CM Shri Chouhan will talk with the beneficiaries of PM Swanidhi

CM Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan will also interact with the beneficiaries of PM Swanidhi Yojana by distributing loans to them at Balaghat from 1 pm on August 29. Urban Development and Housing Minister Shri Bhupendra Singh will virtually participate in the programme. The speech and dialogue of Chief Minister Shri Chouhan will be broadcast on various social media platforms like regional TV news channels and Doordarshan through webcast link. All ministers, MPs, MLAs and other public representatives have also been invited in the programme. All urban bodies will be virtually involved in this programme.

Urban Development and Housing Minister Bhupendra Singh has informed that against the target of distributing loans to a total of 4 lakh 2 thousand urban street vendors in the first phase of PM Swanidhi Yojana from July 1, 2020 to March 2022, 3 lakh 50 thousand beneficiaries have been benefitted and the state ranks second in the country. Identity cards have been issued to 6 lakh 72 thousand urban street vendors in the state. Out of these, applications of 5 lakh 41 thousand have been submitted in the banks.