Outstanding of SIDBI to the micro-finance institutions (MFIs) will touch Rs 10,000 crore by the end of the current financial year ending March 2024, an official said on Thursday. In the last financial year, the refinancing development financial institution (DFI) had an outstanding of Rs 5,000 crore to the NBFC-MFI sector, the official said. "SIDBI started supporting MFIs since 1995-96 and has done enough capacity building for the MFI sector. Last fiscal, the total outstanding to the MFIs was Rs 5,000 crore. This fiscal, this will touch Rs 10,000 crore", Deputy managing director (DMD) of SIDBI Prakash Kumar said. Kumar told PTI on the sidelines of the Eastern India Microfinance Summit here that the the DFI expects this outstanding amount to rise 40 per cent during the next financial year. He said to gauge the impact assessment of the MFIs in the society, SIDBI has commissioned a study which is being conducted jointly by the self-regulatory body Sa-Dhan and Indira Gandhi Institute of