Department of Social Justice and Empowerment provides concessional financial assistance in the form of loans through National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC) and Industrial Financial Corporation of India (IFCI) under Credit Based Schemes and Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes (VCF-SC) respectively.
The funds disbursed and beneficiary covered under the schemes of NSFDC and the scheme of VCF-SC of IFCI during the last four years (2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18) respectively are given as under :
National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC)
|
Financial Year
|
Amount Disbursed
(Rs. in crore)
|
Beneficiaries Covered (Numbers)
|
|
2014-15
|
270.27
|
70,885
|
|
2015-16
|
378.94
|
71,915
|
|
2016-17
|
478.98
|
82,105
|
|
2017-18
|
600.88
|
1,08,340
|
|
TOTAL
|
1729.07
|
3,33,245
|
Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes (VCF-SC)
|
Financial Year
|
Amount Disbursed
(Rs. in crore)
|
Beneficiaries Covered (Numbers)
|
|
2014-15
|
1.00
|
1
|
|
2015-16
|
69.15
|
15
|
|
2016-17
|
45.12
|
18
|
|
2017-18
|
53.46
|
18
|
|
TOTAL
|
168.73
|
52
|
This information was given by Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Vijay Sampla in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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NB/SK/jk/SJ&E-1/12-02-2019