By Our Correspondent
NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR: Union PNG-Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman ji and Union Housing, Urban and Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri for sanctioning ₹8.2 crore as collateral-free loans to street vendors in Odisha under PM SVANidhi Yojana.
“Thank PM Shri Narendra Modi ji, FM Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman ji and Min. Shri Hardeep Singh Puri ji for sanctioning ₹8.2 crore as collateral-free loans to street vendors in Odisha under PM SVANidhi Yojana. This will help them resume their livelihoods affected by #Covid19-induced challenges,” Pradhan said.
“Out of the total 63,222 street vendors identified in the state, more than 23,550 vendors have applied for affordable working capital loans being provided under the scheme till now.Our street vendors form a crucial part of the informal micro-economy. PM SVANidhi brings banking at the doorsteps of these nano-entrepreneurs helping them become more self-reliant and thereby empowering them.#AatmaNirbharBharat,” he added.
