NSSW
New Swarnima Scheme For Women
A term loan scheme by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment for women entrepreneurs from backward classes to obtain a loan of up to ₹2,00,000/- @ 5% per annum, thereby providing them social & financial security.
States / UT: All India
Ministry / nodal: Ministry Of Social Justice and Empowerment
Scheme for: Individual
Scheme profile
DBT (direct benefit transfer): No
Categories: Banking,Financial Services and Insurance, Business & Entrepreneurship, Social welfare & Empowerment, Women and Child
Sub-categories: Loan, Setting up / start-up / entrepreneurship, Micro finance, Financial assistance, Citizen empowerment
Target beneficiaries: Individual
Tags: Entrepreneur, Women, Business, Empowerment, Backward Class, Financial Assistance
Details
The scheme "New Swarnima Scheme For Women" has been implemented by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt of India. It aims to provide women entrepreneurs from backward classes to obtain a loan of up to ₹2,00,000/- @ 5% per annum, thereby providing them social & financial security. The scheme is introduced by the National Backwards Classes Finance and Development Corporation (NBCFDC) and implemented by State Channelising Agencies (SCAs), which act as the nodal agency.
Benefits
- 1. A subsidy amount of ₹2 00 000/- @ 5% per annum for self-employment. (The remaining amount has to be self-owned by the beneficiary.) 1. The beneficiary woman is not required to invest any amount of her own on the projects upto cost of ₹2 00 000/-
- A subsidy amount of ₹ 2,00,000/- @ 5% per annum, for self-employment. (The remaining amount has to be self-owned by the beneficiary.)
- The beneficiary woman is not required to invest any amount of her own on the projects upto cost of ₹ 2,00,000/-.
Eligibility
- The applicant must be a Female.
- The applicant's age must be between 18 and 55 years.
- The applicant must be an Entrepreneur
- The Total Annual Family Income of the Applicant must be Less than ₹ 3 Lakh per Annum.
Exclusions
Application Process
Offline
Step 1: The eligible applicant needs to visit the nearest SCA office and apply on the prescribed form for the Swarnima Scheme for Women. You can find your nearest SCA office at this link - https://nsfdc.nic.in/channel-patrners/scas
Step 2: Enter the necessary details in the application form and mention the needs and choice of vocation and training requirements, if any.
Step 3: Submit your application form and the required documents to the same SCA office. After reviewing the application, the loan will be sanctioned by SCA.
Documents Required
No document list is available for this scheme yet.
Definitions
- backward classes
Official links
References
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