PSBs told to draw up plan to boost rural and informal sector lendingGovernment directs state-run banks to identify successful initiatives for wider adoption. The focus will be on lending to unorganised secto...
23 May, 2026, 01.03 AM IST
India shaping global thinking on digital finance: PK MishraIndia is leading global digital finance discussions. Its digital public infrastructure is being studied worldwide. The Unified Payments Int...
16 May, 2026, 11.23 PM IST
HUA ministry gets Rs 85,522 crore in Union Budget; PM SVANidhi allocation up by 57%The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry receives a substantial Rs 85,522.39 crore in the Union Budget. The PM SVANidhi scheme for stre...
01 Feb, 2026, 05.31 PM IST
Union Cabinet approves restructuring, extension of PM SVANidhi scheme for street vendorsThe Union Cabinet has extended the PM SVANidhi scheme until March 31, 2030, with a Rs 7,332 crore outlay, benefiting 1.15 crore vendors. Lo...
27 Aug, 2025, 04.01 PM IST
PFRDA targets to bring 50 lakh SVANidhi scheme beneficiaries under Atal Pension YojanaPFRDA aims to enroll 5 million PM SVANidhi beneficiaries in the Atal Pension Yojana (APY), leveraging the success of the micro-credit schem...
25 Aug, 2025, 08.11 PM IST
Street vendors to get credit cards, bigger loansThe PM SVANidhi scheme is being revamped to offer street vendors higher subsidised loans and UPI-linked credit cards with a limit of Rs 30,...
30 May, 2025, 12.20 PM IST
Boost in urban infrastructure: HUA ministry allocated Rs 96,777 cr in Budget 2025-26The Indian government increases the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry's budget allocation by 18% to Rs 96,777 crore for FY 2025-26. ...
01 Feb, 2025, 09.16 PM IST
Will revamp PM SVANidhi scheme for street vendors: Sitharaman in Budget speechThe PM SVANidhi scheme for street vendors, as presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, will be revamped with increased loan ...
01 Feb, 2025, 12.11 PM IST
Finmin to meet heads of banks on Jan 15 to review financial inclusion schemesHeads of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) will meet on Wednesday to review progress on financial inclusion schemes like Jan Suraksha, Mudra Yojan...
12 Jan, 2025, 06.09 PM IST
Rs 13,422 crore disbursed to street vendors under PM SVANidhi scheme, Rajya Sabha toldThe Union Housing Ministry disbursed over 94 lakh loans, totaling Rs 13,422 crore, to street vendors under the PM SVANidhi scheme. Over 40 ...
16 Dec, 2024, 04.45 PM IST
UP govt appoints street vendors as brand ambassadors under PM SVANidhi SchemeThe Uttar Pradesh government appointed street vendors as brand ambassadors. The government aims to empower street vendors and acknowledge t...
18 Nov, 2024, 03.35 PM IST
Centre paid Rs 147.82 crore in interest subsidy on loans under PM SVANidhiThe central government has paid Rs 147.82 crore in interest subsidy to street vendors under PM SVANidhi scheme since it began in 2020 and t...
25 Apr, 2024, 04.53 PM IST
Loans worth Rs 9,790 crore disbursed to street vendors under PM SVANidhi scheme: Government in Rajya Sabha"This scheme is available pan-India in all urban local bodies," Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said while repl...
11 Dec, 2023, 04.30 PM IST
Assam pioneers in implementing PM SVANidhi scheme, with disbursement rate of 90.84%Assam has been recognized as the leader in implementing the Pradhan Mantri Street Vendors' AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme, with a d...
02 Sep, 2023, 06.43 PM IST
Assam tops North-East states in implementation of PM SVANidhi schemeAfter reviewing the progress of PM SVANidhi scheme in the Northeastern states here, Karad appealed to the banks to accelerate coverage of S...
31 Aug, 2023, 09.56 PM IST
Only 40% street vendors repay working capital loan given during Covid-19The scheme was initiated in July 2020 to help street vendors hit by Covid-19. Under the scheme, street vendors were offered loans in three ...
08 Jul, 2022, 12.29 AM IST
PM Modi to interact with beneficiaries of PM SVANidhi scheme for street vendorsPM Street Vendor's Atmanirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) scheme was launched on June 1 to help street vendors resume their livelihood activities....
25 Oct, 2020, 03.17 PM IST