PM SVANidhi
PM SVANidhi Mobile App
The PM SVANidhi scheme, launched by the Central government, has provided crucial support to street vendors in India during the challenging times brought on by the pandemic. Recently, the government unveiled a mobile app specifically designed for street vendors to ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2023
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Five to Seven Countries Sign Up for adopting India Stack
India Stack is the collection of Application Peripheral Interfaces launched by the Government of India. This includes BHIM, Digilocker, UPI, and several other applications. According to a recent report from the IT Ministry around seven countries are to join India ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2023
Category: International / World Current Affairs
‘SVANidhi se Samriddhi’ Program
The ‘SVANidhi se Samriddhi’ program has been launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) in additional 126 cities across 14 States and UTs of India. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic-related challenges in 2020-21, this program was successful in ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
PM’s Excellence Award
On January 3, 2022, the Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh launched a web portal for the PM Excellence Award registration. About PM Excellence Award The selection process of the award has undergone several changes since 2014. In 2022, the award ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
PM SVANidhi Scheme: 1.6% loans from private sector
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs recently announced that over twenty lakh street vendors have been provided loans under the PM SVANidhi scheme till March 29, 2021. Of this, eighteen lakh loans were provided by the Public Sector Banks. ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
MOHUA- Zomato partnership under the PM SVANidhi
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MOHUA) and Zomato have signed a MoU under the Prime Minister Street Vendor’s AtmaNibhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme. Key Facts Under the MoU, it was decided to onboard the street food vendors on ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2021
What is PM SVANidhi?
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs launched a scheme – PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) on June 1, 2020. The scheme has been launched to empower street vendors by providing them with loans. Under this scheme, the ministry ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
PM SVANidhi Scheme: UP secures the top rank
On 26 October, 2020, the Government of India announced that Uttar Pradesh secured the top rank PM SVANidhi Scheme. The state has approved the highest number of loans so far. Highlights Uttar Pradesh government has secured the top ranking in ..