Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday said state government aims to benefit one lakh street vendors in Haryana under Prime Minister Street Vendor’s Atma Nirbhar Nidhi Scheme or PM SVANidhi Scheme for vendors.

Interacting with the beneficiaries of PM-SVANidhi Yojana through virtual medium today, the CM said fairs will be organised to provide loans to street vendors with an objective to motivate them to grow their businesses.

The CM said about 55 thousand people had applied under the PM- SVANIDHI scheme in Haryana. Out of these, about 36 thousand eligible street vendors received loan assistance.

“A total loan of Rs 48 crore has been disbursed so far. 7 per cent interest on this loan is given by the Central government and 2 per cent interest is given by the state government. So far, an amount of more than Rs One Crore has been paid to the banks as interest,” he said.

In this scheme, the beneficiary receives an amount of Rs 10 thousand without any interest, and may assist them in beginning and growing their own business. “The Haryana government has also done welfare work by providing funds for employment to the needy,” Khattar said.

Under this scheme, street vendors are given a loan of Rs 10,000 as the first installment, Rs 20,000 as the second installment and Rs 50, 000 in the third installment. The beneficiary is not required to give any guarantee for this loan.

The CM said the Haryana government is also running several schemes for the welfare and upliftment of poor families. The data of the members of 72 lakh families of the state has been collected through Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP).

He said special attention is being paid to the upliftment of families whose annual income is less than Rs 1.80 lakh. According to PPP data, there are about 7.5 lakh such families.

“So far about 1.5 lakh such families have been called and 37,000 families have been provided loans through banks for self-employment. About 42,000 more families have been selected, which will be provided with loan assistance in future. The next year’s target is to enhance the income of 2 lakh such families,” Khattar added.

He said that by expanding the scope of Ayushman Yojana, Haryana Chirayu Yojana has also been started. In this, free treatment up to Rs Five lakh is provided annually to the poor family. With the implementation of Chirayu Yojana, 28.89 lakh families are now being covered in the state.

He said that Chirag Yojana has been started with the aim of providing equal opportunity to the children of poor families to study in recognized private schools. Under this scheme, students whose parents’ annual income is up to Rs 1.80 lakh, those eligible students are admitted in private schools from Class II to Class XII. Under this, Rs 700 per month till Class V,  Rs 900 till Class X and Rs 1100 per month till Class XII are being ensured by the state government.