Role of NGOs in Indirect Finance to SHGs
Commercial Banks are directly financing Self Help Groups (SHGs) or Financing SHGs, which are organized by NGOs etc. directly (Direct Linkage). Banks also Finance NGOs/MFIs for on-lending to SHGs organized by them (Indirect Linkage). Role of NGOs in financing SHG: Non-government organizations (NGOs) are doing a remarkable job in the area of socioeconomic, cultural, and…
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PMRY: Government Sponsored Scheme
The Pradhan Mantri Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) is a Central government-sponsored scheme that helps educated unemployed people start self-employment ventures through business routes and industry services. The scheme has been in operation since October 2, 1993. Features of the PMRY scheme: Eligibility Criteria: 1. 8TH CLASS PASS 2. Age group between 18-40 years as…
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Government sponsored Schemes: SRMS scheme in place of SLRS
The Scheme of Liberation and Rehabilitation of Scavengers (SLRS) is a government program launched on March 22, 1992. The scheme aims to help people who manually remove night soil and filth transition to cleaner, more dignified work. The scheme envisages primarily people of scheduled caste communities and helps those who manually remove night soil and…
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Government Sponsored scheme: DAY-NULM/ (SJSRY)
The Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) was launched on 01.12.1997 after subsuming the earlier three schemes for urban poverty alleviation, namely Nehru Rozgar Yojana (NRY), Urban Basic Services for the Poor (UBSP), and Prime Minister’s Integrated Urban Poverty Eradication Programme (PMIUPEP). The Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) was renamed the National Urban Livelihoods…
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Government sponsored Scheme: DAY-NRLM/ (SGSY)
Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) was introduced by the Ministry of Rural Development to assist poor families living below the poverty line in rural areas in taking up self-employment. The scheme was renamed as National Rural Livelihood Mission in 2011. In 2016 the program was renamed “Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM)”.…
Opening accounts of various types of customers and Operational aspects of Bank accounts
Banks are opening various types of customer accounts. These customer accounts may be individual’s sole accounts, joint accounts, partnership accounts, club accounts, accounts of associations, companies, Government departments, etc. While opening and maintaining accounts for different types of customers, a bank has to comply with the law application to each of them. For opening any…
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