Dubbed as “white elephant” for the Punjab Government, the State’s Boards and Corporations have been asked to ensure implementation of welfare schemes.Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal on Wednesday asked the chairpersons of all Boards and Corporations “to ensure implementation of welfare schemes launched by the State Government at the ground level so that beneficiaries at grass root level could take benefits of these schemes”.
“The Boards and Corporations played a vital role in providing self-employment to the people, thus, their heads should do all efforts to implement State welfare schemes in true spirit,” said Sukhbir during the installation ceremonies of Surjit Singh Ablowal as Punjab Tourism Development Corporation chairman, Ashok Aneja and Bhagirath Singh lopon as chairmen of Punjab Agro Export Corporation and Om Parkash Kamboj as vice-chairman of Punjab Backward Classes land Development and Finance Corporation (BANKFINCO). He asked all the chairpersons and vice-chairpersons to launch a campaign to generate awareness of these schemes among the masses.