Chief Minister Kamal Nath said that benefits of Government schemes should be ensured to the weaker section of the society. He mentioned that it would be true tribute on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi that we should work with commitment to work for the uplifment of the poor people.
Nath was launching the 'Madhya Pradesh Van Mitra' Portal and ‘Mukhya Mantri Madad Yojana’ at Noronha Academy of Administration and Managment on Wednesday. The Minister for Public Relations PC Sharma and Minister for Higher Education Jeetu Patwari were present on the occasion.
Nath mentioned that Bapu always helped the most needy people. He always made efforts in the direction that such people must get an opportunity for progress and an atmosphere should be created in the society for them to lead a respectable life. Nath further stated that if we want to build the society based on the thoughts of Mahtma Gandhi then we will have to give priority first to the welfare of last person of the queue.
The Chief Minister said that we have prepared 'Madhya Pradesh Van Mitra' Portal and 'Mukhya Mantri Madad Yojana' to give rights to the most backward people and to support them. Nath told to construct Gandhi Stambh in all the hostels of the scheduled caste and schduled tribes. He said that it is our duty to acquaint these sections with the personality and accomplishments of Gandhi Ji.
Informing about the Madhya Pradesh Van Mitra Portal, the Minister for Scheduled Tribe Welfare Omkar Singh Markam said that the concerned beneficiary can online register his/her claim on this portal. The Van Adhikar Samiti will carry out all the process thorough this portal. The system will ensure availability of the cases of forest rights claims with transparency on this portal and reasons for eligibility and ineligibility will also be available on this portal. As many as 5211 Gram Panchayats of 89 Janpad Panchayats in 20 tribal districts of the state have been given Rs 15,000 for digital tablets to address the issue of online forest rights claims. The portal was launched as a pilot in Hoshangabad district and 700 applications were received.