Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday transferred the bonus amount of Rs 495 crore online for the collection year 2017 to the bank accounts of tendu patta collectors from 853 forest produce committees at a state-level programme held in ladkui in Sehore district.
Chouhan also laid foundation stone and dedicated development works worth Rs 463 crores in Sehore district.
CM said that the schemes of the state government have been made focussing on the welfare of the poor and farmers and are being operated on the field level. He said that the state government has given priority to all round development of the economically poor and weaker sections of the society and the state government has given priority to the development of villages in its budget. Giving information about the public welfare schemes, CM said that Madhya Pradesh has been included in the category of developed states. The state government is now making committed efforts to make the state prosperous. Minister in charge of the district Rampal Singh, Apex bank Administrator Ramakant Bhargav, Madhya Pradesh Warehousing Corporation Chairman Rajendra Singh Rajput, District Panchayat President Urmila Maretha, Silai Kala Board Chairman Sunil Maheshwari, other public representatives and a large number of tendu patta collectors besides elite persons were present during the programme.