Background
 
  Energy Efficiency
 
  Pollution Control
  System
Present Environmental Standards
Legal Provisions
Common Pollution Control System
  Financing Schemes
   
     
 
 
 
     
 
     
     
 
Non-Banking Finance Companies

The Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs) are a heterogeneous group of finance companies unlike the commercial and co-operative banks. NBFCs are defined under Section 451C read with section 451F of RBI Act, 1934, and can carry on business in one or more of these areas.
  • Equipment Leasing Company
  • Hire Purchase Finance Company
  • Loan Company
  • Investment Company
  • Mutual Benefit Finance Company
  • Miscellaneous Non-Banking Company
  • Housing Finance Company
  • Residuary Non-Banking Company
The funding to small-scale industry is mainly for plant & machinery, industrial equipment, computer system etc. 70 % of the activities of NBFCs are in Leasing Equipment and Hire Purchase. There is some exposure in Bill Discounting and Factoring.

The main strength of NBFCs is that they can devise innovative financing schemes and tailor-made schemes according to the specific requirement of the client.

Specific financing schemes for Technology Upgradation, Quality Control and Clean Environment
(a) Directorate of Cottage and Small-Scale Industries, Government of West Bengal – capital subsidy schemes together with a variety of incentives on utilities, sales tax etc.
   
(b) NSIC – Mainly in the area of Equipment Leasing / Hire Purchase
   
(c) NBFC’s - mainly in the area of Equipment Leasing / Hire Purchase
   
(d) SIDBI – The main schemes are demonstration projects in industry clusters, Technology Bureau for Small Enterprises in collaboration with United Nations sponsored Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology (APCTT), Technology Development & Modernization Fund (TDMF), Foreign Currency Term Loans for upgradation etc., National Equity Fund Scheme (NEF), Venture Capital Scheme, Vendor Development Scheme, ISO 9000 scheme, Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Small Industries (CGTSI).