Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday that allocation under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana has been doubled for the 2017-18 fiscal.
Presenting the budget, Jaitley said that the lendings under the scheme had exceeded the target of Rs 1,22,000 crore in 2016-17.
"We are doubling the lending target," he said, adding that Rs 2.44 lakh crores was allocated for the scheme for 2017-18.
--IANS
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