BERHAMPUR: The Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) on Tuesday launched a drive to profile the socio-economic condition of street vendors and their families getting benefit under the PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) scheme.
Based on the socio-economic profiling of PM SVANidhi beneficiaries and their families, various central government benefits like insurance, health insurance and unorganised labour benefits will be extended to them according to their eligibility, a government source said.
BeMC commissioner Sidheshwar Baliram Bondare said in the corporation area, as many as 3,400 street vendors have registered to avail of the loan under the PM SVANidhi scheme. Out of them around 2,200 persons have already availed of the loans from various banks.
The bank loan for other 1,200 vendors would be provided in next 15 days by holding mela in different banks, he said.