Eligibility Criteria of PM SVANidhi Scheme

Over 50 lakh street vendors are expected to benefit from this initiative. To obtain the loan, a vendor must

  • Have a Certificate of Vending / Identity Card issued by an Urban Local Body (ULB)
  • The sellers that were identified in the street vendor survey but were not received a Certificate of Vending/ Identity Card
  • If a vendor is excluded from the survey, he or she must present one of the following papers in order to acquire a Letter of Recommendation (LoR) from Urban Local Bodies/TVC: 
  1. Documents proving a previous loan taken from a bank/NBFC/MFI for the purpose of selling
  2. Membership information, if a member of a street seller’s association such as NASVI, NHF, SEWA
  3. Any other documentation confirming that s/he is a vendor 
  4. The seller can also request that ULB perform a local inquiry to validate the validity of their claim for receipt of LoR by a simple application on white paper. 
  • Aadhaar Card/ Voter’s Identity Card/ Driving License/ MNREGA Card/ PAN Card is required as KYC documents. 

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