Mizoram to launch interest-free-loan scheme: CM Lalduhoma
Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Thursday said that the state government will launch a scheme to enable deserving people to avail interest-free loan up to Rs 50 lakh to achieve economic growth and improve the living condition of the masses. Addressing the people on the occasion of the 78th Independence Day, Lalduhoma said that his government was firm on its goal of providing inclusive governance and development, of more accountability and transparency in government processes and a people centric administration with improved delivery of public services.
He claimed that there have been marked changes in various aspects of governance and administration under the Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) government in just eight months since it came to power in December last year.
Lalduhoma said that the state government has been making massive efforts to develop the state and will also launch a loan scheme, where the government will act as a guarantor, to help the deserving people, who are determined for economic growth.
«The Mizoram Ceiling on Government Guarantees Act, 2011 is proposed to be amended to enable deserving partners to avail loans upto Rs 50 lakh, where the government will be the guarantor and will also bear the interest. This perhaps might be the first such scheme in the country,» the chief minister said after unfurling the tri-colour at Lammual in Aizawl.
He said that the government will also soon launch a new and comprehensive healthcare scheme called 'Universal Health Care Scheme' which will cover the
