Shaji Varghese, Chief Executive Officer, Muthoot FinCorp Ltd.
“The Union Budget presents a fiscal prudent and clear roadmap for inclusive, sustainable, and tech-led growth, especially job creation, agricultural productivity and incentives for data centers. The focus on strengthening NBFCs, deepening the corporate bond market, and improving credit flow to MSMEs will help extend timely and affordable finance to the last mile and small businesses.
Building on Lakhpati Didi programme and Self-Help Entrepreneur (SHE) Marts will help women transition to enterprise ownership. Community-owned retail outlets run by self-help group entrepreneurs will help to develop a resilient and modern retail network at a time traditional retailers are facing fierce competition from large e-commerce giants.”