Wednesday, November 6, 2013

NGO demands review of SKDRDP

.........Mr. Nayak said the SKDRDP received a sum of Rs. 2,600 crore at an interest rate of 8.5 per cent from NABARD (National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development) and other banks while lending the same to self-help groups at a higher rate of 16 per cent. Money charged in excess of 12 per cent interest charged by nationalised banks should be returned the beneficiaries, he said. Dharmadhikari of Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Veerendra Heggade recently defended the 16 per cent interest. Mr. Heggade said the SKDRDP has been permitted by the Reserve Bank of India to charge interest at 24 per cent........

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