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Ludhiana: In what could be termed as good news for street vendors who are unable to arrange funds to meet their working capital requirements, they will now be able to avail a loan of Rs 10,000 under the Atam Nirbhar Nidhi Scheme of the central government. The state government is now encouraging the vendors to take benefit of this scheme and for this purpose special camps in banks in Ludhiana and other cities have been planned by the government.
On Wednesday, DC Varinder Kumar Sharma appealed to the street vendors of Ludhiana to take benefit of the scheme of the Centre. Giving more information, he said, “Street vendors can easily avail loan to the extent of Rs 10,000 under the Prime Minister street vendor’s Atam Nirbhar Nidhi Scheme. On the directions of chief secretary Vini Mahajan, we will organise special camps in the banks to receive the applications from the street vendors every Saturday, for which the instructions have already been issued to all branch managers of the bank