- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
INDIAN finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday (23) reached Jammu as part of an outreach programme and is set to launch several new schemes.
On her arrival, she met several entrepreneurs and self-help groups who have gained under various schemes and the Narendra Modi government’s industrial policy.
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Smt @nsitharaman along with Hon'ble LG J&K Shri @manojsinha_ visits stalls put up by entrepreneurs who've benefited from credit availed from J&K Bank, SBI,NABARD, etc through schemes such as PM SVANidhi, PMEGP etc before taking part in a Credit Outreach Programme in Jammu. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/OXEJ020ai0
— NSitharamanOffice (@nsitharamanoffc) November 23, 2021
In addition, Smt @nsitharaman distributes other cheques totalling Rs 11.7 crore to 123 beneficiaries of various Govt of India schemes including the PM Employment Generation Scheme, MUDRA Yojana, and schemes for SHGs, MSMEs and Joint Liability Groups, among others. (2/2) pic.twitter.com/waO9MsLYBs
— NSitharamanOffice (@nsitharamanoffc) November 23, 2021
On Monday (22), Sitharaman reached Srinagar, the summer capital of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir where she inaugurated development projects related to health, education, urban infrastructure and disaster management worth Rs 130.5 crore, Asian News International reported.
The Indian finance ministry said Sitharaman also laid the foundation stone for union territory-level emergency operation centre and SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) control building at Budgam, Kashmir, amounting to Rs 34.88 crore — under the Jhelum and Tawi Flood Recovery Project during her visit to Jammu and Kashmir.
