Reserve Bank has been decided to include PM Vishwakarma under the Payments Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) Scheme.
It also extends the tenure of the scheme by another two years.
The PIDF Scheme aims at incentivising the deployment of payment acceptance infrastructure such as physical Point of Sale (PoS), Quick Response (QR) codes in tier-3 to tier-6 centres, north-eastern states and Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
PM Vishwakarma scheme proposed to offer up to 8% subsidy for loans given to artisans.