Lok Sabha Question No. 1439 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-10
Subject: Applications under PM SVANidhi Scheme
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Singh, P.P. Chaudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1439 TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 10, 2022

## APPLICATIONS UNDER PM SVANIDHI SCHEME

NO. 1439.

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

SHRI P\_P . CHAUDHARY:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRSbe pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has witnessed an increase in the number of applications for street vendors received under PM SVANidhi scheme;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the total number of applications received and the percentage increase in comparison to the last year;
- whether the Government has devised any plan on tackling such high number of applications;
- (d) if so, the details of thereof including timeline to address all applications;
- (e) the details of fund allocation under PM SVANidhi scheme during the current year as compared to last year;
- whether the Government proposes to support the street vendors under this scheme who might have lost their livelihood due to COVID-19; and
- (g) if so, the details of thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a): Yes The number of applications received under the Prime Minister Street Vendors AtmaNirbharNidhi (PM  SVANidhi) Scheme has increased over the course of its implementation:
- (b): The number of eligible applications receivedtill 02.02.2022 as compared to eligible applications received till 31.03.2021 are as under:
- (c) and (d): An end-to-end IT Platform consisting Of a portal WWWpmsvanidhimohua govin and a Mobile was developed for the implementation of the SchemeThis has eased the processing of high number of applications: review meetings by officials of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs & Department of Financial Services are held with the States, Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and Lending institutions, wherein instructions have been given to work in close coordination, to ensure that the eligible applications get sanctioned and disbursed at the earliestApp
- (e): The funds allocated and utilized under PM SVANidhi scheme are as under:

| Cumulative Eligible Applications Received till 31.03.2021   | Cumulative Eligible Applications Received till 02.02.2022   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| 32,50,702                                                   | 44,47,611                                                   |

| Year    |   Funds Allocated(? in Cr) |
|---------|----------------------------|
| 2020-21 |                     113.79 |
| 2021-22 |                     300    |

& (g): PM SVANidhi Scheme was launched with the aim to facilitate collateral free working   capital Ioan to street vendors to restart their businesses, which were adversely impacted during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Scheme has the following objectives:

- Facilitate collateral free working capital Ioan up to {10,000, of 1 year tenure, with enhanced Ioan of {20,000 and {50,000 in the second and third tranches respectively, on repayment of earlier
- Incentivize   regular  repayment, through interest  subsidy 7%
- per annum; and
- Reward digital transactions, by way of cash back up to {1,200 per year:

total of 28,26,446 Street Vendors have been supported through loans under PM SVANidhi Scheme till February 02, 2022. State and UTwise details are at Annexure.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1439 TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 10, 2022.

Statement showing number of Ioan disbursedlbeneficiaries under the PM SVANidhi Scheme; State-wise(as on February 02, 2022)

| Name of StatelUt            | Number of Beneficiary Street Vendors   |
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands | 474                                    |
| Andhra Pradesh              | 1,82,051                               |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | 2,524                                  |
| Assam                       | 38,002                                 |
| Bihar                       | 45,534                                 |
| Chandigarh                  | 3,246                                  |
| Chhattisgarh_               | 45,964                                 |
|                             | 1,148                                  |
| Delhi                       | 39,980                                 |
| Goa                         | 1,223                                  |
| Gujarat                     | 1,75,246                               |
| Haryana                     | 23,655                                 |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 3,296                                  |
| Jammu and Kashmir           | 13,645                                 |
| Jharkhand                   | 27,155                                 |
| Karnataka                   | 1,36,801                               |
| Kerala                      | 9,113                                  |
| Ladakh                      | 259                                    |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 4,47,801                               |
| Maharashtra                 | 1,92,232                               |
| Manipur                     | 8,381                                  |
| Meghalaya                   | 496                                    |
| Mizoram                     | 457                                    |
| Nagaland                    | 1,479                                  |
| Odisha                      | 33,823                                 |
| Puducherry_                 | 1,243                                  |
| Punjab                      | 38,431                                 |
| Rajasthan                   | 66,774                                 |
| Sikkim                      |                                        |
| Tamil Nadu                  | 1,56,802                               |
| Telangana                   | 3,46,463                               |
|                             | 2,895                                  |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 7,57,176                               |
| Uttarakhand                 | 10,300                                 |
| West Bengal_                | 12,676                                 |
| Total                       | 28,26,446                              |