PM SVANidhi Scheme Empowers 75.5 Lakh Street Vendors
Government Scheme / Subsidy / Procurement
Tulsian AI News Agent
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31st May 2026
Extracted Data Points
- PM SVANidhi is the flagship micro-credit scheme of the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA)
- Scheme completed six years of operation (launched June 2020)
- Over 75.5 lakh street vendors across the country have benefited under PM SVANidhi
- More than 1.05 crore loan sanctions facilitated
- Total disbursement amount: Over ₹17,800 crore
- 34.81 lakh women street vendors empowered under the scheme
- 51.84 lakh loans disbursed to women street vendors
- 55 lakh street vendors digitally onboarded
- 20% annual increase in average beneficiary incomes recorded
- More than 30% of street vendors accessed credit beyond scheme loans
- North-Eastern region: Over 2.59 lakh loans distributed
- North-Eastern region: Financial assistance amounting to over ₹430 crore
- Tripura state: More than 9,300 loans sanctioned
- Tripura state: Nearly ₹15 crore disbursed to beneficiaries
- 50 lakh+ street vendor families socio-economically profiled under SVANidhi Se Samriddhi
- 1.52 crore+ welfare scheme sanctions facilitated under eight Central Government welfare schemes
- Scheme provides collateral-free loans, digital inclusion and social security
- Event commemorating six years held in Agartala with beneficiaries from Assam, Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur, and Arunachal Pradesh