Hello sir I want to know about the subsidy provided by TAHDCO to SC/ST Candidates so please provide me information about the same.

TAHDCO offers Financial Assistance Scheme for Income Generation Projects. The details of these schemes are given below.

TAHDCO subsidy

1. For Individuals:

Pattern of Assistance:

The Pattern of Assistance available for Individual is as fol lows:

1.1 Project: For any income generation project of economic activity costing from Rs.6000/- to Rs7.50 lakhs for non agricultural activities and Rs.60000/- to Rs.7.50 lakhs for Agricultural activities.

Subsidy: 30% of Project Cost subject toMaximum of Rs.25,000/-

1.2 Project: For any Agricultural and Allied activities with Project Cost upto Rs.60,000/-

Subsidy: 50% of the Project Cost subject to maximum of Rs,25,000/-

Eligibility Conditions:

Only SC/ST Individuals living below poverty line are eligible to apply i.e. those whose family income is less than Rs 18,460 / - per annum in rural areas and Rs 28,536 / - per annum in urban areas.

2. For Self Help Groups

Pattern of Assistance:

Project: For any income generation project of economic activity costing from Rs 6000 /- upto 7.5 Lacs.

Subsidy From TAHDCO: 50% of the project cost subject to a maximum of Rs 2.5 Lacs per Self Help Group.

Eligibility Conditions:

Only SC/ST Self Help Groups exclusively having SC/ST members alone are eligible.

3. Training Schemes

Procedure:- The Beneficiary should be SC/ST

The Entire training cost is funded by TAHDCO. Stipend at the rate of Rs 400/- per month is given to the trainees.

Interested SC/ST persons in the age group of 18 to 35 can apply to DM, TAHDCO of the respective district.