BJP Rajya Sabha member and former Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Sunday sought the DMK government’s help to remove hurdles and ensure smooth implementation of PM Vishwakarma scheme, which aims to empower the traditional artisans and craftspersons, blacksmiths, goldsmiths, cobblers, dhobis, carpenters, and the like.
The scheme allows its recipients a collateral-free development loan of up to ₹3 lakh (₹1 lakh in the first tranche and ₹2 lakh in the second tranche).
“There is a problem with the State government’s attitude towards the scheme,” Mr. Deb told reporters at the party’s State headquarters Kamalalayam in Chennai.