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SSC Selection Post 2022 PYQ — Question 31

SSC Selection Post - Graduation Level - 03 Aug 2022 - Shift 3 • General Awareness • Q31

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Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with which of the following companies for the PM SVANidhi scheme in February 2021?

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Correct answer: B

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The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Zomato.

  • The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Zomato company for the PM Svanidhi scheme in February 2021.

  • "As part of the MoU, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) and Zomato will launch a pilot initiative by onboarding 300 vendors in the first phase, covering 6 cities: Bhopal, Ludhiana, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur, and Vadodara."

  • The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) had earlier introduced the 'PMSVANidhi se Samriddhi' program on January 4, 2021, as an extension of the PM SVANidhi Scheme. This initiative aims to carry out socio-economic profiling of PM SVANidhi beneficiaries and their families across 125 selected cities."
  • "As of February 4, 2021, data had been collected for over 95,000 PM SVANidhi beneficiaries, along with around 50,000 of their family members.
  • The first round of camps, held from February 1 to 6, 2021, is currently underway in selected cities to help connect these beneficiaries and their families with relevant Central Government schemes."
  • The scheme aims to support more than 50 lakh street vendors who were engaged in vending activities in urban areas—including nearby peri-urban and rural regions—on or before March 24, 2020.