

Funds classified under Category I and II of the above regulations will be considered The AIF is registered under SEBI (Alternative Investment Fund) Regulations, 2012.To support units that would lead to infrastructure development and/or generate, directly or indirectly, employment in rural areas.To assist units which are unable to scale up their operations for want of equity support.To encourage investment in innovative, high-risk, sunrise activities in agriculture and rural development sectors.To facilitate development of model units for emulation by rural people.To encourage entrepreneurship in existing or new activities leading to agricultural and rural development.

To complement and broad base the existing Refinance and Co-finance products and other developmental initiatives of NABARD.NABARD would be making contributions to Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) with one or more of the following objectives: The sectors broadly includes Food Processing, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Supply Chain Management, Farm Mechanisation, Biotechnology, Waste Management, Renewable energy, etc. Such investments are covered under Section 26 of NABARD Act, 1981. To give a fillip to sustainable and equitable growth in agriculture, agro processing, industry and services sectors in rural areas, making contribution to professionally managed SEBI registered Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) under Categories I and II, having exposure to Agriculture and Rural sector, has been identified as yet another important tool.
