1370/’16
Hon. Bandula Gunawardana,— To ask the Prime Minister and Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs,—
(a) Will he inform this House —
(i) whether a “regulatory authority” required for regulating the small and medium scale enterprise sector was established as per the budget proposals for year 2016;
(ii) if so, of the date on which such authority was established;
(iii) whether a fee of Rs.25,000/- should be paid when registering a microfinance company in Sri Lanka;
(iv) whether an advisory committee was established for the purpose of studying the difficulties experienced by the small and medium scale enterprise sector;
(v) if so, of the names of the members of the aforesaid committee;
(vi) whether an initial fund of Rs.500 million was provided by the government for the implementation of a credit guarantee scheme for small and medium scale enterprises in the year of 2016;
(vii) whether a credit facility of Rs.100 million was received from the Asian Development Bank to assist the programme for providing financial facilities to the small and medium scale enterprise sector under concessionary interest rates; and
(viii) whether a list containing the names and addresses of the small and medium scale entrepreneurs who were provided with loans that were granted under the credit facility of the Asian Development Bank would be presented to this House?
(b) If not, why?
Asked Date
2017-05-05
Asked by
Hon. (Dr.) Bandula Gunawardana, M.P.
Ministry
Prime Minister and Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs
Legislature
Eighth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka
Session
1
Loan facilities to Small and Medium scale entrepreneurs per Budget 2016
Answered Date
2017-07-04
Answered by
Hon. Harsha de Silva, M.P.
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