: Chief Minister V Narayanasamy today distributed Rs 69.5 lakh asloans to 81 differently abled people to help them start self employment projects like grocery shops and textile shops.
The loans were given under a scheme of the Puducherry Corporation for the Development of Women and Differently Abled people.
Welfare Minister M Kandasamy and legislators were among those present.
A release from the Corporation said it had received the amount from the National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation, New Delhi.
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