News:

• The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has launched the ‘Pradhan Mantri Samajik Utthan and Rozgar Adharit Jankalyan’ (PM-SURAJ) portal aimed at offering credit support to the marginalized segments of society.
• The portal will act as a one-stop point where people from disadvantaged sections of society can apply for and monitor the progress of all loan and credit schemes already available to them and being implemented by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and its departments.
• The credit support will be provided to eligible persons across the country and facilitated through Banks, Non-Banking Finance Companies-Microfinance Institutions (NBFC-MFIs), and other organisations.