Manipur, Sept. 19 -- The giving of loans to 1269 vendors of different districts was Manipur CM Biren's perfect birthday gift for PM Modi and perfectly timed.

This is not the first time that Chief Minister N Biren Singh is distributing loans to the market women, who had been devastated by the pandemic and consequent lockdowns. He had already distributed loans to a total of 817 vendors of different districts on August 25, 2020.

PM-SVANidhi was launched by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on June 15, 2020. It is a special micro credit scheme for providing affordable working capital loan to street vendors to resume their livelihoods that have been affected due to COVID-19 lockdown. The scheme is valid until March 2022. Under this schem...