Chief Minister Hemant Soren today said that the main objective of his coming among people of the State is to reach the schemes of your interest to all of them by the government. “Our government is working from village to village to connect the old people with the pension scheme by running a drive. Sarkar Aapke Dwar Yojana will be run again, so that the welfare schemes of the government can be reached to the people living in the inaccessible areas of the state,” said the CM while addressing the people at the inauguration/foundation laying and asset distribution programme organised at Jamtara on Monday.
The CM said that the government is bearing the entire cost of tribal, dalit, poor or economically weaker children of the State, who are going abroad for higher level education. The girls of our State are bringing glory to the state with their sport in the world. The government is working to provide all kinds of help for them. He said that we are doing the work of employment generation in a planned manner. Today, if the youth want to do any kind of business, then the government is working to get them loans at low rates. Earlier, the bank used to have trouble giving loans, today the government is standing with you. We are helping in providing employment to the youth in every way.
The CM said that today the appointments are also going on in full swing in the State. In just 250 days, the work of giving appointment letters to the candidates of JPSC has been done. We have got 4 times more children restored to 4 times more centers in 4 times less time. He said that the weather is turning a blind eye today, in such a situation, which crop farmers should plant and also to solve the problems related to agriculture, we have made appointments in the agriculture department to solve such problems. Our government has done the work of distributing 15 to 16 lakh KCC cards among the farmers, so that today our farmers can buy equipment related to farming, fertilizers, seeds etc.
Soren said that the people of our State are very poor, the previous government had limited the sanction of pension, due to which many destitute elderly people were deprived of its benefits. Our government has made a law for them to implement pension for all the elderly people above 60 years of age. The government is providing them pension. You can get the benefit of pension by directly applying for your pension by going to the official today. If a woman becomes a widow at an early age, then the government is also working to give them pension. Ration cards were also given in limited quantities, now work is being done to increase it to make 15 lakh new ration cards. We are working to implement schemes of public interest in a systematic manner to help in the livelihood of every section of the people. Paddy has been procured the most this time in 20 years, by opening more rice mills, the government is working to process it and reach it to the general public.
On this occasion, the Chief Minister laid the foundation stone of a total of 30 schemes with a total cost of Rs 15399.73 lakh. He inaugurated 98 different schemes costing Rs 4108.86 lakh. Under the welfare schemes of various departments, a total amount of Rs 10363.62 lakh was distributed among the beneficiaries.
On this occasion MLA Jamtara Irfan Ansari, 20-point Vice President Shyamlal Hembram, Jamtara Deputy Commissioner Faiz Aq Ahmed Mumtaz, other officials of district administration and a large number of beneficiaries were present.