KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 12,645 Indian entrepreneurs have benefitted from various financing programmes amounting to RM249.8mil under the Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Ministry from last year to October this year.
Deputy Minister Datuk Seri R. Ramanan (pic) said the initiatives include the Indian Community Entrepreneur Development Scheme (Spumi), the Special Fund for Indian Women Empowerment (PENN), Bank Rakyat Indian Entrepreneur Financing-i (BRIEF-i), and Vanigham Financing for Indian Entrepreneurs by SME Bank.
