Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that he will not let future of children belonging to poor families ruined. Fee of all the children belonging to poor family from class 1 to higher education will be paid by the state government under the Mukhyamantri Jan-Kalyan (Sambal) yojana.
He further mentioned that a campaign will be launched from July month to deposit the fee under this scheme. Chouhan was addressing the convention of urorganised labourers and tendu leaf collectors at Balaghat on Sunday.
Chouhan stated that the Sambal Yojana is being implemented to bridge the gap between rich and poor in the society. There is no restriction of caste, creed and religion for the beneficiaries under the scheme. Every poor person and hard working person has right to avail benefit of this scheme. Elaborating on the scheme, Chouhan appealed to the people to derive maximum benefit from the scheme. Moreover, he made an announcement for survey by sending a team on demand raised for help of drought affected farmers of Katangi tahsil.
Besides, Chouhan distributed bonus of about Rs 13 crore online in the bank accounts of 71 thousand 125 tendu leaf collectors during the convention. He also helped tendu leaf collectors in wearing charan padukas and presented them water bottles on the occasion. Chief Minister also presented sarees to the women tendu leaf collectors separately He also distributed benefits of various other schemes to the beneficiaries and dedicated as well as laid foundation of 13 construction works costing Rs 645 crore.
While distributing smart cards to urganised labourers in the convention, Chouhan said that smart cards contain all the information about the beneficiary.
This card will help beneficiaries to get benefits of other schemes.
He described the Balaghat district as the first district to provide smart cards to the beneficiaries.
He said that special programmes will be organized at all the Janpad headquarters to distribute benefit of Sambal Yojana to the registered labourers on June 13.
Minister for Farmer Welfare and Agriculture Development Shri Gaurishankar Bisen, President of district Panchayat Rekha Bisen, President of MP Asangathit Karmkar Kalyan Mandal Sultan Singh Shekhawat, member of Parliament Bodhsingh Bhagat, Members of legislative Assembly KD Deshmukh and Yogendra Nirmal, other Public Representatives and labourers of unorganised sector besides tendu leaf collectors in large number were present in the convention.