INDEX
Serial No.
Topic
Page
No.
1
INTRODUCTION
1
2
OBJECTIVES OF EXIM BANK
2
3
EXIM BANK ACT
3
4
OFFICES
4
5
GENERAL GUIDELINES ON EXIM
LINES OF CREDIT (LOCS)
6
6
DIFFERENT LENDING PROGRAMMES
9
7
FINANCE
13
8
SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
FINANCE
16
9
PERFORMANCE
20
10
BIBLIOGRAPHY
28
INTRODUCTION
1.
The Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) is a public sector financial
institution created by an Act of Parliament, the Export-import Bank of India Act,
1981.
2.
The business of Exim Bank is to finance Indian exports that lead to
continuity of foreign exchange for India.
3.
The Bank's primary objective is to develop commercially viable
relationships with a target set of externally oriented companies by offering them
a comprehensive range of products and services, aimed at enhancing their
internationalization efforts.
4.
There are apex institutions in the country, which deal with major economic
activities, viz. industry, agriculture and foreign trade.
5.
The Industrial Development Bank of India extends term industrial loans; the
National Bank for Agricultural loans; and the Exim Bank extends term loans for
foreign trade.
6. All these institutions are wholesale banks. They, therefore work closely
with commercial banks and other state level financial institutions that operate the
retail banking system in the country.
OBJECTIVES OF EXIM BANK
The Export-Import Bank of India was established “for providing financial
assistance to exporters and importers for functioning as the principle institution
for co-ordinating the working of institutions engaged in financing export and
import of goods and services with a view to promoting the country’s
international trade……”
:The Export-Import Bank of India Act, 1981
EXIM BANK ACT
•
Completed 23 years of operations in March 2005
•
Set up by an Act of Parliament in September 1981
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Commenced operations in March 1982
• Wholly owned by the Government of India
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Export-Import Bank of India was set up for the purpose of