In Manipur, loans available under Central Schemes were distributed to a total of 817 vendors of different districts to support them resuming their vending activities which have been badly affected by the lockdown.<br />''<br />''Out of the total vendors, 368 street vendors were given loans under the Pradhan Mantri Street Vendor's Atmanirbhar Nidhi-PM SVANidhi and remaining 449 regular licensed vendors including 14 from hill districts were provided assistance under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY)-SHISHU.<br />'' <br />''PM SVANidhi  launched on June 15, 2020 is a special micro credit scheme for providing affordable working capital loan of upto Rs. 10,000 to street vendors to resume their livelihoods that have been affected due to COVID-19 lockdown.<br />'' <br />''Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that due to the timely decision taken by women vendors to close the three Ima Market of Imphal from 20th March onwards, Manipur is comparatively better in COVID-19 situation when compared with other States.<br />'' <br />''The loans would be provided to a total of around 20,000 vendors from different parts of the State, Shri N. Biren Singh added.<br />''<br />