June 8, 2026 11:15 AM

Jan Samarth turns four: Inside India’s unified credit access portal

Four years after its launch, the Jan Samarth Portal has evolved into a key digital gateway for individuals and businesses seeking credit under government-backed schemes. By bringing multiple schemes and lenders onto a single platform, it seeks to simplify what has traditionally been a complex and time-consuming loan application process. The portal, launched on June 6, 2022, caters to a wide range of borrowers — from farmers and street vendors to entrepreneurs, startups and homebuyers — and ...

June 18, 2025 10:06 AM

KVIC disburses ₹300 crore subsidy to 11,480 service sector beneficiaries under PMEGP

The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) on Tuesday disbursed over ₹300 crore as margin money subsidy to 11,480 service sector beneficiaries across the country under the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP). The subsidy was released virtually from KVIC's Rajghat office in New Delhi by Chairman Manoj Kumar. The disbursal corresponds to a total loan sanction of ₹906 crore and was conducted in the presence of KVIC CEO Roop Rashi and other senior officials. All s...