BORDUMSA, 12 Sep: A PM SVANidhi camp for the urban street vendors of Bordumsa town in Changlang district was organised here on Monday.
During the camp, which was organised by the District Urban Development Agency (DUDA), EE George Joseph advised the vendors to “avail the benefits of the scheme and enroll themselves with the department for further benefit in long run.”
Joint Director Nixon Lego spoke about the scheme and its benefits, and urged the vendors to “avail the benefit of PM SVANidhi scheme” and “be in touch with the DUDA for availing other benefits under other central schemes being implemented by the department.”
ArSRLM State Mission Manager Ravi Sharma informed the vendors about the benefits of the PM SVANidhi scheme “and the three levels of loan benefits which is being provided in the scheme for all vendors, ranging from Rs 10,000 (first tranche), to Rs 20,000 (second tranche) and Rs 50,000 (third tranche),” and requested the vendors to “be on-boarding digitally and use bar code issued by banks in daily transaction, so that cash benefit can be availed from the scheme, which will further benefit vendors in the long run.”
He informed also that vendors who are enrolled as PM SVANidhi beneficiaries “will be getting vendors smart ID cards and certificate of vending in due time.”
Forty-five vendors applied for the first tranche of loan amount of Rs 10,000, according to a release from Sharma.
