Budget session of Parliament: Over Rs two lakh crore sanctioned under Mudra scheme, says President

President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said the government has provided over Rs two lakh crore through 5.6 crore loans sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana.  

New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said the government has provided over Rs two lakh crore through 5.6 crore loans sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana.

Addressing the joint sitting of both houses of parliament, the President said that core of the government`s policies was welfare of the poor, Dalits, farmers, labourers and the youth.

"My government salutes the strength of janashakti (people`s power) and pledges to constructively utilise it in Rashtra Nirman (nation building)," Mukherjee added.

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