A Trend Analysis of MUDRA Loan Disbursements and Rural Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Dindigul District (2020–2025)

Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) is an initiative that helps to improve micro-enterprises and rural entrepreneurship in India. This paper is an analysis of the trend and performance of MUDRA loan disbursements in Dindigul District between 2020-21 to 2024-25 based on secondary data on loan account and loan disbursement value. The results show that the trend is overall increasing, and both accounts and disbursement values are increasing significantly, especially in 2021-22 and 2023 24, signifyin