The Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Shri Durgadas Uikey today informed Lok Sabha that the details of the applications received, approved and rejected under the Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Tribes scheme since its inception, year-wise and State-wise, is given below:

FY/State	Cancelled	Under Process	Screening Committee (For recommendation)	Investment Committee (for Sanctions)	Grand Total
2023-24	3				3
Jharkhand	1				1
Odisha	1				1
Tamil Nadu	1				1
2024-25	11		2	2	15
Arunachal Pradesh			1		1
Assam	1				1
Chhattisgarh				1	1
Karnataka	3				3
Maharashtra	1				1
Manipur	1				1
Mizoram	1				1
Odisha	1				1
Rajasthan	1		1		2
Telangana				1	1
Uttar Pradesh	1				1
West Bengal	1				1
2025-26	8	8	4		20
Chhattisgarh		1			1
Delhi		1			1
Haryana	1				1
Himachal Pradesh			1		1
Jharkhand		1	1		2
Karnataka			1		1
Maharashtra	1				1
Manipur		1			1
Mizoram	1				1
Nagaland		1			1
Rajasthan	3				3
Tamil Nadu	1				1
Telangana	1	1	1		3
Tripura		1			1
Uttar Pradesh		1			1
Grand Total	22	8	6	2	38

 

(b) The details of the beneficiaries assisted and amount of financial support provided under the Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Tribes scheme since its inception, is given below:

Sl. No.	Name of the Company	State	Sanction Amt (Rs. Cr)
1	Hemal Food Product Pvt. Ltd.	Chhattisgarh	3.42

 

(c) The initial corpus earmarked for the Fund were Rs.50.00 crore out of which Ministry of Tribal Affairs released Rs.20.00 crore. An amount of Rs. 3.42 crore has been sanctioned till date out of which Rs.1.51 crore has been disbursed.

(d) The proposal for expansion of fund is under consideration with the Expenditure Finance Committee. Details will be finalized once the appraisal is complete.

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