National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation (NHFDC) is a Central Public Sector Undertaking under the aegis of Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India. The Corporation is registered under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 (Corresponding provisions of section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013) on 24.01.1997 as a company not for profit.
NHFDC functions as an apex institution for channelizing funds for promoting economic development activities and self-employment ventures for the benefit of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) through the State Channelizing Agencies (SCAs) nominated by the respective State/UT Government(s) and partner Banks (Public Sector Banks & Regional Rural Banks).
National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation (NHFDC) is mandated to work for the Socio-economic empowerment of PwDs. There are two flagship schemes of NHFDC for channelizing concessional loan through its partner agencies i.e
- DivyangjanSwavalambanYojana(DSY), which is individual centric
- Vishesh Microfinance Yojana (VMY), which is for Self Help Groups / Joint liability groups through various partner agencies for the welfare and rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities in the country.
"DIVYA KALA MELA
(17th-23rd June,2023) at
Gramin Haat Bazar, South Tukoganj,
Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Location Link
Interested PwD Entrepreneur/Artisans/Artists
etc are welcome to send their partcipation
at nhfdcexhibition[at]gmail[dot]com by 05.06.2023 "
"To access 24X7 Mental Health
Rehabilitation Helpline -'KIRAN',
Dial Toll free Number- 1800-599-0019"
एनएचएफडीसी विकलांग व्यक्तियों के सशक्तिकरण के लिए भारत के माननीय राष्ट्रपति श्री प्रणव मुखर्जी से सर्वश्रेष्ठ सुलभ वेबसाइट - 2013 (पीएसयू / स्थानीय निकाय श्रेणी में) का राष्ट्रीय पुरस्कार प्राप्त करते हुए.(3 दिसंबर, 2013)