The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is conducting ‘Lok Kalyan Melas’ across the city under the PM Street Vendors Atma Nirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) scheme, which has been restructured and extended by the Union Cabinet up to the year 2030.
Started on September 17, the melas will continue till October 1, with participation from multiple stakeholders, including bankers, digital payment aggregators, town vending committees, Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), line departments, NGOs, and vendors associations.
Among the key objectives of the special campaign are mobilisation of new applications, loan disbursement for already sanctioned applicants, processing of applications returned by banks and also pending with the banks, digital onboarding of the inactive beneficiaries, and training for street food vendors in coordination with FSSAI.
While the scheme is being implemented across the urban local bodies in the city, the implementing agency is GHMC through its Urban Community Development wing.
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