NCDC provides financial assistance for establishing agro-processing units, food grain processing facilities, oilseed processing units, and other processing cooperatives. It also supports service cooperatives involved in agricultural credit, labor, water conservation, animal health, rural sanitation, and agricultural insurance. Additionally, NCDC aids industrial cooperatives focused on cottage and village industries, handicrafts, and rural crafts through establishing production facilities, expanding existing units, constructing marketing infrastructure, and strengthening cooperatives' capital bases.

1. Processing Cooperatives
NCDC has been implementing a Central Sector/Corporation Sponsored
Scheme for providing financial assistance towards setting-up of agro-based
processing units for plantation crops (Tea, Coffee, Rubber, Cashew, Areca
nut, Spices etc.), food grain processing (rice/dal mills, bakery, roller flour
mills, maize starch/ glucose plants etc.), oilseed processing units and
various other processing units. (Particle based, paper board projects, etc.)
Following activities are covered:-
· Establishment of new processing units.
· Expansion/modernization/rehabilitation/diversification of existing units.
· Strengthening of share capital base
· Margin money/working capital to commodity cooperative and State-level
Commodity Federations for expansion of their business activities
Service Cooperatives
In pursuance of Gazette Notification, dated 16.9.2002, 13.1.2003 and
21.6.2005 of Govt. of India, Ministry of Agriculture (Department of
Agriculture & Cooperation), following services have been included under
“Service Cooperatives for financing by NCDC :-
 Agricultural credit through Cooperatives;
 Labor cooperatives;
 Water conservation works/services, irrigation, micro-irrigation in rural
areas undertaken by the Cooperatives;
 Animal care/health, disease prevention through Cooperatives;
 Rural sanitation / drainage / sewage systems through Cooperatives
 Agricultural Insurance through cooperatives
Under agricultural credit, working capital assistance is provided to
Cooperative/Land Development Banks towards meeting short-term credit
requirements of their members for production/working capital/contingency
credit needs for farm and non-farm activities. The assistance is provided
against security like jewel (gold loan), pledge of receivables, FDRs etc. to
the satisfaction of the Corporation.

2. The Scheme for development of Labor Cooperatives will broadly cover the
following:-
 Strengthening of Share Capital base/Margin Money assistance to Labor
Cooperatives
 Purchase of construction related machines and equipment, tools and
tackles loading/unloading/packing equipment as relevant to labor
cooperatives.
 Establishment/Construction of Service Complex/ Go down by Labor
Cooperatives
 Computerization furniture and infrastructure for establishment of DATA
Bank by National, State-level and District-level Labor Cooperative
Federations
Industrial Cooperatives – Cottage & Village Industries, Handicrafts/
Rural Crafts
NCDC Act has been amended with effect from 16th September, 2002
enabling the Corporation, inter-alia, to extend financial assistance
for promotion and development of "Industrial Cooperatives".
The scheme for development of Industrial Cooperatives will broadly cover
the following:
 Establishment of industrial work sheds/ units including plant &
machinery for production/ fabrication/ assembling/ processing of
industrial goods, handicrafts, rural crafts & other products
 Expansion/modernization /renovation of existing industrial cooperative
units
 Construction of marketing infrastructure including showrooms/
warehouses/ transport vehicles etc
 Strengthening of share capital base/ margin money assistance and
working capital to industrial cooperatives for business operations
 Establishment of Cooperative Industrial Estates for small scale
industries
 For development of Industrial Estates, while Central Govt., Ministry of
Small Scale Industries provides grant up to Rs.2.00 corers (up to
Rs.4.00 carors in case of North – East, J&K, Himachal and
Uttaranchal), term loan for the same can be obtained from NCDC.