Bhopal

MP Govt revives Sambal Yojana, gives Rs 80 cr to 3,700 beneficiaries

Staff Reporter

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that Madhya Pradesh Government considers welfare of the poor as paramount. A practical scheme like Sambal which supports the needy and poor through equitable distribution of resources, was discontinued by the former Government. The implementation of the Sambal Yojana, which provides financial assistance from the period before birth to conditions of to untimely death, will now continue.

Chief Minister Chouhan transferred ex-gratia amount of Rs 80 crore to the account of 3700 beneficiaries of Sambal Yojana in a programme organized at Minto Hall Bhopal on Wednesday.

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Chief Minister Shri Chouhan said that Sambal is a scheme of equitable distribution of resources. This scheme has become a great support for the poor. Chouhan said that the former government had also snatched the morsel from the mouth. Pregnant women were denied laddoos which were to provide them nutrition. The plan was discontinued at the behest of the former government.