Chhattisgarh Disable Finance and Development Corporation is providing loan worth Rs 20 lakh to the differently abled persons for seeking education in other countries, officials informed.
The Corporation has also distributed loans worth Rs 10.32 crore to nearly 483 differently abled people of the State for various self-employment activities, in financial year 2013-14.
Including this, total amount of Rs23.81 crore have been distributed to nearly 1,435 differently abled people of the State during the past nine years.
It is noteworthy that the Social Welfare Department is operating Chhattisgarh Disable Finance and Development Corporation since year 2004-05 with the aim of improving living standard of differently abled people of the State by providing them loans for self-employment, business-related and technical training etc related activities.
Social Welfare Department Officials stated that during the last nine years, Chhattisgarh Disable Finance and Development Corporation have distributed nearly Rs23.81 crore worth of loans to 1435 differently abled people of the State for various self-employment activities.
Under this scheme, 92 beneficiaries were provided loans worth Rs64.68 lakh in the year 2005-06. In year 2006-07, 179 beneficiaries were given loans worth Rs1.20 crore. likewise, loans worth Rs66.27 lakh were distributed to 99 beneficiaries in year 2007-08, Rs2.31crore were distributed to 125 beneficiaries in year 2008-09, Rs74.25 lakh were distributed to 84 beneficiaries in year 2009-10, Rs1.17 crore were given as loans to 114 beneficiaries in year 2010-11, Rs3.72 crore were distributed as loans to 123 beneficiaries in year 2011-12, Rs3.1 crore was given to 136 beneficiaries under the scheme in year 2012-13, and Rs10.31 crore have been distributed as loans under the scheme to 483 beneficiaries in the State.
Department officials further told that Chhattisgarh Disable Finance and Development Corporation provides loan up to Rs5 lakh for small business in sales and service sectors, whereas for agricultural activities such as agricultural production, irrigation, gardening, silk production, marketing etc it provides loan of amount up to Rs10 lakh.
likewise, for purchase of vehicle, loan worth Rs10 lakh is provided. Moreover, loan of up to Rs25 lakh is provided for establishing small industrial unit, loan of up to Rs10 lakh is given for education/training in India. Besides, the corporation also provides loan of upto Rs10 lakh to parents, husband/wife or the legal guardians of mentally challenged and paralytic people for self-employment activities.