NEW DELHI : The expansion of the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) recently announced by the government will act as a lifeline to highly leveraged companies in sectors such as civil aviation, hotels and tour operators, which have been severely impacted by the intense second wave of the covid-19 pandemic, Crisil Rating said in a report on Wednesday.
“More sectors have been brought under the scheme’s ambit, some eligibility criteria have been relaxed, and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) have been allowed to avail of loans for longer tenures,” the report said.
“The scheme has sanctioned about ₹2.54 lakh crore ( ₹2.5 trillion) of loans under the previous three versions as of mid-May,” it added.
