At a recent national camp organised by NSKFDC, participants were made aware of various policies, schemes and initiatives taken for their benefit by the Government
National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corporation (NSKFDC) organised a basic awareness camp at Varanasi recently to create awareness among the target group.
During the camp, people were informed about the various schemes and programmes of NSKFDC in detail and motivated to avail the benefits of financial assistance under various schemes of NSKFDC through regional rural banks/nationalised banks ie Kashi Gomti, Samyut Gramin Bank, Indian Overseas Bank and Allahabad UP Gramin Bank to whom the funds have already been disbursed.
National Institute of Entrepreneurship & Small Business Development (NIESBUD)/MSME, Kashi Gomti Samyut Gramin Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Apparel Training and Design Centre (ATDC) also put-up their stalls in the camp for wide publicity of their programmes being run through NSKFDC and also enrolled the interested members of the target group. The representatives from the various Safai Mazdoor Sangh also participated.
More than 850 members of the target group attended the awareness programme, of which 352 members were enrolled for availing loan and 75 members for undergoing training programmes. The pamphlet containing the information about the schemes and programmes were distributed among the participants. The participants were also informed about the skill development training programme being conducted by NSKFDC.
During the said programme, bank passbooks and letters of sanction of loan given by Allahabad UP Gramin Bank were handed over to 31 beneficiaries under NSKFDC schemes.
NSKFDC is set up under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 ‘a wholly owned Government Undertaking’ under the aegis of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, as NGO. NSKFDC has been working for the socio-economic development of target group viz safai karamcharis, scavengers and their dependents through various subsidised schemes and programmes viz General Term loan, Mahila Smridhi Yojana (MSY), Mahila Adhikarita Yojana (MAY), Micro Credit Finance (MCF), by way of providing financial assistance upto Rs 15.00 lakh, for any economic viable activity as well as educational loan at nominal rate of interest ranging between 1 and 3 per cent by NSKFDC to State Channelising Agency (SCA) with 0.5 per cent rebates for women beneficiaries. Besides this, NSKFDC has also been providing technical and professional skill development training programmes, free of cost alongwith stipend of Rs 1,500 per month per candidate.
In order to create awareness among the target group so that the beneficiaries can avail the financial assistance from the schemes and programmes of NSKFDC, from the said RRBs, and considering that Kashi Gomti Samyut Gramin Bank is having its corporate office at Varanasi and also having wide networking in the state of Uttar Pradesh, NSKFDC initially selected Varanasi to organise an awareness camp.
The camp was also attended by Sanjeev Kumar, joint secretary (SCD), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Vimal Chander Srivastava, MD, Uttar Pradesh SCs Finance & Development Corporation (UPSCFDC), lucknow, BK Dwivedi, addl municipal commissioner,
Varanasi, Bejwada Wilson, convenor, Safai Karamchari Andolan, representative from United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), BC Tripathi, regional manager, Indian Overseas Bank, Varanasi, Depankar Khutia, faculty, ATDC (Kanpur), Bhola Prasad, chairman, Kashi Gomti Samyut Gramin Bank, Varanasi, Darshan lal, manager, Allahabad UP Gramin Bank, Banda.