Stand up India: PM Narendra Modi to launch scheme for loans to SCs/STs, women today

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Tuesday launch Stand up India loan scheme in Noida that aims at catalysing entrepreneurship in Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and women entrepreneurs.

The web portal of the scheme will also be launched through which eligible applicants will be able to seek in the range of Rs 10 lakh to Rs 1 crore for setting up a new enterprise. 

The event would be attended by, Uttar Pradesh governor, Union finance minister, Union minister for culture and tourism and Union minister of state for finance, among others.

Loan borrowers would be given a RuPay Debit Card for withdrawal and would be updated on pre-loan training, facilitating loan, factoring and marketing.