Haryana Government has provided financial assistance of more than Rs21.11 crore including over Rs2.29 crore as subsidy to 3353 beneficiaries under various schemes of Haryana Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (HSCFDC) during the current financial year upto the month of August.
Haryana Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Krishan Kumar on Monday said that members belonging to Scheduled Castes are being provided loans under various categories so as to enable them to set up their ventures and make them self-employable. These categories included agriculture and allied, industrial, trade and business sectors, professional and self employment sector. Financial assistance under schemes assisted by National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC) is also being provided to them.
The Minister said that under agriculture and allied sector, loans worth over Rs12.27 crore for dairy and
piggery farming, sheep rearing, and jhota buggi or camel cart or mule cart were disbursed among 2,225 beneficiaries upto the month of August. Out of which, Rs10.98 crore has been released as bank loan, over Rs1.28 crore as subsidy and Rs92 thousand as margin money.
He said that Rs64.40 lakh had been provided to 96 beneficiaries under industrial sector scheme. Out of which, more than Rs43 lakh hsd been released as bank loan, Rs8.84 lakh as subsidy and Rs6.43 lakh as margin money.
Under trade and business sector, over Rs6.78 crore had been provided to 960 beneficiaries. Out of which, more than Rs5 crore had been released as bank loan, over Rs91.36 lakh as subsidy and Rs67.76 lakh as margin money. Under professional and self employment sector, Rs1 lakh has been provided to one beneficiary out of which, Rs80,000 had been released as loan, Rs10,000 as subsidy and Rs10,000 as margin money.
Similarly, Rs1.40 crore had been released for 71 beneficiaries by the Corporation under the schemes assisted by NSFDC during the same period. Out of this, the share of the state Corporation was Rs13.31 lakh, added the Minister.
Krishan Kumar urged the members belonging to Scheduled Castes to take maximum benefits of various schemes being implemented by the Central and State Governments.