Under the ‘Stand Up India’ scheme, 365 Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and women beneficiaries in Haryana have been disbursed loan of Rs 37.91 crore for setting up their enterprises from April 1 to June 30 this year.
The bank loan of Rs 7.64 crore has been disbursed in Faridabad, Rs 6.76 crore in Gurugram, Rs 3.17 crore in Panipat, Rs 3.15 crore in Panchkula, Rs 2.74 crore in Sonepat, Rs 2.47 crore in Hisar, Rs 2.01 crore in Ambala, Rs 1.85 crore in Karnal, Rs 1.44 crore in Rohtak and Rs 1.26 crore in Yamunanagar, said an official spokesman.
Apart from this, Rs 5.42 crore have been disbursed in Jind, Bhiwani, Rewari, Kurukshetra, Sirsa, Nuh, Palwal, Kaithal, Jhajjar and Mahendragarh districts, said he.
The spokesman said that under the scheme, every bank branch facilitate bank loans between Rs 10 lakh and Rs 1 crore to at least one Scheduled Caste (SC) or Scheduled Tribe (ST) borrower and at least one women for setting up their enterprises.
These enterprises could be in manufacturing, services or the trading sector. In case of non-individual enterprises, at least 51 per cent of the shareholding and controlling stake should be held by either an SC/ST or women entrepreneur, he added.