As far as the arrangements for sharing the corpus of the National Small Savings Fund (NSSF) are concerned, in accordance with the decision of the National Development Council, the obligatory share of the States has been reduced to 80 per cent with effect from the year 2007-08.
Definition of the concept  “Finance for the disadvantaged” refers to the financing activities for the underdeveloped areas and groups. So far in China, it is meant to be the support rendered to the disadvantaged sectors with agriculture as the primary one, less-developed regions mainly in central and western China, and disadvantaged groups of farmers and laid-off workers in urban areas.