Provide accessible credit to disadvantaged groups via the PM-SURAJ portal
Bharatiya Janata Party · Lok Sabha General Election 2024
Last updated 8 Jul 2026
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Original manifesto wording
“We will provide accessible credit facilities to eligible individuals to enable them to access livelihood opportunities through the PM Suraj portal.”
Our Assessment
The pledge has been delivered. The PM-SURAJ (Pradhan Mantri Samajik Utthan evam Rozgar Adharit Jankalyan) national portal was launched on 13 March 2024 as a single-window, DBT-based credit platform for entrepreneurs from SC, ST, OBC, Safai Karamchari and other disadvantaged groups, integrated with banks and NBFC-MFIs. In FY2024-25 it disbursed about Rs 1,389.61 crore in loans to roughly 1.39 lakh entrepreneurs, exceeding its initial target of one lakh beneficiaries. Fulfilled (with continued lending).
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Promise Timeline
PM-SURAJ national portal launched for accessible, DBT-based credit to disadvantaged-section entrepreneurs; credit sanctioned to one lakh beneficiaries at launch.
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