Cachar achieves good position in Assam as ‘Best performing District’ under PM SVANidhi 50 days challenge

April 12: It’s yet another feather in the cap of Cachar district administration. Cachar has carved a niche for itself in the entire state by securing 3rd position as ‘Best performing District’ under PM SVANidhi 50 days challenge. This was announced on Sunday by Assam State Urban Livelihoods Mission Society (DAY- NULM, Assam). Bongaigaon and Dhemaji achieved 1st and 2nd position respectively in the 50 days challenge.

Informing this, DAY- NULM, Assam wrote, “Based on the performance of all districts and ULBs during the 50 days assessment period, the winners of the ” PM SVANidhi 50 Days Challenge” were determined. Apart from the “Best Performing District,” “Individual Awards” were also given to tree best performing Executive Officers cum CPOs among 25 HQ ULBs (Group I).

As per the performance evaluated of all Districts/ ULBsDAs from 1 January, 2022 till 19 February, 2022, under the winners of the 50 Days Challenge, the following winners were announced:

A. District Level Award Category (Top 3 Performing Districts):

• Rank 1: Karimganj District
• Rank 2: Cachar District
• Rank 3: Udalguri District

B. ULP Level Award Category for Top 3 Performing ULBs of Group A (ULBs with more than 1000 approved beneficiaries):

• Rank 1: Karimganj MB/ DA
• Rank 2: Silchar MB/ DA
• Rank 3: Dhubri MB

C. ULB Level Award Category for Top 3 Performing ULBs of Group B (ULBs with less than 1000 approved beneficiaries):

• Rank 1: Lakhipur MP (Cachar District)
• Rank 2: Sivasagar MB
• Rank 3: Margherita MB

Expressing her views, DC Cachar, Keerthi Jalli said, “This is indeed a good news for us that Cachar has earned position as ‘Best performing District’ under PM SVANidhi 50 days challenge. I would like to thanks each and every employee associated with this project as well as the beneficiaries. I am hopeful that the beneficiaries were able to usher in a meaningful change in their livelihood. It’s a long road to go and we are hopeful of much better performances in the near future.”

Regarding this as a great achievement, Silchar MP Dr Rajdeep Roy and MLA Dipayan Chakraborty showered lavish praises upon the Deputy Commissioner and her entire team for the effort put in by them to earn accolades for Cachar. They too assured all sorts of assistance to take Cachar to the pinnacle in its holistic aspect.

The PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) was launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on June 01, 2020 for providing affordable Working Capital loan to street vendors to resume their livelihoods that have been adversely affected due to Covid-19 lockdown. The new PM Svanidhi Yojana is a welcome step to change this scenario and empower them with micro-credit to help them in their personal as well business needs. The main intention of this scheme is to provide small credits for working capital loan to the street vendors, wherein they can take a collateral-free loan for one year and at low-interest rates. This can help them to revive their businesses and earn their livelihood back.