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100 _aPareek, Animesh and Alok, V.N.
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245 _aPM SVANidhi a livelihood scheme for street vendors in India: An evolution
260 _aNagarlok: Quarterly Journal of Urban Affairs
300 _a56(1), Mar, 2024: p.26-43
520 _a In India, there are about ten million street vendors accounting for 14 per cent of the total urban informal employment. For them, a central sector scheme titled “PM street vendors’ Aatm Nirbhar Nidhi” (PM SVANidhi) was launched in June 2020 by the ministry of housing and urban affairs (MoHUA). This becomes necessary particularly during he medical emergency due to Covid-19. Initially, Rs. Fifty billion was earmarked as a stimulus package for nearly five million vendors which means Rs. Ten Thousand were given as these, special micro-credit facility to street vendors has been extended in the second and third year till December 2024. – Reproduced
650 _aStreet vendors, Urban informal employment, PM SVANidhi, Micro-credit scheme, COVID-19 relief, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Livelihood restoration, Financial inclusion, Urban economy, Collateral-free loans, Vendor stimulus package, Informal sector support, Pandemic recovery, Urban livelihoods, Government schemes India
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773 _aNagarlok: Quarterly Journal of Urban Affairs
906 _aSTREET VENDORS—INDIA—ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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