Institutional Members
Sahara Nepal Bachat Tatha Rin Sahakari Sanstha Ltd.
Sahara Nepal Bachat Tatha Rin Sahakari Sanstha Ltd. was established in 1996 having working areas at that time in then three VDCs of Jhapa district which were Charpane, Arjundhara and Ghailadubba. During its establishment share capital of 34,000 was collected from its 34 institutional shareholders. It is currently the largest microfinance cooperative in Nepal. The cooperative aims to provide facilitates to its members in areas such as finance, health and education. It has extended its service in areas like mobile banking, tablet banking, ATM, Cash Deposit Machine and QR Code. It has also provided facilities to its members through Real Time Service. It is currently working extensively in renewable energy, low cost housing and modern technology. It is currently working in 6 districts of Nepal which are Jhapa, Morang, Sunsari, Illam, Panchthar and Udayapur. In view of its outstanding performance, it was awarded Top Cooperative Business Award, 2060, by National Cooperative Federation of Nepal, Top Microfinance Partnership Award, 2064, and Top Microfinance Partnership Award, 2065, by RMDC Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Ltd. It was also awarded Maximum Biogas Construction Award, 2066, by the then President of Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, Credit Union Microfinance Innovation (CUMI) Performance Award for excellent outreach of the poor by the Association of Asian Confederation Credit Unions (ACCU), Thailand in 2012. It has also been accredited by “Smart Campaign, Client Protection Certification” in the year 2021.
