Question: Which State has secured first rank in disbursing loans under PM SVANidhi Scheme?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Bihar
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Rajasthan
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- Uttar Pradesh has achieved first rank in disbursing loans under PM SVANidhi Scheme.
- The State has ranked first in all the categories – Applications, Sanctions and Disbursements of the loans under the scheme.
- A total to 2, 26,728 beneficiaries has been disbursed loan.
- Seven cities of the state also found place in the list of top 10 cities of the country.
- Varanasi, Lucknow and Aligarh are the top three cities in the list; other cities include Allahabad, Gorakhpur, Ghaziabad and Kanpur.
- The Prime Minister Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) scheme provides Working Capital loan of Rs 10,000 to street vendors to resume their livelihoods hit by Covid-19 lockdown.
- It was launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on June 01, 2020
- The scheme provides benefits to street vendors or hawkers in urban, pre-urban and rural areas.Duration of the scheme is until March 2022.
By-Amar Mani Upadhyay