Under the guidelines of the Department of Financial Services, New Delhi, a state level workshop on Pradhan Mantri Vishwakarma Yojana (PMVY) was organized by the State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC), Jharkhand, Coordinator - Bank of India (BoI) at the Chief Minister's Small Cottage Department Bhawan on Friday.

The program was formally started with a welcome address by General Manager, SLBC, Manoj Kumar. In his initial address, Kumar explained the objectives and benefits of the PMVY to the gathering. He urged all the 18 eligible artisans to join this scheme with the banks. He informed that in the first phase, the beneficiary will be able to get a loan of Rs 1 lakh through the bank, which will have to be repaid to the bank in installments of 18 months.

Further in the program, Joint Director cum DFO of MSME, Indrajeet Yadav discussed the progress of this scheme in the state of Jharkhand.

Subsequently, Secretary, Department of Industries, Jitendra Singh highlighted the key points of PMVY and advised all stakeholders to work together for the successful implementation of the scheme.

The meeting was followed by a question-answer session in which several questions were asked by artisans, banks and other participants.

Chief Executive Officer, Chief Minister Small and Cottage Enterprises Development Board, Government of Jharkhand, Himanshu Mohan, IAS, Deputy General Manager SLBC CH Gopala, representatives of various banks, LDMs, all stakeholders of the scheme and several artisans were present in the meeting.