Wednesday, 18 August 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
About 1,500 street vendors have been provided micro-loans under the Prime Minister Street Vendor’s Atmanirbhar Nidhi (Svanidhi) Scheme in Dehradun. The Central Government launched this scheme last year to provide affordable micro-loans to street vendors who were adversely affected due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Dehradun deputy municipal commissioner Sonia Pant informed that the eligible street vendors are provided loans up to Rs 10,000 for one year under this scheme.
In Dehradun city, Pant stated that the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) has provided the letter of recommendations (LoRs) to 2,202 vendors out of which about 1,500 vendors have been sanctioned the loan of up to Rs 10,000. She also said that the departments concerned are also doing socio-economic profiling of the eligible beneficiaries and their family members in the city to collect the data on the basis of which, benefits of other schemes will also be extended to them.
“In Dehradun, socio-economic profiling of over 900 eligible beneficiaries and their family members have been done so far and the eligible members will be offered benefits under various Central Government schemes,” stated Pant. She said that socio profiling of other beneficiaries is under process and since most of the beneficiaries are poor vegetable and fruits street vendors, the other schemes will help in the upliftment of their family members too.
