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USKP Loans for unemployed youth of West Bengal-Udiyaman Swanirbhar Karmasansthan Prakalpa

USKP Loans for unemployed youth of West Bengal-Udiyaman Swanirbhar Karmasansthan Prakalpa:-
Objective of the Scheme:
Udiyaman Swanirbhar Karmasansthan Prakalpa (USKP), is to assist unemployed youth validly registered with employment exchanges in West Bengal by providing subsidized credit from commercial banks.
Implementing Authority:
Directorate of Employment under Labour Department, West Bengal through its network of Employment Exchanges implements the scheme through Banks and other financial organization.
The maximum limit of loan available under the scheme :
• The maximum limit of loan available under the scheme is usually Rs. 50,000/- per individual, including the margin money or subsidy provided b the state government.
• The margin money or subsidy would be @ 25% of the loan amount per person, subject to a maximum of Rs 12,500/-.
• Number of beneficiaries of identical trade can form cluster for joint activities under the scheme. By formation of a cooperative society or any such recognized body corporate, which will be termed as Udiyaman Swanirbhar Karmasansthan Joutha Prakalpa (USKJP)
• Except where categorically so mentioned, the features of the scheme shall remain the same irrespective of whether it is a Prakalpa or Joutha Prakalpa.
Eligibility Criteria for the Loan :
• The Beneficiary has completed his 18th year but not the 45th year of age as on 1st day of April of the year in which he has applied to come under the scheme . The upper age limit is relaxable by five years in case of physically handicapped persons as well as persons belonging to scheduled caste/schedule tribes and other backwards classes;
• He is registered at any Employment Exchange of West Bengal for more than one year as on the 1st day of April of the year for which he has applied for the scheme; provided that no waiting period as a registered unemployed shall be required for the candidates belonging to physically challenged category or Women, candidates belonging to the scheduled caste, scheduled tribe, other backward classes, ex-serviceman, minority category or EDP trained candidates
• He is not a defaulter in any financial organization or Banks.
• He is not avail benefits of Self Employment Scheme for the Registered Unemployed (SESRU) in West Bengal
How to apply   :
An eligible candidate may apply for assistance under this scheme in a prescribed form (to be collected from local Employment Exchange) to the local Employment Exchange at any time of the year.
For details the local employment exchange may be contacted.
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BSKP Subsidy Loans for Self-employment-Bangla Swanirbhar Karmasansthan Prakalpa

BSKP Loans for Self-employment-Bangla Swanirbhar Karmasansthan Prakalpa:-
Objective of the Scheme:
For individual youth the scheme is called “Atma Maryada” and for groups of entrepreneurs it is called “Atma Samman”. The objective of the scheme is to generate self-employment in the state through promotion of tiny scale units of production, manufacturing, trade, service or any other sector other than direct agriculture. It is a continuing scheme. It covers both urban and rural areas.
Implementing Authority:
The society for self-employment of unemployed youth, West Bengal implements the scheme through banks or other financial institutions.
The maximum limit of loan available under the scheme:
For an individual maximum limit is Rs 10 (ten) lakhs. For groups maximum limit is Rs 25 (twenty-five) lakhs including 10% margin money contribution from the applicant.
The State Govt. shall provide a subsidy / grant of 20% of the project cost, subject to a maximum limit of Rs 1,00,000/- (Rupees one lakh) only in case of individual scheme (atma maryada) and maximum of Rs 2,50,000/- (Rupees two lakhs fifty thousands only in case of group schemes (atma samman).Subsidy / grant will be disbursed only after ensuring that the entrepreneur / group of entrepreneurs have contributed 10% of the project cost and margin money.
Eligibility for the Loan :
• The scheme is applicable to all eligible entrepreneurs, individually or in groups (subject to a minimum of five members and all of them belonging to the same area).
• More than one member from the same family is not eligible to form a group (family for the purpose of the scheme shall be deemed to consist of spouse, dependent parents and dependent minor children).
• Employees of Central govt., State govt., govt. Undertakings are not eligible to apply.
• An applicant should be an unemployed youth (i.e. Not gainfully employed) and registered with any employment exchange, and whose family income (respective family income of an individual member in case of a group) does not exceed Rs. 15,000/- per month.
• The applicant must be within the age of 18 to 45 years as on the date on which he or she makes an application for assistance under the scheme.
How to apply:
Prescribed application for is available with the block / self help group and self-employment offices. For further details, the Block officer / Municipality / borough self help group / self-employment officer may be contacted.
For detail information visit http://employmentbankwb.gov.in/bskp.php or contact Block officer / Municipality / borough self help group / self-employment officer.
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PMEGP Subsidy Loans-Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme

PMEGP Loans-Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme:-
Objective:
Government of India has approved the introduction of a new credit linked subsidy programme called Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) by merging the two schemes that were in operation till 31.03.2008 namely Prime Minister’s Rojgar Yojana (PMRY) and Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP) for generation of employment opportunities through establishment of micro enterprises in rural as well as urban areas.
Implementing Authority:
The scheme will be implemented by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), a statutory organization under the administrative control of the ministry of MSME as the single nodal agency at the National level. At the State level the scheme will be implemented through state KVIC Directorates, State Khadi and Village Industries Boards (KVIBS) and District Industries Centers (DICs) and banks.
The maximum limit of loan available under the scheme :
Levels of funding under PMEGP
Categories of beneficiaries under PMEGP
Owner’s contribution
Rate of subsidy (of cost of project)
Area
Urban
Rural
General
10%
15%
25%
Special (including SC/ STs/ OBCs/ minorities/ women, ex-servicemen, physically handicapped, hill and border areas
05%
25%
35%
Note:
The maximum cost of the project/unit admissible under manufacturing sector is Rs. 25 lakh. (2) the maximum cost of the project/unit admissible under business/service sector is Rs. 10 lakh. (3) the balance amount of the total project cost will be provided by banks as term loan.

The government subsidy under the scheme will be routed by KVIC through the identified banks for eventual distribution to the beneficiaries / entrepreneurs in their bank accounts. The implementing agencies, namely KVIC, KVIBS and DICs will associate reputed non government organization (NGOs)/reputed autonomous institutions/self help groups /National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) / Udyami Mitras empanelled under Rajiv Gandhi Udyami Mitra Yojana (RGUMY), panchayati raj institutions and other relevant bodies in the implementation of the scheme, especially in the area of identification of beneficiaries, of area specific viable projects, and providing training in entrepreneurship development.
Eligibility :
• Any individual, above 18 years of age
• There will be no income ceiling for assistance for setting up projects under PMEGP
• For setting up of project costing above Rs.10 lakh in the manufacturing sector and above Rs. 5 lakh in the business /service sector, the beneficiaries should possess at least 8th standard pass educational qualification.
• Assistance under the scheme is available only for new projects sanctioned specifically under the PMEGP.
• Self help groups (including those belonging to BPL provided that they have not availed benefits under any other scheme) are also eligible for assistance under PMEGP.
• Institutions registered under societies registration act,1860; production co-operative societies, and charitable trusts, existing units and the units that have already availed government subsidy under any other scheme of government of India or State Government are not eligible.
How to apply:
The identification of beneficiaries will be done at the district level by a task force consisting of representatives from KVIC/state KVIB and state DICs and banks. The task force would be headed by the district magistrate / deputy commissioner / collector concerned. The bankers should be involved right from the beginning to ensure that bunching of applications is avoided. However, the applicants, who have already undergone training of at least 2 weeks under entrepreneurship development programme (EDP) / skill development programme (SDP) / entrepreneurship cum skill development programme (ESDP) or vocational training (VT) will be allowed to submit applications directly to banks.
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SJSRY Loans for Unemployed Youth-Swarna-Jayanti Sahari Rojgar Yojana

Swarna-Jayanti Sahari Rojgar Yojana (SJSRY)- Govt. Loans for Unemployed Youth:-
Objective of the Schemes:
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 key objective of the Scheme was to provide gainful employment to the urban unemployed or underemployed through the setting up of self-employment ventures or provision of wage employment. it also provides supporting skill development and training programmes to enable the urban poor have access to employment opportunities opened up by the market or undertake self-employment; and the target population under SJSRY is the urban poor - those living below the poverty line, as defined by the Planning Commission from time to time.
Components :
SJSRY will have five major components, namely
(i)                  Urban Self Employment Programme (USEP)
(ii)                Urban Women Self-help Programme (UWSP)
(iii)               Skill Training for Employment Promotion amongst Urban Poor (STEP-UP)
(iv)              Urban Wage Employment Programme (UWEP)
(v)                Urban Community Development Network (UCDN)
Urban Self Employment Programme (USEP) :
This Component will be having two sub-components:
(i)                  Assistance to individual urban poor beneficiaries for setting up gainful self-employment ventures [Loan & Subsidy]
(ii)                (ii) Technology/marketing/infrastructure/knowledge & other support provided to the urban poor in setting up their enterprises as well as marketing their products [Technology, Marketing & Other Support].
Eligibility :
USEP will target the urban population below poverty line, as defined by the Planning Commission from time to time. It will lay special focus on women, persons belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC) / Scheduled Tribes (ST), physically challanged persons and such other categories as may be indicated by the Government from time to time. The percentage of women beneficiaries under USEP shall not be less than 30%. SCs and STs must be benefited at least to the extent of the proportion of their strength in the city / town population below poverty line (BPL). A special provision of 3% reservation in the total number of beneficiaries should be made for the physically challanged persons under USEP. In view of the Prime Minister's New 15-Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities, 15% of the physical and financial targets under the Urban Self Employment Programme at the national level shall be earmarked for the minority communities.
No minimum or maximum educational qualification is prescribed for selection of beneficiaries under USEP. Where the identified activity for microenterprise development requires skill training of an appropriate level, the same will be provided to the beneficiaries before extending financial support.
Beneficiary Identification :
A house-to-house survey for identification of genuine beneficiaries, with focus on slums and low-income settlements, will need to be conducted. Model Formats for conduct of slum survey, household survey and livelihoods survey and guidelines will be communicated by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation. In addition to the economic criteria of the Urban Poverty Line, noneconomic parameters will also be applied to identify the urban poor for receiving benefits under SJSRY.
Loan Amount :
The details of financing pattern under USEP are as follows :
• Maximum allowable unit project cost - Rs.200,000/-
• Maximum allowable subsidy - 25% of the Project Cost subject to a maximum of Rs.50,000/-
• Beneficiary contribution - 5% of the project cost as margin money
• Collateral - No Collateral required
In case a number of beneficiaries decide to jointly set up a project, such project shall be eligible for a subsidy which will be equal to the total permitted subsidy per person as per the above criteria. In this case too the provision of 5% margin money per beneficiary will apply.

Skill development through appropriate training is another element of this programme. It is intended to provide training in a variety of service and manufacturing trades as well as local skills and local crafts so that the beneficiaries can set up self-employment ventures or secure salaried employment with higher remuneration.

There is sub-scheme under this scheme called “development of women and children in urban areas” which extends special incentives to urban poor women who decide to set up self-employment ventures in a group. To be eligible for subsidy under this scheme the group should consist of at least 10 urban poor women. The group society shall be entitled to a subsidy of Rs. 1,25,000/- or 50% of the cost of project, whichever is less.
Urban Self Employment Programme (Loan & Subsidy) :
This component of SJSRY focuses on providing assistance to individual urban poor beneficiaries for setting up gainful self-employment ventures - micro-enterprises.
Coverage :
The programme will be applicable to all cities and towns on a whole town basis. Within each town, it will be implemented by selecting whole clusters of the poor segments so as to bring in efficiencies in the administration and the delivery mechanisms and also make the impact visible.
Funding Pattern :
The details of financing pattern under USEP are as follows
Maximum allowable unit project cost - Rs.200,000/-
Maximum allowable subsidy - 25% of the Project Cost subject to a maximum of Rs. 50,000/-.
Beneficiary contribution - 5% of the project cost as margin money.
Collateral - No Collateral required.
Urban women self-help programme (UWSP) :
This Component will be having two sub-components:
(i). Assistance to groups of urban poor women for setting up gainful self-employment ventures - UWSP (Loan & Subsidy).
(ii). Revolving Funds for Self-Help Groups (SHGs) / Thrift & Credit Societies (T&CSs) formed by the urban poor women – UWSP (Revolving Fund).
Urban Women Self-Help Programme (Loan & Subsidy) :
This scheme is distinguished by the special incentive extended to urban poor women who decide to set up self-employment ventures in a group as opposed to individual effort. Groups of urban poor women may take up an economic activity suited to their skill, training, aptitude, and local conditions.
The Urban Wage Employment Programme :
This programme seeks to provide wage employment to beneficiaries living below poverty line by utilizing their labour for construction of socially and economically useful public assets. This programme applies to urban local bodies the population of which was less than 5 lakhs as per 1991 census. The prevailing minimum wage rate, as notified from time to time for each area, shall be paid to beneficiaries under this programme. No educational qualification is required for the scheme.
Urban community development network (UCDN) - community structures, community development & empowerment :
SJSRY shall rest on the foundation of community development and empowerment. Rather than relying on the traditional method of top-down implementation, the Scheme shall rely on establishing and nurturing community organizations and structures that facilitate sustained urban poverty alleviation. Towards this end, community organizations like Neighbourhood Groups (NHGs), Neighbourhood Committees (NHCs), and Community Development Societies (CDSs) shall be set up in the target areas.
For details, the municipalities / corporation under the department of municipal affairs may be contacted.
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SGSY Govt Loans-Swarna-Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana

SGSY Govt Loans-Swarna-Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana:-
Objective:
The main objective of the SGSY is to bring the assisted poor families above the poverty line in three years by providing them income generating assets through a mix of bank credit and government subsidy. The scheme covers various aspects of self-employment such as organization of the poor into a self-help group, training, credit, technology, infrastructure and marketing.
Salient features of the scheme :
• The assisted families may be individual or group, however, emphasis is on the group approach. Generally the groups are formed with the members of BPLfamilies only. In some cases 20% and in exceptional cases 30% of the group members may belong to APLfamilies, but the APL members of the groups are far from being office bearer and will not be entitled to get subsidy.
• 50% of the group formed in each block should be exclusively for women who will account for at least 40% of the swarozgaries.
• For selection of key activities, approval of the panchayat samity at the block level and DRD cell zilla parishad at district level are necessary.
• The scheme ensures upgradation of technology in the identified activity cluster. The technology intervention seeks to add value to the local resources, including processing of the locally available material for local and non-local market.
• SGSY provides for promotion of marketing of the goods produced by the swarozgaries.
• SC/ST accounts for at least 15%m of the swarozgaries and disabled for 3%.
Subsidy Norms for SHGs and Disabled persons :
Subsidy under SGSY is uniform @30% of the project cost, subject to a maximum of Rs. 7,500/- in case of individual beneficiaries. In case of SC/STs and disabled, the rate is 50% subject to a maximum of Rs. 10,000/-. For group of swarozgaries ,the subsidy is 50% of the project cost subject to a ceiling of Rs. 10000/- per capita

Expenditure on different component such as training and capacity building, revolving fund, subsidy and infrastructure are to be prioritized by DRD cell based on the local requirements. However, the expenditure on infrastructure should not exceed 20% of total annual allocation.
For further details, Panchayat Samity at the block level and DRD cell of Zilla Parishad at district level may be contacted.
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