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82.32% Total number of households with ration cards where data regarding Aadhar card linkage was collected, N=4,111 between 22/5/2020 and 30/6/2020.
Financial Insecurities and Direct Cash Transfers for a Few
“Since we didn’t know that a lockdown was going to be implemented, we didn’t really save up any money for it. My husband is a daily wage earner so we would run our house based on what he would earn during the day,” says Shayma, a home-based worker living in a slum in Bandra in Mumbai’s western suburbs. The loss of income deepened the uncertainties of households dependent on daily wages. As a relief measure direct cash transfers were initiated for women holding Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) accounts and construction workers registered with the Maharashtra Building and Other Construction Workers (BOCW) Welfare Board. Our data revealed that 6,418 households (63.27%) had a family member with a bank account and 3,412 households (23.13%) surveyed had a bank a
Updated Dec 28, 2020 | 18:47 IST
Street vendors engaged in vending in the urban, pre-urban & rural areas on or before 24 March 2020 are eligible. There are monthly cash-back incentives on digital payments. Prime Minister Street Vendor s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi PMSVANidhi scheme
Key Highlights
PM SVANidhi or Pradhan Mantri Street Vendor s Atmanirbhar Nidhi scheme was launched on June 1, 2020, by the ministry of housing and urban affairs to help street vendors, who were impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, resume their livelihood activities.
The scheme aims to provide working capital loans up to Rs 10,000 at a subsidized rate of interest.
The interest subsidy on timely or early repayment of the loan is at 7 per cent and street vendors will be allowed to repay the loan in monthly instalments in one year.
Microcredit or Direct Benefit Transfer? Designing a Scheme for Street Vendors
In June 2020, Pradhan Mantri Street Vendor s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) was launched to help street vendors tide over pandemic-induced financial stress, but there are inherent challenges in the initiative.
Representative image of a Delhi street vendor. Photos: Jnzl s Photos/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
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In June 2020, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) unveiled the Pradhan Mantri Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) scheme to support street vendors in regaining their livelihoods.
The idea behind the initiative has been to provide easily repayable loans of up to Rs. 10,000, with the government hoping that it would benefit over 50 lakh street vendors in India.