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Sahara takes co-op route

to beat Sebi, RBI bans


Terms it financial inclusion, says top execs not members
N SUNDARESHA areas who do not go to the bank by Business Standard, the new
SUBRAMANIAN or are visited by the bank.” schemes are mirror images of
Mumbai, 25 April According to two people in- the optionally fully convertible
volved in the operations of the debentures (OFCDs) issued by
AFTER being barred by the group, the application forms the two Sahara entities banned
country’s central bank, the cap- for these new schemes are be- by the capital market regula-
ital market regulator and the ing circulated and the money tor, the Securities and Ex-
Allahabad High Court from raised, beginning last week, change Board of India (Sebi).
raising money from the public, will be accounted under the Sahara.A.Select is a four-
the Sahara group has moved to new schemes. These schemes year scheme which promises
a new regulatory territory — surfaced after the Allahabad a return of “more than 141 per
the co-operative society. High Court restricted Sahara cent of the principal amount in
Sahara agents will now ped- from raising money on April 7. four years.” Premature with-
dle several new investment drawals are allowed at the end
schemes to raise money under of 24 months, according to the
the name Sahara Credit Co-Op- SAHARA AGENTS WILL application forms. This is sim-
erative Society. The society has NOW PEDDLE ilar to the Nirman bonds
its headquarters and registered several new investment banned by Sebi.
office in Sahara India Bhawan, Sahara.E.Shine is an eight-
Lucknow, where most Sahara
schemes to raise money year scheme which promises
group entities are based. under the name Sahara a return of “more than 226 per
In an emailed response, Sa- Credit Co-Operative Society cent of the principal”. This cor-
hara group spokesperson Ab- responds to the Abode bonds.
hijit Sarkar said, “The cooper- An Uttar Pradesh-based Sahara.U.golden is a 15-
ative has been developed by agent said a meeting was called year scheme offering a return
around 3,800 workers of the at Sahara’s district offices to- of five times the principal. All
company. Our Managing Work- day to explain the features of these schemes offer a loan
er and three Deputy Managing these schemes and the proce- against deposit facility and
Workers are not members of the dures to be followed. Existing child welfare plans. Under the
cooperative, which is running investors would continue in the latter, the children of the de-
some schemes towards finan- old schemes, he added. posit-holders are offered “bril-
cial inclusion of un-bankable According to soft copies of liancy” certificates.
people in rural and semi-urban the application forms reviewed Turn to Page 5

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