Guwahati: The Chairman of Himanta Minister Buswa Sarma on Sunday launched the second phase of the Assam Micro Finance Institution Relief (AMFIR) scheme in Biswanath, with Clarion’s call to female borrowers to use more loans in the future.
Under the second phase of the scheme for regular payment receivers, checks were submitted to 5,024 beneficiaries of Gohpur, Behali, Sootha and Biswanath in a program held in the North Biswanath Assam Regency.
In the phase-II of the Amfir scheme, a total of 12,590 category-I benefits in Biswanath Regency will receive their checks.
During the phase of this scheme, borrowers who have paid their loans regularly, will benefit and will be given an incentive one RS 25,000 or outstanding balance, which is lacking.
“A new portal will open since next month where the beneficiaries of women who have not been able to repay their microfinance loans at all, will be able to register for their own and state governments will help them pay back their loans,” Sarma said.
He also emphasized that microfinance institutions must make loan applicants conscious about payment conditions.
Sarma said the incentives offered to beneficiaries were intended to help them continue to maintain good credit discipline.
A total of 11 women will benefit during this phase of the scheme.
Sarma then distributes checks for beneficiaries of Rs 5,000 to women in a program in Dhemaji.
Overall 11,000 beneficiaries of women from Dhemaji have been borne in this scheme.
Sarma also announced that many development schemes were implemented in Biswanath Regency, inhabited by various communities, including a vast tea garden population, where he said a technical college in Behali and a medical college in Biswanath would appear.
A ROPEWAY project has been proposed in Biswanath Ghat and is expected to be completed in 2022, he said.
CM said the government was starting the steps to provide caste certificates to 9th grade students in their respective schools without having to go anywhere.
Minister of Finance of Ajanta Neog State, Minister of Water Resources Pijush Hazarika, MP Pallab Lochan Das and MLA and Chair of the Gorukhuti Agriculture Project, Padma Hazarika attended the event.