Swavalamban Sankalp

Giving Fillip to Stand Up India (SUI) Scheme

“Swavalamban Sankalp”

(An Opportunity for SC-ST aspirants to kick start their Entrepreneurial Journey to become “स्वावलंबी” - a Job Giver Instead of Job Seeker)

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Swavalamban Connect Kendra’s  along-with Dalit India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DICCI) launched the ‘Swavalamban Sankalp – MEGA CAMPAIGN’, a series of One day Awareness Outreach & Business Opportunity Program’ has been launched on Pan India to give a fillip to “Stand Up India (SUI) Scheme” – a flagship program of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India to increase the effectiveness of the SUI program and strengthen the MSME ecosystem targeted at development of unserved / underserved youth and entrepreneurs from Schedule Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST).  

The key objectives of “Swavalamban Sankalp” initiative are:

• To strengthen the ecosystem targeted at development of the SC-ST Entrepreneurs by increasing the penetration of SUI Scheme.
• To develop SC-ST entrepreneurship culture in the country to catalyse the advocacy, implementation & discharge of SUI scheme
• To fulfil the vision of Stand-Up India Scheme of creating 1.25 Lakh SC-ST entrepreneurs through the branches of nationalised banks.
• Targeting aspiring SC-ST youth and entrepreneurs, officials from State Government, District Lead Bank with representatives of all other nationalized banks, Industry Association/s, other relevant.
• Market linkages to business opportunities, through DICCI-SPARK mentoring program, by bringing Franchisee Business Models (Plug & Play) and Business Idea Gallery for match making between SC-ST entrepreneurs and financial institutions.
• State Vendor Development Program (SVDP) to connect existing and new entrepreneurs to Central & State PSUs to propagate and take leverage of Public procurement policy of Govt. of India and encourage SC/ST entrepreneurs to take advantage of 4% of procurement target fixed to CPSUs and Govt. Departments.

Swavalamban Sankalp is an attempt to ignite the spark for business leadership in the targeted SC-ST youth and entrepreneurs. This awareness outreach & business opportunity program is a participative interaction by all stake holders, providing platform for awareness and genesis of business development. It shall be an opportunity for the invited businesses to showcase their franchise models, the aspiring SC-ST entrepreneurs to identify a business of choice and the financial institutions to generate business leads and/or grant In-principle sanctions to the aspiring SC-ST entrepreneurs. Efforts would be made to rope in SC/ST entrepreneurs.

In Phase-I, till March 31, 2020, 15 programs were to be conducted by DICCI, however, due to COVID Pandemic, only 09 awareness programs could be conducted at Lucknow, Bhopal, Pune, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Jaipur, Delhi, Chandigarh, and Vijayawada. More than 2300 participants attended these programs.

While, the unlocking started in the country in phased manner, however, due to restrictions on the public gathering, it was felt & decided for resumption of the “Swavalamban Sankalp” programs through online mode i.e. Webinar Series.

Accordingly, the “Swavalamban Sankalp” – Webinar Series has been launched on 27^th November 2020. As part of the Webinar Series, the programs shall be organized on a weekly basis for reaching out to aspiring SC-ST entrepreneurs.

>The schedule for the upcoming programs of December 2020 are as under: