Small-scale industries play an important role in the Indian economy despite many difficulties. The Government of India has adopted certain measures for the development of artisanal and small-scale industries. The SENET was launched in April 1997. SENET has been awarded the 2005 national gold award for the "Best Documentary Resource" under the professional category by the Department of Reforms Administrative and Public Complaints (DARPG), Government of India. In August 1984, the Government of India passed a Law of Conversion of the Industrial Reconstruction Corporation of India (IRCI). It is the Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India (IRBI), the IRBI was established in March 1985 to take over the IRCI. The IRBI was to function as India's principal credit and reconstruction agency for industrial resurgence, assisting and promoting industrial development and rehabilitating industrial concerns. The Tamil Nadu Investment Corporation Limited is a state-of-the-art financial institution primarily aimed at assisting small and medium-scale industrial units. Until 1970, conventional Development Finance Corporations were seen as a major vehicle for channelling loan funds to small industries. The Bank under study may have specialized branches in each district to borrowing requirements from small-scale industries. Adequate delegation of power at the branch level can be done to avoid several layers of hierarchy in lending to SSI units.