March 30, 2026 8:03 PM

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PM SVANidhi Scheme supports street vendors with 17,115 crore loans

A total of over one crore loans amounting to 17,115 crore rupees have been disbursed to street vendor beneficiaries under the PM SVANidhi scheme so far. The scheme was launched in June 2020 to provide collateral-free working capital term loans to urban street vendors. Minister of State for Housing a...

March 30, 2026 7:58 PM

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Government says 99.92% of villages in country covered with banking outlets.

The Government today said that 99.92% of villages in the country are covered with banking outlets within a radius of 5 kilometres. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said that 100% of villages in the Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are als...