Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh-
The Haryana Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation has provided financial assistance of Rs. 328.17 lakh to 428 beneficiaries belonging to the Scheduled Castes under various schemes during the current financial year 2025–26, up to September 2025. This amount includes a subsidy of Rs. 32.03 lakh.
Sharing information in this regard a spokesperson of the HSCFDC said that the Corporation provides loans to individuals belonging to Scheduled Castes under different categories to help them start their own business or self-employment ventures. These categories include the agricultural and allied sectors, industrial sector, trade and business sector, and self-employment sector. Financial assistance is also being provided under schemes implemented with the support of the National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC).
The spokesperson said that under the agricultural and allied sector, loans amounting to Rs. 176.05 lakh have been provided to 214 beneficiaries for activities such as dairy farming, sheep rearing, and pig rearing. Out of this, Rs. 164 lakh has been issued as bank loans and Rs. 12.05 lakh as subsidy. Similarly, under the industrial sector, Rs. 152.12 lakh has been provided to 214 beneficiaries, including Rs. 116.93 lakh as bank loans, Rs. 19.98 lakh as subsidy, and Rs. 15.21 lakh as margin money.
The spokesperson said that the Corporation provides loans or benefits only to identified Scheduled Caste families whose verified annual family income (as per PPP data) does not exceed Rs. 3,00,000 in rural and urban areas. With the cooperation of various banks, income-generating loans are provided for activities such as dairy farming, sheep rearing, animal-driven carts, grocery shops, leather goods manufacturing, beauty parlours, tent houses, bangle shops, tea stalls, welding shops, and band parties, among others. Only those beneficiaries who meet the prescribed income criteria are eligible to avail benefits under schemes supported by the National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC), the spokesperson added.