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Special Fund for Start-up Companies

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Last Updated : Mar 20 2015 | 4:20 PM IST
The Government has created a special fund for establishing start-up companies in the country. SIDBI has been contributing to various Venture Capital Funds (VCFs) since 1995. A Rupees Ten Thousand crore fund was proposed in the 2014-15 Budget to act as a catalyst to attract private capital by way of providing equity, quasi equity, soft loans and other risk capital for start-up companies. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has already allocated Rs. 10,000 crore to SIDBI from Priority Sector Lending (PSL) shortfall for a period of 3 years.

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First Published: Mar 20 2015 | 4:20 PM IST

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