Livelihood
The following schemes are approved for unorganised sector workers to participate in self-employment or income-generating livelihood activities.
Scheme Name |
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Purpose of scheme |
State/Central |
Applies to Individual/Household |
Shrama Shakthi Scheme |
Shrama Shakthi Scheme |
Religious minority community entrepreneurs will be trained in artistic and technical skills and provided a loan of ₹50,000/- with a 4% rate of interest, to be paid in 36 installments | State | Individual |
Direct loans for business enterprise |
Direct loans for business enterprise |
To provide financial assistance in the form of loans to persons belonging to the State's Religious Minority Communities so as to help them to start their businesses or expand their existing ones | State | Individual |
Self Employment Scheme | Self Employment Scheme | Subsidies will be provided to the religious minority communities with the help of Nationalized / Scheduled banks to start or improve a small-scale handicraft industry, service sector, and agro-based activitie | State | Individual |
Samruddhi scheme |
Samruddhi scheme |
To collaborate, create a partnership with potential companies, and thereby promote 25,000 entrepreneurs in the State for three years | State | Individual |
Subsidy Scheme For Purchase Of Taxi / Goods Vehicle / Passenger Autorickshaw | Subsidy Scheme For Purchase Of Taxi / Goods Vehicle / Passenger Autorickshaw | Subsidy of 33% on Vehicle value or up to a maximum of Rs 2,50,000/- will be given to each beneficiary to buy Auto Rickshaw/Taxi/Goods Vehicle. | State | Individual |
Unnati Scheme | Unnati Scheme | To provide a comprehensive entrepreneurship platform for startups. | State | Individual |
Prerana (micro Credit Finance) Scheme | Prerana (micro Credit Finance) Scheme | To encourage women from urban and rural areas to set up self-help groups and help them to set up a productive business and turn them profitably. | State | Individual |
Udyogini Scheme |
Udyogini Scheme |
To assist women in gaining self-reliance and economic independence through self-employment, mainly through trade and the service sector. It also provides for a subsidy on loans from the Karnataka State Women’s Development Corporations for undertaking business activities/ micro enterprises through banks and other financial institutions. |
State |
Individual |