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Union Cabinet Approves Rs 13,000 Crore PM Vishwakarma Scheme For Traditional Workers
Swarajya Staff
Aug 16, 2023, 03:36 PM | Updated 03:53 PM IST
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Union Cabinet on Wednesday (16 August) approved the Pradhan Mantri Vishwakarma Scheme to support traditional artisans and craftspeople of rural and urban India.
The scheme has been approved with a budgetary outlay of Rs 13,000 crore.
This comes a day after PM Modi announced in his Independence Day speech that the 'Vishwakarma' scheme would be launched for the traditional workers, who hail mostly from the OBC community.
This is a developing story. More details are awaited.
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