PM's shoutout to street vendors for being face of UPI, India's digital revolution

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking at India Today Conclave 2024 on Saturday, lauded the street vendors of the country, calling them the "face of India's digital revolution"...

Those who were insulted, called illiterate, those street vendors, today they are the face of India's digital revolution," PM Modi said.. PM Modi spoke about two government schemes, Mudra and PM Swanidhi, crediting them of transforming the lives of the people from rural and semi-urban areas...

Out of these, around eight crore people are beneficiaries who have started their own business for the first time in their lives," PM Modi said.. PM Modi said that under the PM Swanidhi scheme, street vendors have got cheap and easy loans for the first time and that too without guarantees...

"That is why I had the courage to decide to give money to street vendors without guarantees," he said.. PM Modi said he attended an event in Delhi recently where he met many street vendors who came from every corner of the country...

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