Venture Capital Fund Scheme for Scheduled Castes
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Posted On:
07 DEC 2022 4:40PM by PIB Delhi
The number of entrepreneurs who benefited from the Scheme under Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes (VCF-SC), 2015 State-wise and year-wise details are as per Annexure-I.
The steps taken to promote entrepreneurship among Scheduled Castes is as under:-
A mentorship portal namely www.aye-mentor.in is being run to support SC entrepreneurs who are at the initial stage of their entrepreneurial journey as well as experienced entrepreneurs. Aye-Mentor is the next-gen 1:1 mentoring platform in India bringing together renowned mentors and SC community mentees who need mentoring in various aspects of business and availing the financial assistance under VCF-SC.
The number of Companies owned by SC entrepreneurs who have been sanctioned financial assistance under VCF-SC, State-wise and year-wise details are as below:
|
States |
2014- 15 |
2015- 16 |
2016- 17 |
2017- 18 |
2018- 19 |
2019- 20 |
2020- 21 |
2021- 22 |
2022- 23 |
Total |
|
Andhra Pradesh |
|
2 |
|
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
11 |
|
Assam |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Bihar |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
Chhattisgarh |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
|
Delhi NCR |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
Gujarat |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
Haryana |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
Himachal Pradesh |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
2 |
|
Karnataka |
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
|
Madhya Pradesh |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Maharashtra |
|
4 |
8 |
4 |
11 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
39 |
|
Pondicherry |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
Punjab |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
Rajasthan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Tamil Nādu |
|
3 |
1 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
9 |
|
Telangana |
|
4 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
|
|
|
1 |
14 |
|
Uttar Pradesh |
|
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
6 |
|
Uttarakhand |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
West Bengal |
|
|
|
2 |
|
3 |
|
1 |
|
6 |
|
Jharkhand |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Total |
2 |
22 |
20 |
16 |
22 |
10 |
11 |
6 |
6 |
115 |
This information was given by the Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment, Shri A. Narayanaswamy in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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