Punjab Government would soon launch a website putting all the cases under its “ambitious” Shagun scheme online. Announcing this, State Welfare Minister Gulzar Singh Ranike said that the Government has cleared all applications under Shagun Scheme till February this year. “Under this scheme, Rs87.54 crore has been disbursed to all 58,362 beneficiaries,” he said after holding a high level meeting with the senior officer of the department.
Ranike further said that Punjab has been inducted in the Pardhan Mantri Adrash Gram Yojna for the first time. “Under this scheme, 100 villages of Mukatsar and of Hoshiarpur would be covered. For this purpose, the Centre has already released its share of Rs17.50 crore,” he said.
Ranike further claimed that the pre-matric and post-Matric scholarship schemes have been running successfully in the state. “Under this scheme, 4,90,390 SC students, 2,62,736 BC students and 6,35,512 students belonging to minorities have been given scholarships in 2014-15,” he said.
Welfare Minister said that during 2013-14, total 11,74,000 beneficiaries have been given the benefit of Rs803.08 crores for free domestic electricity and in 2014-15, total 13,52,000 beneficiaries would get the benefits of Rs817.63 crores for free domestic electricity.