National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC)

The National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC) was set up in 1989 as a Company  “not for profit” under Section 8 of the Companies Act 2013 [i.e. earlier Section 25 company under Companies Act, 1956] with the objective of financing income generating activities of SC beneficiaries having annual family income upto Rs. 3.00 lakh. NSFDC assists the target group by way of loans, Skill Training, Entrepreneurship Development Programmes and providing Marketing Support through State Channelizing Agencies (SCAs), RRBs, Public Sector Bank & other institutions.