Madhya Pradesh has secured the first position in the PM Street Vendor Scheme by distributing more than 11 lakh 95 thousand loans across the country. Out of these, 8 lakh 38 thousand street vendors are doing digital transactions. These street vendors have received cash amount of about 21 crore rupees from the bank. An ambitious scheme of self-employment is being run in the state for the economic empowerment of toll vendors since July 2020. Amount was distributed in 1 lakh 99 thousand loan cases from the year 2021 under PM Street Vendor Scheme. In the year 2022, amount was distributed in 1 lakh 70 thousand loan cases. In the year 2023, amount was distributed in 4 lakh 84 thousand loan cases. State Mission Director PM Swa-Nidhi and NULN Shri Kailash Wankhede informed that this year the maximum number of cases have been approved and the amount has been distributed in Madhya Pradesh. Under the PM SwaNidhi scheme, loans of Rs 10, 20 and 50 thousand have been approved to the street vendors in phases. In the award ceremony, urban bodies Ujjain, Khargone and Sarani will be awarded in PM Swa-Nidhi and urban bodies Jabalpur, Sidhi, Mandsaur and Itarsi will be awarded under Day-NULM scheme. In the program, 2 urban street vendors and 2 support groups benefiting from the PM Swa-Nidhi scheme will also be honored.
