Who among the following launched the national portal for credit linked government schemes – Jan Samarth Portal in June 2022?

The correct answer is Narendra Modi.

Key Points

• Jan Samarth Portal is a national portal launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June 2022 to provide information about various credit-linked government schemes to the citizens of India.
• The portal aims to simplify the process of availing of government schemes and benefits by providing all the necessary information in one place.
• The portal also provides information about the eligibility criteria, application process, and documents required for each scheme.
• It is a part of the government's Digital India initiative and is expected to benefit millions of citizens across the country.

• Since May 2014, Narendra Damodardas Modi has held the position of India's 14th prime minister.
  • Modi serves as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Varanasi and served as Gujarat's chief minister from 2001 until 2014.
  • He belongs to the right-wing Hindu nationalist paramilitary volunteer organization Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as well as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • He is the prime minister from outside the Indian National Congress with the longest tenure.
• Nirmala Sitharaman is the current Finance Minister and Minister of Corporate Affairs of the Government of India since 2019.
  • She has been a member of the Rajya Sabha since 2014 and served as the 28th Defence Minister from 2017 to 2019.
  • She was featured in the Forbes 2022 list of the world's 100 most powerful women and was ranked 36.
• Smriti Zubin Irani is currently the Minister of Woman and Child Development and Minister of Minority Affairs.

• She was former Minister of Textiles in the Government of India and held the position from May 2017 to July 2021.
• Prior to this, she was the Minister of Human Resource Development.

• Piyush Goyal is the current Minister of Textiles and Commerce and Industry in the Government of India.
  • He was appointed as the Minister of Textiles in July 2021, replacing Smriti Zubin Irani.
  • Prior to this, he held the position of Minister of Railways and Coal.