THE MINISTER OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI JUAL ORAM) :
(a) The main functions of NSTFDC are :
# To finance viable income generating Project(s)/Scheme(s) for the economic development
of Scheduled Tribes through the State Level Channelising Agencies (SCAs).
# To provide grants for skill development programmes for the economic development
of Scheduled Tribes, channelised through SCAs.
# Upgrading skills of officers of SCAs through periodic training programmes.
# To innovate, experiment and promote rather than replicate the work of the existing
agencies engaged in the economic development of Scheduled Tribes.
# To make the existing State Scheduled Tribes
Finance and Development Corporations more effective.
(b) The National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC)
provides finance through the State Channelising Agencies (SCAs) and other recognised
institutions nominated by the respective State/UT Governments for viable income
generating Project(s)/Scheme{s) to the Scheduled Tribes having annual family income upto
double the poverty line (traget group).
(c) to (e) The National Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development
Corporation (NSFDC, combined corporation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes)
adopted upper cost limit of Rs.30.00 lakhs as cost of Projects/Schemes per unit/profit centre.
The National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation {NSTFDC) has been
incorporated in Aprtl-2001. The Board of Directors of the NSTFDC decided to keep the
upper limit of Project(s)/Scheme(s) costing upto Rs.10.00 lakh per unit/profit centre
keeping in view the guidelines issued earlier by the Ministry of Social Justice and
Empowerment to its Apex Corporations (including NSFDC) on the subject, an upper limit of
Rs. 5.00 lakhs fixed by the other corporations such as National Minorities Development
and Finance Corporation, the National Backward classes Finance and Development Corporation
and techno-managerial skills of the Scheduled Tribes families. (Target Group) having annual
income upto Double the Poverty Line (DPL) Income Limit.
(f) and (g) At present there is no such proposal under consideration.
(h) State-wise/Channelising agency wise details of Sanction of Loans and Disbursement
of Funds by NSTFDC (post incorporation) are in the attached Statement-! and II respectively.
(i) The Government of India provides funds to the NSTFDC in the form of Share Capital.
The Authorised Share Capital of NSTFDC is Rs. 500.00 Crores. Consequent to incorporation of
the NSTFDC in April, 2001, the Corporation has so far received Rs. 17.00 crores in Cash and
Rs. 167.81 crores as loan portfolios on a provisional basis from the National Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development corporation (NSFDC). During the year
2001-2002 the Ministry of Tribal Affairs has so far provided Rs. 25.pO Crores as share
capital.
