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How many investments were made so far?

Last Updated : 13th August, 2015

1398 Nobin Udyokta projects (upto july, 2015) have already been presented. 1051 Nobin Udyokta project already got the investment money and another 188 projects are in the pipeline, 99% of them are approved for financing.

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