Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project BC Trust gets award - The Hindu

Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal presenting the ‘BC Model Best MSME Supporting Institution - 2025’ award to Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project trustee D. Surendra Kumar in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP) Business Correspondents (BC) Trust received the ‘BC Model Best MSME Supporting Institution - 2025’ award in recognition of its service of business correpondents working to provide credit linkages to self-help groups. The award was recently given by Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, in New Delhi. SKDRDP trustee D. Surendra Kumar received the award. SKDRDP Chief Executive Officer S.S. Anil Kumar and Chief Finance Officer Shantharam R. Pai were present. In a press release, the SKDRDP said through business correspondents, banks were providing loans at 14% per annum to self-help groups under the SHG Bank Credit Linkage Programme. So far, loans amounting to ₹33,678 crore have been disbursed through business correspondents, helping SHGs to set up their units in agriculture, handicrafts and sectors. A total of 4.41 lakh youth have been given loans for their self-employment activity, SKDRDP said. Published - December 25, 2025 10:29 pm IST

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