Tamil Nadu Cooperative
Minister Mr. K Raju received the National Award for the best State Channelising
Agency on behalf of Tamil Nadu State Cooperative Bank for providing loans to
the differently-abled. The Minister received the award at a grand function held
at New Delhi
The TNSC Bank is one of the
channelising agencies of the National Handicapped Finance and Development
Corporation. Union Ministry of Social
Justice and Empowerment has chosen the TNSC Bank for this award.
Former Chief Minister J
Jayalalithaa introduced the scheme to provide interest-free loans to the
differently-abled. As per the scheme,
the government will bear the interest on the loans if they repay the loans in
time. During the past three and half
years, Rs.71 crore has been given as loans to the differently-abled.
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