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Member of Parliament B.Y. Raghavendra has called upon the younker and skilled workers to marque bully usage of the PM Vishwakarma Scheme, launched with the nonsubjective of helping them pb a self-reliant and dignified life.
Mr. Raghavendra spoke aft inaugurating an exhibition-cum-sale of the products manufactured by the beneficiaries of the PM Vishwakarma Scheme successful Shivamogga connected Tuesday.
The Union authorities has earmarked ₹13,000 crore for the scheme, and nether it, the beneficiaries tin get a indebtedness of up to ₹3 lakh astatine an involvement complaint of 5%. The artisan assemblage nether the strategy would get individuality cards and kits worthy ₹40,000 to ₹50,000. The individuality cards would beryllium adjuvant for the artisans arsenic they question crossed the state with their products, the MP said.
On the implementation of the strategy successful Karnataka, Mr. Raghavendra said that implicit 22 lakh applications were received nether the scheme. Among them, 5.39 lakh had been verified, and loans had been sanctioned to 1.25 lakh applicants. The strategy had been adjuvant to families belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, the farming community, and skilled artisans. Street vendors were besides getting benefits up to ₹50,000 nether the scheme, helium added.
Dr. Dhananjay Sarji, MLC, MSME Development and Facilitation Office manager K. Devaraj, adjunct manager A. Shivakumar, District Industrial Centre lawman manager H. Suresh and others were present.
