India's 2025 budget aims to register millions of gig workers and enhance street vendor loans.

In the 2025 Union Budget, India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced plans to register one crore gig workers on the e-Shram portal and provide them with ID cards and healthcare benefits under the PM Jan Arogya Yojana scheme. The government also plans to revamp the PM SVANidhi scheme for street vendors with enhanced loans and UPI-linked credit cards. Additionally, there are plans to establish 50,000 Atal Tinkering Labs in schools and provide broadband connectivity in all government secondary schools.

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