Govt Schemes and Programs

Name of Scheme

New Swarnima Special Scheme for Women

Type of Scheme

Loan

Sector

Finance

Name of Ministry

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

About the Scheme

Inculcating the spirit of self-dependence among the women of Backward classes living below double the poverty line under Term Loan. Salient Features "The target group of the New Swarnima scheme of NBCFDC is the women belonging to Backward Classes living below double the poverty line. The beneficiary women is not required to invest any amount of her own on the projects upto cost of Rs.1, 00,000/. The rate of interest on the amount of loan is less as compared to the general loan scheme of the Corporation (NBCFDC, n.d.)

Benefits Under the Scheme

Maximum loan is 1 lakh per bebeficiary. The pattern of financing is that NBCFDC loan is 95% and SCA contribution is5%.

Eligibility Criteria

The rate of interest from NBCFDC to SCA is 2% per annum and from SCA to beneficiary is 5% per annum. "Loan is to be repaid in quarterly instalments with maximum 10 years (including the moratorium period of six months on the recovery of principal)(NBCFDC, n.d.)

Concerned Agency Institutions

National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation

Name Of Person

Gopal Meena

Designation

District magistrate

Address

5th Floor, NCUI Building, 3, Siri Institutional Area, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi-110016

Email

national: nbcfdc@del3.vsnl.net.in local: dm-madhepura-bih@nic.in

Phone

National: 011-26511027/ 011-26511028, Local: 9473191353

Fax

011-26850086

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Additional Information

Further details and application for the loan has to be at the district level at the office of the district collector