Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Saturday emphasised on the need to work with the coordination between the Government and the Mandal so that the policies and programmes of the State Government can reach the people and more and more people can get benefited.
Addressing the Mandal Milan of the Arki Assembly constituency of Solan district here, Thakur said during the ten month tenure, the government has initiated many schemes and programs for the welfare and development of society at whole.
He said it is responsibility of Mandal to make general public aware about policies and programmes so that more and more people can get benefitted. He said developmental activities in the area should be reviewed from time to time and if there is any shortage, then it should be brought to the notice of the concerned officers and to the Government so that it could be removed.
Thakur said the State Government has lowered the age limit of age old age pension from 80 years to 70 years without any income criteria in the very first cabinet meeting, which has benefited thousands of elderly people of the state.
He said to provide Smoke-free kitchen for women, the Himachal Grihini
Suvidha Yojana besides the Chief Minister Swavlamban Yojana had been started to benefit the youth.
He called the office bearers of the Mandal to work with more dedication so that more people can be made aware about various developmental schemes of the State Government and the Central Government.