National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC)  launched Nandini Sahakar Scheme with the objective of aligning itself with the principles of Atmanirbhar Bharat outlined by Hon’ble Prime Minister. The scheme is a framework of assistance to improve socio-economic status of women.

• It supports entrepreneurial dynamism of women through women cooperatives. It converges critical inputs of women’s enterprise, business plan formulation, capacity development, credit and subsidy and interest subvention of other schemes.
• Nandini Sahakar Scheme is a women focused framework of financial assistance, project formulation, hand-holding and capacity development aimed at assisting women cooperatives to take up business model based activities under the purview of NCDC.
• There is no minimum or maximum limit on financial assistance to projects by women cooperatives.
• NCDC funding is project based. No Proposal has been received so far from any women cooperative in Bihar under Nandini Sahakar Scheme.
• However, cumulatively as on 31.03.2024, NCDC has disbursed financial assistances of Rs.6426.36 crore for the development of cooperative societies exclusively promoted by women across the country.
• This was stated by the Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.