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The mortgage is to assist SMEs get better from emergency conditions
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Dubai: Oman establishes an emergency fund aimed toward aiding small and medium enterprises (SMEs) following the influence of a tropical cyclone final October.

The mortgage fund is designed to help SMEs in sustaining sustainable operations and to assist them get better from emergency conditions, in response to Oman Information Company.

The Authority for SMEs improvement was quoted as stating that the programme will assist SMEs positioned in areas affected by government-declared emergencies.

Below the programme, beneficiaries will profit from a grace interval of as much as two years with out making mortgage funds. The reimbursement interval for the loans shall be restricted to 5 years, starting after the grace interval ends.

Oman confronted vital challenges as a result of extreme flooding in April, leading to casualties, harm to companies, and houses.

Earlier this 12 months, Oman launched a fund value $5.2 billion (Dh19 billion) to stimulate funding in native SMEs.

Moreover, in March, the Oman Funding Authority launched the $5.2 billion (Dh19 billion) Future Fund Oman, allocating 7 per cent of it for SMEs.