The Madhya Pradesh government would soon come up with a transgender welfare board for the benefit of eunuchs. This would also help this neglected community to join the mainstream, Minister for Panchayats, Rural Development and Social Justice and Cooperatives Gopal Bhargawa told the Assembly on Wednesday while replying on the budgetary demands of his departments.
He informed that Madhya Pradesh would soon have three new schemes, namely, Chief Minister Gram Sarovar (village lake), community building and village prosperity schemes. All the 52,000 villages of the state would have cement concrete roads and drains in the next two years.The budgetary demands of `15949.91 crore of panchayat and rural development, social justice and cooperative department were accepted and cooperative institutions financing of over `15, 000 crore was also cleared.
Bhargawa said, "Chief Minister Gram Sarovar scheme would be launched soon for the conservation of lakes in the rural areas. Besides, community buildings would be constructed in the villages for social works and there would be provision of `10 lakh for every such building."
Bhargawa said that for the banks that wish to open branches in far flung areas of the state provision has been made for construction of village prosperity buildings at the cost of Rs 10 lakh through village panchayats. This would help villagers of far flung areas get banking facility in their own villages.