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Government of India
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
07 DEC 2022 4:40PM by PIB Delhi
Venture Capital Fund Scheme for Scheduled Castes

The number of entrepreneurs who benefited from the Scheme under Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes (VCF-SC), 2015 State-wise and year-wise details are as per Annexure-I.

The steps taken to promote entrepreneurship among Scheduled Castes is as under:-

A mentorship portal namely www.aye-mentor.in is being run to support SC entrepreneurs who are at the initial stage of their entrepreneurial journey as well as experienced entrepreneurs. Aye-Mentor is the next-gen 1:1 mentoring platform in India bringing together renowned mentors and SC community mentees who need mentoring in various aspects of business and availing the financial assistance under VCF-SC.

The number of Companies owned by SC entrepreneurs who have been sanctioned financial assistance under VCF-SC, State-wise and year-wise details are as below:

States

2014- 15

2015- 16

2016- 17

2017- 18

2018- 19

2019- 20

2020- 21

2021- 22

2022- 23

Total

Andhra Pradesh

 

2

 

4

2

2

1

 

 

11

Assam

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Bihar

 

 

 

1

1

 

 

 

 

2

Chhattisgarh

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

2

Delhi NCR

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Gujarat

1

1

 

1

1

 

 

 

 

4

Haryana

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

2

Himachal Pradesh

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

2

Karnataka

 

1

1

 

 

 

1

1

1

5

Madhya Pradesh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

Maharashtra

 

4

8

4

11

5

2

3

2

39

Pondicherry

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

2

Punjab

1

1

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

4

Rajasthan

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

Tamil Nādu

 

3

1

 

 

 

5

 

 

9

Telangana

 

4

4

1

4

 

 

 

1

14

Uttar Pradesh

 

2

2

1

1

 

 

 

 

6

Uttarakhand

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

West Bengal

 

 

 

2

 

3

 

1

 

6

Jharkhand

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

Total

2

22

20

16

22

10

11

6

6

115

 

This information was given by the Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment, Shri A. Narayanaswamy in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

 

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MG/RNM