Bengaluru, July 10 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said on Friday that the drive to clear encroachments on footpaths will continue across all five city corporations under the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA), adding that nearly 9,900 encroachments have already been removed since July 1. “The mafia is involved in these encroachments,” the Chief Minister added.After inspecting the ongoing footpath encroachment removal drive at various locations in Bengaluru along with Minister for…
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Bengaluru, July 10 (IANS) Karnataka BJP President and MLA, B.Y. Vijayendra, on Friday accused the Karnataka government of deliberately delaying elections to local bodies, including the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) and zilla panchayats, and alleged that the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls was being used as a pretext to postpone the civic polls.It can be noted that the Karnataka government has sought an extension from the Supreme Court till December 31 to conduct e…
Bengaluru, July 10 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said on Friday that an organised mafia is behind the widespread footpath encroachments in Bengaluru, as he announced that the ongoing clearance drive will be extended to all five city corporations under the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) and revealed that nearly 9,900 encroachments have already been removed since July 1. After inspecting the ongoing footpath encroachment removal drive at various locations in Bengaluru, along w…
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) The Prime Minister Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) scheme completed six years of operation today, empowering and enabling lakhs of vendors and small stall owners to achieve self-sustenance and expand their operations over the years. Two case stories – Gopal Prasad Barman, a tea stall vendor from Jharkhand’s Ranchi, and Babita Sharma, who runs a puja item store in Ghaziabad – show the impact and scale of the Central government scheme’s success.Both v…
Jammu, June 1 (IANS) The Prime Minister Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi), which started six years ago on June 1, 2020, as a key Central government scheme to support street vendors in keeping their businesses afloat during the post-pandemic era, has slowly emerged as a key pivot in reshaping and reinventing the small-time businesses. The scheme, with a pan-India presence, also brought a sea change in the lives of small-time businessmen and vendors in Jammu and Kashmir.Shakeel Ahmad…
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Marking six years of PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday praised the scheme’s success in delivering collateral-free credit, financial inclusion, and growth opportunities to street vendors while emphasising themes of trust, dignity, and national economic contribution. Launched in June 2020 during the Covid pandemic, the government has extended the initiative until 2030 with an increased outlay of Rs 7,332 crore and hi…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) As the Prime Minister Street Vendor’s Atma Nirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) completes six years of providing loans and propping up crores of street vendors, hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, on June 1, 2026 (Monday), a lookback at the scheme shows its contribution in handholding the sector and bringing back to life, which once precariously hanged in despair and uncertainty. The scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 01, 2020, with the aim of facilitating co…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal on Sunday said that the PM SVANidhi Scheme, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2020, has emerged as a major initiative to empower street vendors and strengthen the livelihoods of the urban poor across the country.Highlighting the impact of the scheme, the Union Minister said the initiative was aimed not only at providing collateral-free loans to street vendors, but also at ensuring dignity, confidence and …
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) More than 75.5 lakh street vendors have availed over 112 lakh loans under the PM SVANidhi scheme so far, according to an official fact-sheet.Loans amounting to more than Rs 17,800 crore have been disbursed to street vendors across the country. Beneficiaries have also received nearly Rs 800 crore through interest subsidies and digital cashback incentives.Nearly 46 per cent of beneficiaries are women and around 70 per cent belong to marginalised communities. The scheme str…
Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) Trinamool Congress supremo and former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in West Bengal over its eviction drives against street vendors and hawkers. In an X post, Banerjee said she was “angry and deeply pained” at the treatment meted out to hawkers.On International Hawkers Day, Banerjee said: “The BJP government had unleashed atrocities on hawkers shortly after coming to power, demolishing their stalls and fo…