Punjab Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia on Monday said that it is a recorded fact that various welfare schemes initiated by the Punjab Government have set new goals for the policy makers in other States of India.
He said this while distributing welfare grants of Rs 95 lakh to Nawan Tanel, Kaler Bala Pai, Kaler Bala villages of the district. He also laid foundation stones of various development projects.
Addressing several gatherings during his whirlwind tour to the villages, Majithia said that the Union Government has also replicated the Punjab’s flagship Aata Dal Schemes in the form of Food Security Act.
He said that the Punjab Government has taken new lead for the welfare of the journalists by introducing Health Insurance Scheme, under which scribes would be given medical care of worth Rs 3 lakh per annum.
He further said that under the guidance and dynamic leadership of Parkash Singh Badal and Sukhbir Singh Badal various other schemes for the welfare of farmers have also been started. He said that till date Rs 4800 crore has been incurred on Aata Dal Scheme whereas Rs 700 crore has been earmarked for the current fiscal for this scheme. Similarly, old age and widow pension has been doubled to Rs 500 per month, said the Minister.
He said that under these two pension schemes Rs 4600 has been disbursed to 17.5 lakh beneficiaries. For the current fiscal, Rs one thousand crore is reserved for these schemes.
He said under Chief Minister’s Tirath Yatra Scheme, unprivileged sections of the society can go on religious pilgrimage across the country.