New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs and Petroleum & Natural Gas, distributed loans to 10000 street vendors under the PM SVANidhi scheme. Vinai Kumar Saxena, Lt. Governor, Delhi, Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad, Minister of State, Finance, Meenakashi Lekhi, Minister of State, External Affairs and Culture, and Dr Harsh Vardhan, Member of Parliament, Delhi were among the dignitaries present at the event.

Drawing attention to the achievements of PM SVANidhi Scheme, the Minister noted that the scheme has extended more than 80.42 lakh loans to 60.94 lakh street vendors amounting to Rs 10,678 crores by facilitating collateral-free first working capital loan up to Rs. 10,000 in the first tranche, and then Rs. 20...