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Punjab Scheduled Castes & Land Development & Finance Corptn releases Rs 150 lakh subsidy during Covid epidemic

Kapurthala Sep 22 (UNI) Punjab Scheduled Castes and Land Development and Finance Corporation has released a subsidy of Rs. 150 lakh during COVID -19 pandemic, chairman Mohan Lal Sood said while addressing a review meeting held here on Tuesday.
He said that a subsidy of Rs.10,000 per beneficiary has been given to 1500 beneficiaries so far. He further said that besides this a loan of Rs. 1300 lakh has been sanctioned and an amount has been released under the self employment scheme.
Sood further said that besides this a waiver has been written to the Punjab Government for the last 6 months interest amounting to Rs. He also said that the disabled persons of any caste were provided loans at an interest rate of 6 per cent so that they could earn a living and support their families. He also said that loans of Rs. 550 lakh have been sanctioned on the occasion of 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak.
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