{"id":87215,"date":"2026-02-11T13:25:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T07:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=87215"},"modified":"2026-02-11T15:15:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T09:45:36","slug":"pm-suraj-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pm-suraj-portal\/","title":{"rendered":"PM-SURAJ Portal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>PM-SURAJ Portal Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The PM-SURAJ portal disbursed Rs 1,389.61 crore in loans to 1.39 lakh entrepreneurs in the 2024-25 fiscal year, surpassing its target.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About PM-SURAJ Portal<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Pradhan Mantri Samajik Utthan evam Rozgar Adharit Jankalyan (PM-SURAJ) portal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was launched by the<\/span><b> Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2024.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Objective<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: To provide<\/span><b> credit support to entrepreneurs from disadvantaged sections<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of society <\/span><b>virtually<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>centralised platform<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where individuals from underprivileged backgrounds can <\/span><b>apply for and track the progress of all available loans and credit schemes.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Only those intending to establish a new business<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can apply on this portal, as this platform provides loans exclusively for business startups.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Business loans up to Rs 15 lakh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are available at <\/span><b>low interest rateS<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through this portal, which are <\/span><b>transferred directly to your bank account through banks, NBFC-MFIs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and other financial institutions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is<\/span><b> run by government bodies like the National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC),<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>National Safai Karamcharis Finance &amp; Development Corporation (NSKFDC)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the <\/span><b>National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation (NBCFDC).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is designed to <\/span><b>uplift <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>most marginalized segments <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of society, such as the <\/span><b>backward classes, scheduled castes, tribes, and other disadvantaged sections,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and extend <\/span><b>credit assistance to one lakh entrepreneurs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from disadvantaged communities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devdiscourse.com\/article\/headlines\/3799820-empowering-entrepreneurs-pm-surajs-success-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DEVD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PM-SURAJ Portal was launched by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to provide credit support to entrepreneurs from disadvantaged sections of society virtually. 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