Outstanding microfinance loan portfolio to rise 20.3% in FY23: MFIN

Outstanding loan portfolio of the micro-finance institution (MFI) sector across India will increase around 20.3 per cent at Rs 3.25 lakh crore in 2022-23 compared to the previous fiscal, said the MFIN, a self-regulatory organisation (SRO) recognised by RBI.

During the last fiscal, the total outstanding of the MFI sector was Rs 2.7 lakh crore, and the sector had created around 1.32 crore jobs in the country since 2000, Micro-Finance Institution Network (MFIN) CEO Alok Misra said on Tuesday.

"The MFI sector's outstanding for the current fiscal will be around Rs 3.25 lakh crore. There will be a 20.3 per cent rise over the previous fiscal year," Misra told reporters here on Tuesday.

The collection efficiency ratio of the sector during the pandemic of 2021 and 2022 had been affected as group gatherings did not take place properly.

"But the collection efficiency ratio at present has increased to 97 per cent for the sector from 70 per cent during the pandemic," Misra said.

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