Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), the apex financial institution for promotion, financing and development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in India, launched its Micro Credit Scheme on a pilot basis, in 1994. On the basis of a review of the scheme in 1999, SIDBI started the National Micro Finance Support Project (NMFSP) with the main objective of developing a more formal, extensive and effective Micro Finance sector on a national scale, serving the poor, especially women......