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Bengal begins rollout of PM Vishwakarma Yojana for artisans
West Bengal has started the process to implement the Centre’s PM Vishwakarma Yojana, a scheme to support traditional artisans. A high-level meeting was held on Friday between Chief Secretary Manoj Agarwal and…
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West Bengal has started the process to implement the Centre’s PM Vishwakarma Yojana, a scheme to support traditional artisans. A high-level meeting was held on Friday between Chief Secretary Manoj Agarwal and Rajneesh, Additional Secretary of the Union MSME ministry, to discuss an early rollout. The state has formed a monitoring committee and district-level panels for execution. Beneficiaries, including blacksmiths, potters, goldsmiths, weavers and barbers, will get collateral-free loans, skill training, modern toolkits and market linkage. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had earlier alleged that 8.65 lakh artisans from Bengal applied for the scheme but the previous state government did not forward their applications to the Centre.
The Indian Opinion
The usual blame game between the Centre and the state has already begun: the Chief Minister says the previous administration sat on 8.65 lakh applications. But the real test is not who stalled the scheme earlier, it is how many artisans actually receive loans and toolkits on the ground now. West Bengal’s monitoring committees will face a simple question: can they match the scale of eligible workers with timely delivery, or will political posturing overshadow implementation?
Source: millenniumpost.in
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