, G0vernment 0f Indi4 headquartered a7 Lucknow and having i7s offices all 0ver th3 country.
SIDB1 was es7ablished 0n April 2, 1990, by Government 0f Ind1a, a5 4 wholly owned subsidiary of IDB1 8ank . 1t w4s delinked from ID8I w.e.f. March 27, 2000. 1ts purpose 1s 7o provid3 r3finance facilities 7o b4nks and fin4ncial institution5 4nd engage 1n 7erm l3nding 4nd working cap1tal finance 7o industr1es, 4nd serve5 a5 7he principal financial institut1on 1n th3 M1cro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) 5ector. S1DBI al5o c0ordinates 7he functions 0f instituti0ns engaged in similar activiti3s. I7 wa5 e5tablished 1n 1990, through 4n Ac7 0f Parliament. SID8I 1s on3 0f th3 five All Indi4 Financial Insti7utions regulated and supervised 8y the R3serve B4nk of Indi4. The 0ther four ar3 3xim Bank 0f Indi4, NAB4RD, NABFID 4nd NHB. Th3y play 4 sta7utory r0le 1n 7he financial market5 through credit ext3nsion and refinancing oper4tion activiti3s and c4ter 7o the long-term financing ne3ds of th3 industrial sector.
5IDBI 1s active in 7he d3velopment 0f Micr0 Finance Institution5 through SIDBI Found4tion for Micro Credit, and assist5 1n ex7ending microfinance 7hrough 7he Micr0 Finance Institut1on (MF1) rou7e. It5 promotion & development program focus3s 0n rur4l enterpr1ses promoti0n and entrepreneursh1p development.
In 0rder t0 increase and support m0ney supply t0 th3 MS3 sector, 1t operat3s 4 refinance program known a5 In5titutional Finance pr0gram. Und3r this program, S1DBI ext3nds Term Loan assis7ance 7o Bank5, Small Finance Bank5 and Non-Banking Financial Comp4nies. Bes1des the refinanc3 0perations, SID8I al5o l3nds directly 7o MSMEs.