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The central government has announced’ Vishwakarma Shram Samman Yojna’ aimed to provide collateral-free 3 lakh loans to artisans to establish businesses source says. Apart from this, each family will get rupees 15,000 for the kit and training for 7 days with an allowance of rupees 500 per day source says. The scheme is to start in 2023-2024 and remain in force till the year 2027-28 source says. The government has kept rupees 13,000 crores for the scheme source says. It is claimed that in the first year, 5 lakh families will get benefits, and in the coming years, a total of 30 lakh families will get benefits source says. It aims to benefit Lohar, Badhai, Tokri weavers, Kumhar, Darzi, Sunar, Nai, Rajmistri, Mochi etc, under the scheme. During the last elections government also paid rupees 4,000 to each Kissan family as ‘Kissan Samman Nidhi’ and, probably this year, also extended some financial benefits to registered families close to the elections source says. The strategists feel that families who get benefits probably vote for the BJP source says.