Pakistan introducing PM’s ‘Youth Business Loans’ on 15th December, 2013

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan government has announced launching date for Prime Minister’s ‘Youth Business Loans’ for young entrepreneurs to collect loans from one hundred thousand to two million rupees in accordance to the eligibility.

The Pakistan’s government administered Prime Minister’s ‘Youth Business Loans’ is going to be launched for helping youths for starting their own businesses while the federal government allocated five billion rupees for the scheme for the current financial year.

It is designed to provide subsidized financing at eight percent mark-up per annum for one hundred thousand beneficiaries through National Bank of Pakistan and First Women Bank.
Those falling in the age group of 21 and 45 years are eligible to apply for loans from one hundred thousand to two million rupees.

Small business loans with tenure up to seven years, and a debt-equity ratio of 90:10 will be disbursed to SME beneficiaries across Pakistan including four provinces, Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).

SMEDA has been tasked with an advisory role in the implementation of Prime Minister’s scheme by providing more than fifty updated pre-feasibilities for referencing by the beneficiaries and participating banks to optimally utilize their financial resources.

SMEDA has prepared pre-feasibility studies in fifteen sectors, which are available to new start-up SMEs, through the SMEDA website.  These studies provide a general understanding of the proposed business and are structured like a business plan.