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Credit guarantee for startups expanded

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: Credit guarantee for startups expanded (GS3 · Startups, 9 May 2025)

What happened

  • DPIIT raised the CGSS guarantee ceiling per borrower from ₹10 crore to ₹20 crore [PIB].

Background

  • Fee for 27 Champion Sectors cut to 1% [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Startups lack collateral.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Infrastructure: energy, ports, roads, airports, railways; investment models

  1. As per PIB (2025-05-09): DPIIT raised the CGSS guarantee ceiling per borrower from ₹10 crore to ₹20 crore.
  2. Startups lack collateral.
Quotable data point

DPIIT raised the CGSS guarantee ceiling per borrower from ₹10 crore to ₹20 crore.

PIB: CGSS expansion, 9 May 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: CGSS.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

New CGSS ceiling

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

Go deeper

ExplainerMSMEs in India: New Definition, Share in GDP and Jobs, Udyam, Key Schemes (CGTMSE, PMEGP, TReDS), Problems and Reforms (UPSC Notes + PYQs)

Official source: PIB: CGSS expansion, 9 May 2025

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