Under the Prime Minister’s Mudra Yojna which inspires the youth of India to become small industrialists and self-reliant through self-employment, the Gujarat Government has approved an assistance worth Rs1,900 crore to over 2, 32,000 beneficiaries till October, 2015 from nationalised banks.
The Narendra Modi Government had initiated the Prime Minister MUDRA (Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency) — a multi-purpose scheme for assistance to develop their independent small industries for more than 65 per cent youth of India.
And as a part of the scheme assistance has been given to the youth entrepreneur in three categories such as ‘Shishu’ for the financial assistance up to Rs50,000, ‘Kishor’ for financial assistance from Rs50,000 to Rs5,00,000 and ‘Tarun’ for financial assistance from Rs5,00,000 to Rs10,00,000.
The State Government has organised camps for fifteen days in 33 districts during September 25 to Gandhi Jayanti - October 2. Gujarat has performed notable progress in all the three sectors of the MUDRA scheme such as Shishu, Kishor and Tarun to provide new inspiration to the small industrialists — self-employed youth.
More than 1, 84,000 applications have been approved and Rs209.14 crore has been distributed to the beneficiaries.
The entrepreneurs who need financial assistance within Rs50,000 to Rs5,00,000, were covered under ‘Kishor’ category of the scheme and 38,029 applications has been approved and Rs857.40 crore has been distributed to the beneficiaries.
The State Government has approved 9,982 applications made by eligible industrialists needs financial assistance within Rs5,00,000 to Rs10,00,000, were covered under ‘Tarun’ category and Rs712.67 crore has been distributed to the beneficiaries.
On the occasion of Vijayadashmi, Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel performed traditional weapons puja with security guards. She showed her commitment to organise a state-wide health check-up camp on yearly basis for security guards and their families.
She said it was the duty of a Government to look after health of the security guards who payed their responsibilities to protect the society.