🔆 Nandini Sahakar Yojana 📍 Overview ✅ Aims to support women cooperatives in business model-based activities under the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC). ✅ Provides financial assistance, project support, capacity development, and hand-holding for women-led initiatives. 📍 Funding Features ✅ No minimum or maximum limit on financial assistance. ✅ Interest Subvention: 2% subvention for new and innovative activities. 1% subvention for all other activities, reducing borrowing costs. 📍 Eligibility ✅ Cooperative societies with 3+ months of operation can apply for infrastructure term loans. ✅ Must be women cooperatives or cooperatives with 50% women as primary members. 📍 Significance ✅ Enhances the socio-economic status of women. ✅ Supports women’s entrepreneurial dynamism through cooperative frameworks. ✅ Provides a comprehensive approach to business planning, credit, subsidies, and capacity building. #government_schemes