9th December, 2003
Ministry of Small Scale Industries  


CREDIT LINKED CAPITAL SUBSIDY SCHEME (CLCSS) FOR SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES


Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme (CLCSS) for SSI provides for 12% upfront capital subsidy to SSI units including tiny units on institutional finance availed by them through 28 Banks, 12 State Financial Corporations, 34 Cooperative Banks, 31 Regional Rural Banks and National Small Industries Corporation for induction of Well Established and Improved Technologies approved under the Scheme relating to 30 specified products/sub-sectors including the drug units. The eligible subsidy is calculated on the actual loan amount not exceeding Rs. 40 lakh under the guidelines of the Scheme. The Scheme is being implemented at the national level through two Nodal Agencies, namely, Small Industries Development Bank of India and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural development.

This information was given by Shri Tapan Sikdar, Minister of State for Small Scale Industries and Development of North-Eastern Region in a reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.