The State Women and Child Development Department operated ‘ Chhattisgarh Mahila Kosh’ had distributed Rs 10.48 crore to 1761 women during the past eight years, officials informed.
The fund had been launched in the year 2009-10. The loans are given to widows , unmarried women in the age-group of 35-45 years and legally divorced women. They are allocated loans up to Rs one lakh at an interest rate of 6.5 per cent, officials informed.
The Government has also distributed nearly Rs 67 crore as business loans to more than 32,000 women self-help
groups (SHGs) under a scheme during the last 14 years, officials said.
Under the scheme, the Chhattisgarh Mahila Kosh loans are provided on easy terms to SHGs, said an official. The Department is operating the scheme since 2003.