The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has an in depth knowledge of common people’s problems and he is working tirelessly to solve them. The Union Minister of State for Textile Santosh Kumar Gangwar said this while speaking at a function organised to inaugurate Prime Minister’s Mudra scheme here on Friday. Informing about the scheme he said that people can avail a loan of Rs 50000 under the scheme without any surety. The Union minister said that the scheme is designed in such a way that the low income groups, unemployed and daily wagers can avail a hassle free loan from the banks. He said that after the nationalization of banks in the year 1971, the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana is a revolutionary event in the history of banking industry in which more than Rs 16 Crore poor people have opened their bank accounts till date. Gangwar appealed the people to make maximum use of Mudra scheme. Under the scheme the banks would offer loan at 10 percent interest rate to those interested to start any business. The scheme was launched to commemorate 99 birth anniversary of BJP ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhyaya.
Speaking on the occasion the state BJP President, Teerath Singh Rawat said that it is the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that crores of people who were away from banking industry are now associated with it. He attacked the state Congress leadership of aping the schemes of the union government without success.
The convener of the programme and BJP MlA from Mussoorie, Ganesh Joshi said that the people of his constituency would avail maximum benefit of the scheme like they did in the Prime Minister Insurance scheme. He claimed that with over 16000 insurances the Mussoorie assembly constituency has done maximum insurances in the State.