PM Modi launches Svanidhi credit card, flags off new train services in Kerala

PM Modi flags off three new Amrit Bharat trains, Nagercoil-Mangaluru, Thiruvananthapuram-Tambaram, Thiruvananthapuram-Charlapalli, and a new passenger train between Thrissur and Guruvayur. (Image: X/@ANI)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched various developmental projects and flagged off new train services in Kerala as well as PM SVANidhi Credit Card.

PM Modi flagged off three Amrit Bharat Express trains and a Thrissur-Guruvayur passenger train which will help to enhance regional rail connectivity between Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

In addition, he laid the foundation stone for a CSIR-NIIST Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship Hub here and launched the PM SVANidhi Credit Card -- a UPI-linked, interest-free revolving credit facility.

PM Modi also disbursed loan amounts and credit cards to several beneficiaries under the PM SVANidhi scheme.

Besides these, he laid the foundation stone for a state-of-the-art Radiosurgery Centre at the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology in the city and inaugurated the new Poojappura Head Post Office.