Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will virtually distribute interest-free loans of Rs 10-thousand each under the Chief Minister Rural Path Vendor Scheme to about 20 thousand street vendors on December 21. The programme will be held at Minto Hall from 3 pm. Chief Minister Chouhan will also interact with beneficiaries of some districts through video conferencing in the programme.

The programme can be viewed through Facebook at / CMmadhyapradesh, /jansampark.madhyapradesh, / panchayatandrural and via Twitter at @cmmadhyapradesh, @jansamparkMP, @minprdd. Apart from this, one can register easily by entering mobile number on the website www.mp.mygov.in in order to directly connect with the programme.

Interest-free loan of Rs 10,000 each is made available to small street vendors of fruits, vegetables, ice cream, bread, biscuits, eggs, shoes, sandals, brooms, bicycle repairing, carpenters, potters, weavers, washermen, tailors etc under the Chief Minister’s Rural Path Vendors Scheme. Credit guarantee is given by the state government. There is no stamp duty. Any rural path vendor in the age group of 18 to 55 can avail this scheme.

'Kamgar Setu Portal' is being run by the Madhya Pradesh government to provide benefits easily to the beneficiaries under the scheme, on which more than 8.52 lakh beneficiaries have been registered so far. Out of these, loan cases of more than 80,000 beneficiaries have already been approved and the loan amount has been distributed to more than 40,000 beneficiaries by Chief Minister Chouhan through virtual programmes on September 24 and November 12.