KSDC loans for SC and ST women through Kudumbashree CDS
Low-interest loans for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe women in Kudumbashree groups, up to ₹1 lakh each through a CDS or up to ₹5 lakh per group of up to 10 women.
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- Cost to apply
- No application fee is mentioned on the official pages
- Status
- Open
- Run by
- Kerala State Development Corporation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (KSDC), refinanced by NSFDC and NSTFDC
What you get
- Kudumbashree CDS loan, up to ₹1 lakh per woman at 6%, repaid over 3 to 4 years
- Women Empowerment Programme for SC women, up to ₹5 lakh per group and ₹60,000 per member at 5%
- Adivasi Mahila Sashaktikaran Yojana groups for ST women, up to ₹5 lakh per group and ₹50,000 per member at 5%
Who can apply
- Nano enterprises.
- Only for women and SC and ST.
- The most on offer is ₹1 lakh.
- Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe women in Kudumbashree groups of up to 10 members
- Annual family income up to ₹3 lakh
Where to apply
In person, through your Kudumbashree CDS, using the KSDC CDS application form
In Kerala, KSDC district offices
Worth knowing
Listed on the KSDC schemes page, read on 5 November 2026.
Where we found this
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