Employment Kerala : Saranya Self Employment Scheme for Destitute Women

Name of the Organization : Kerala National Employment Service
Type of Facility : Saranya Self Employment Scheme for Destitute Women

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Saranya Self Employment Scheme for the Destitute Women :

This scheme was sanctioned vide GO(P)No.81/2010/Labour date 24.07.2010. Saranya is the new self-Employment scheme introduced by the State Government for uplifting the most backward and segregated women in the State, namely widows, divorced, deserted, spinsters above the age of 30 and unwedded mothers of Scheduled Tribe.

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Interest free bank loan of upto Rs. 50,000 is given for starting self-employment ventures, out of which 50% is re-imbursed as Government subsidy subject to a maximum of Rs. 25,000/- through Employment Department. Repayment will be in 60 equal monthly installments.
If the venture requires an amount above the limit of Rs.50000/, the applicant has to remit her beneficiary contribution of 10% of that amount. More over, the beneficiary has to remit 3% as interest at flat rate for the amount she avails in excess to Rs. 50000/.

Eligibility
All unemployed widows, divorced, deserted, spinsters above the age of 30 and unwedded mothers of Scheduled Tribe in the live Register of Employment Exchanges between the age limit 18 – 55 except in the case of spinsters, are eligible.

Widows :
(wife of late) means, the woman whose husband is deceased and she has not remarried till date. Certificate is to be obtained from the Village Officer/President of the Grama Panchayath or Chairman of the Municipal Corporation or the Mayor of the Corporation as the case may be.

Divorced woman :
means, the woman who has been divorced through a court of law or through her religious organization. Certificate to the effect that she has not remarried till date is to be obtained from the Village Officer.

Deserted :
means woman deserted by her husband/ woman whose husband is missing means woman whose husband is absconding otherwise missing for the last seven years. Such woman should produce certificate from the Tahsildar to the effect that she has not been remarried till date.

Spinsters means unmarried woman :
means a woman who has completed the age of 30 years as on 1st April of the year of application and not yet married. Certificate to this effect is to be produced from the Village Officer.

Unmarried mother :
means unmarried mother who belongs to Scheduled Tribe Category means woman who belongs to Scheduled Tribe Category and became mother without having married. Certificate to this effect is to be obtained from the Village Officer stating clearly the caste and community in the certificate.

implementation
Application forms are available free of cost from the Employment Exchange where the candidate is registered and is to be submitted there along with the detailed project report and income certificate from the village officer.

Monitoring
The Director of Employment is the controlling officer of the scheme. The scheme is monitored through the District Employment Officers.
If the beneficiary does not repay 3 consecutive installments, two reminders will be sent. If no reply is received, revenue recovery action to realize the loan amount with interest will be initiated. Moreover, if it is found later that the loan amount is utilized for other purposes than the project sanctioned; the full amount including the subsidy will be recovered through revenue recovery.