PM SVANidhi Current Affairs, GK & News
‘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 providing social security benefits to lakhs of street vendors and their families across the country ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs • PM SVANidhi • Pradhan Mantri Jeeban Jyoti Yojana • Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana • SVANidhi se Samriddhi' Program
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 is institutionalized based on performance of the district and not on the performance of the ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: District Collectors • Khelo India • PM Excellence Award • PM SVANidhi • Poshan Abhiyan
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. On the other hand, the private sector banks have provided only 32,534 loans. Bottom line, ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: COVID-19 • lock down • Non-performing Asset • Non-performing loan • PM SVANidhi • PM SVANidhi Scheme • Public Sector Banks • Street Vendors
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 the food-tech platform of Zomato. This would help the street food vendors to access online ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2021
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: MOHUA- Zomato partnership • PM SVANidhi • PM SVANidhi Scheme • PMSVANidhi se Samriddhi Application • Street Vendors
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 aims to provide collateral free loans of up to Rs 10,000 to street vendors for ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Loan • PM SVANidhi • Street Vendors • urban local body
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 all categories of the PM SVANidhi Scheme. The categories include sanction, applications, disbursements of loans. ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Loan • PM SVANidhi • SIDBI • Small Industries Development Bank of India(SIDBI) • Street Vendors • Swiggy • Uttar Pradesh