Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will inaugurate 71 Har-Hith stores on October 7 in the state.
“These stores have been set up in 19 districts across the state and will be inaugurated by the Chief Minister through video conferencing,” said an official spokesman.
He said that there is a lot of enthusiasm among the youth towards the Har-Hith retail store scheme in Haryana. The Chief Minister has directed to give priority to the families identified through the Parivar Pehchan Patra scheme in the Har-Hith Stores scheme. If the beneficiaries identified under the Chief Minister Antyodaya Parivar Utthan Yojana take a loan under this scheme, then the government will bear the interest of one year on their loan, the spokesman informed.
The Chief Minister on Wednesday presided over a review meeting regarding the Har-Hith Retail Store scheme.
So far ,1258 youth have applied under this scheme. After completion of all these formalities, 71 Har-Hith stores will start functioning from October 7.
Giving details, the spokesman said that under the Har-Hith retail store scheme of the Chief Minister to promote business, employment and modern market in rural areas of the state, 1258 applications have been received so far, out of which 982 have been surveyed and 509 who have been found eligible have been given the benefit of this scheme. Of these, agreements have been signed with 151. Out of these, 95 applicants have taken Mudra loan and 56 applicants have applied with their own money.
During the meeting, the Chief Minister directed the officers to make a plan to open 5000 booths of Vita. He said that there should be a Vita booth at every bus stand, railway station, hospital, market etc. He also directed to make portable cabins and open booths so that more and more people get employment.
The Chief Minister also directed that the products of other companies should also be kept at these booths so that the quality of our products can be improved according to the competition. Apart from this, efforts should be made to open Vita booths in Chandigarh as well, he said.