Minister of State for Culture and Tourism and Civil Aviation, Mahesh Sharma on Friday said that three cities of Haryana namely Rohtak, Kurkshetra and Hisar will get benefitted under the new Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) which will be launched very shortly by the Union Government.
Under the scheme fixed air fare of Rs 2500 per person will be charged from the passengers, said the Minister while talking to the mediapersons here.
To make aware about the achievements of Union Government and to gauge the problems of people on the completion of two years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi led NDA government, Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Sanjay Gandhi and Union Minister Mahesh Sharma were in Rohtak on Friday.
While addressing the mediapersons about the achievements of the NDA government, the Union Ministers said that under the Mrida Swasthya Prabandhan Yojana for farmers, previous Government had spent only Rs36.23 crore during two years while the present government has spent Rs453.85 crore during the same period.
While highlighting the funds provided to Haryana during last two years, the Ministers said that under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, 2,40,426 toilets were constructed in the state. Faridabad, Kurkshetra and Panipat districts remained on the top for implementation of the scheme.
Under PM Jan-Dhan Yojana, 52,26,221 bank accounts were opened in Haryana and Rs1499.12 crore amount deposited in the different banks by account holders, the said.
Mahesh Sharma elaborated that by depositing Rs 12 annually under PM Suraksha Bima Yojana, 24,84,091 people got benefitted while 189 people got Rs2 lakh each as compensation in Haryana. Under Rs330 annual instalment of PM Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, about 8,11,251 people were benefitted in Haryana while 731 people got compensation under the scheme. In Haryana during last year, 36,000 lPG connections were provided to BPl families, Sharma said.
Under PM Gram Sadak Yojana in Haryana, 952 km new roads have been constructed. Apart from this, PM Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone for the construction of 135 kms long 6 lane Kundali-Manesar-Palwal Expressway, 136 kms long Kundali Gaziabad-Palwal Expressway and 70 kms long 8 lane NH-1 from Mukarba Chowk of Delhi to Panipat which will cost the ex-chequer to the tune of Rs13,802 crore.
Speaking to the mediapersons, Maneka Sanjay Gandhi said that Haryana has got Nari Shakti Award under ‘Beti Bachao Beti Phadao’ scheme for providing best facility to women especially for pregnant women. Under National Krishi Bazar Portal (ENAM) Scheme, E-marketing system has been introduced in grain markets (anaj mandi) of Karnal and Allanabad (Sirsa), she added.