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Promotional Schemes:
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(i) Vocational Training Scheme:
The Vocational Training Scheme of NMDFC aims at imparting skills to the targeted individual beneficiaries leading to self/wage employment. The scheme is implemented through the State Channelising Agencies, which organize need based vocational training programmes in their States with the help of local Government owned recognized training institutes in trades having potential for self/wage employment. The cost of the training programme is upto Rs. 2000 per candidate per month for courses of maximum duration of 6 months. Stipend @ Rs. 1000 per month per trainee is also offered during the training. As per the scheme 90% of the training cost is met by NMDFC as a grant while the remaining 10% is borne by the SCA/ Training Institute. The SCAS/Training Institute have to ensure placement of at least 80% trainces in wage employment/self-employment. Handholding support of 1 year is also given to trainees after the training program.
The SCAS are required to submit their proposals to NMDFC in the prescribed formats for approval/release of funds.
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Parameters
Training Cost
Duration of Training
Stipend
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Up to 6 months
Rs. 1,000/- per month per trainee.
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Scheme Details
Up to Rs. 2,000:- per month per trainee
Means of Financing NMDFC: SCA/ 90: 10 Trg. Institute
(ii) Marketing Assistance Scheme:
The Marketing Assistance Scheme is meant for individual crafts-persons, beneficiaries of NMDFC as well as SHGs and is implemented through both SCAS as well as NGOs. With a view to support the crafts-persons to promote marketing & sale of their products at remunerative prices, NMDFC assists the SCAs and NGOs in organizing State/ District level exhibitions at selected locations. In these exhibitions, hand loom / handicraft products of Minority crafts-persons are exhibited and sold. Such exhibitions also serve the purpose of organizing "buyer seller meet", which is considered very useful for product development and market promotion, for domestic market as well as for exports. NMDFC provides grants for organizing exhibitions, as per the specific guidelines of the scheme, after due appraisal of the proposals.
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