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Dairy Venture Capital Fund
Objectives: To generate self employment and provide infrastructure mainly to the unorganized sector for making improvement in the quality resulting in food safety and to held in bringing a significant portion of the unorganized sector in the ambit of organized sector that will result in increasing the commercial viability of the activities. Eligibility: Agricultural farmers/individual entrepreneurs and groups of all sections of unorganized/organized sector. Pattern of assistance: Entrepreneurs contribution: 10% Interest free loan from revolving fund provided by GoI: 50% Bank loan at interest applicable for agricultural activities: 40% Govt. of India will subsidize the interest component applicable for agricultural activities to the extent of 50% only in case of regular/timely repayment of loan by the beneficiary. Components: Following are the components which can be funded under the scheme. They may be funded individually or in combination:

I. II. III.

Component : Maximum total project cost* (` in lakhs) Establishment of small dairy farms of ten : `3.00 lakh per unit (up to ten animals) animal unit (buffaloes / cross bred cows) Any non operation flood areas for milk production The total cost depends on the infrastructure facilities required. Purchase of milking machines / : `15.00 lakh milkotester / bulk milk cooling units (up Milking Machine, Milk-o-tester to 2000 lts capacity) Bulk Milk Cooling units (up to 2000 lts capacity) Purchase of dairy processing equipment : `10 lakh per unit for manufacturing indigenous milk Unit cost depends upon the quantum of milk to products. be handled and the type of products to be manufactured The total cost depends upon the investment on civil structures, type and source of machinery. Establishment of dairy product : `20 lakh per unit transportation facilities including cold Unit cost depends upon the quantum of chain milk/milk products to be transported / handled and the type of products to be transported. The total cost depends upon the investment on type and source of transport vehicle and machinery. Cold storage facilities for milk and milk : `25 lakh per unit products Unit cost depends upon the quantum of

milk/milk products to be stored and the type of products to be stored. While the cost depends upon the investment on type and source of machinery used. Establishment of private veterinary : `2.00 lakh per unit for mobile clinics and `1.5 lakh for Stationary clinic. clinics Area of operation from 8 to 10 villages having 5000 to 6000 cattle units.
*The Govt. of India will provide 50% of the total approved project cost as interest free loan. Other information: I. II. III. The Govt. of India will release its share to NABARD, which will be maintained by them as revolving fund. The proposals will be sanctioned by the banks as per the guidelines of RBI, NABARD and GOI. The recovery of loan, when made, will be divided between the GoIs share and the banks share of loan on pro-rata basis. Similarly, the loan will be disbursed simultaneously from the revolving fund as well as bankers share on pro-rata basis.