Scheme Details:
Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) 5.0 is a scheme launched by the Government of India to provide credit guarantee coverage for MSMEs (100%) and non MSMEs as well as scheduled passenger airline (referred hereinafter as airline sector (90%), to Member Lending Institutions (MLIs) for the amount in default under additional credit facility extended to the eligible borrowers to tide over any short-term liquidity mismatches in view of West Asia crisis.
Purpose of the Scheme:
Scheme seeks to extend critical support to borrowers by incentivizing Member Lending Institutions (MLIs) to provide additional working capital term loan for business purposes, thereby enabling them to navigate the prevailing economic challenges more effectively.
Eligible Borrowers under ECLGS 5.0
MSMEs / Non-MSMEs (Except Airline Sector)
- All business enterprises, including MSMEs, having fund-based working capital limits from Member Lending Institutions (MLIs) as on 31.03.2026.
- The borrower's credit facilities should be categorized as "Standard" (excluding SMA-2) as on 31.03.2026.
- Borrowers who have already availed an additional credit facility under the Credit Guarantee Scheme for Exporters (CGSE) are not eligible under the ECLGS scheme up to the limit already availed under CGSE.
For Airline Sector (For the purpose of the scheme, to be read as scheduled passenger airline sector)
- Business enterprises in the scheduled passenger airline sector having outstanding credit facilities (both fund-based and non-fund-based) from Member Lending Institutions (MLIs) as on 31.03.2026.
- The borrower's credit facilities should be categorized as "Standard" (excluding SMA-2) as on 31.03.2026.
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