Anuja Nigam's Online Portal | 23 Sep 2022

Why In News?

On September 22, 2022, Rajasthan Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Tikaram Julie launched the online portal of Rajasthan Scheduled Caste Tribe Finance and Development Cooperative Corporation Limited at the auditorium at Nehru Sahakar Bhawan .

Key Points

  • Tikaram Juli said that through this portal, scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, sanitation workers, specially abled people and other backward classes can apply online for the loan for the financial year 2022-23.
  • On this portal, all the data will now be taken from the public base, so that there will be no need to upload other documents and after the application is approved, the amount will be directly be transferred in the account of the beneficiary (DBT).
  • He said that applying online through the portal will bring transparency. He emphasized on giving wide publicity to the Scheduled Castes Corporation’s loan and financial assistance scheme so that the person sitting at the last end can be benefitted from this.
  • Tikaram Juli also informed that Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has constituted a Scheduled Caste Development Fund of Rs 500 crore for the development and upliftment of Scheduled Castes.