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Which of the following agencies/organisations in India maintains the Micro Finance Development and Equity Fund which was in news recently?
A
Confederation of Industries in India (CII)
B
Indian Bank’s Association (IBA)
C
Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
D
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -1. This is the part of The National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC).

Detailed explanation-2: -The department came into being in the year 1998 with mainstreaming of the microfinance innovation viz. SHG-Bank linkage programme to a nation-wide scale. NABARD, through the department of ‘Micro Credit Innovations’, has continued its role as the facilitator of microfinance initiatives in the country.

Detailed explanation-3: -The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development or NABARD provides investment and production credit for various developmental activities and projects taking place in rural areas, which will help enhance rural development and facilitate rural prosperity.

Detailed explanation-4: -NABARD is a Development Bank with a mandate for providing and regulating credit for the development of agriculture, small-scale industries, cottage and village industries, handicrafts and other allied economic activities in rural areas to promote prosperity of rural areas.

Detailed explanation-5: -1.1 These directions shall be called the Reserve Bank of India (Regulatory Framework for Microfinance Loans) Directions, 2022.

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