PM Modi lauds vendors for using digital payment method, asks them to avoid using plastic

Prime Minister Narendra Modi distributed loans to nearly 300,000 street vendors today under the PM SVANidhi Scheme (Pradhan Mantri Street Vendor’s Atmanirbhar Nidhi Yojana) via video conferencing.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi distributed loans to nearly 300,000 street vendors today at 10.30 am under the PM SVANidhi Scheme (Pradhan Mantri Street Vendor’s Atmanirbhar Nidhi Yojana) via video conferencing.

Taking to Twitter PM Modi said, ''I will communicate with my brothers and sisters from Uttar Pradesh who sell goods on the street through video conferencing at 10.30 am tomorrow. You will get a chance to know about how the Prime Minister Swanidhi Yojana has given new strength to our comrades.''

Under PM SVANidhi scheme, street vendors can get working capital of up to Rs 10,000 at subsidised rates.  During the event PM also interacted with the beneficiaries.

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27 October 2020

11:30 IST

PM Modi praised vegetable vendor Dalchand from Madhya Pradesh for using the QR code digital platform for receiving payments.

11:30 IST

The PM advised one of the vendors to use an earthen pitcher instead of a single-use plastic bottle for drinking water to save the environment.