The Uttarakhand State Women Commission Vice Chairperson Rajni Rawat, also known as a eunuch leader and social worker, managed to facilitate a considerable gathering of people at the PRD ground in Raipur, Dehradun, where the chief minister Harish Rawat addressed the people on various developmental and political issues.
Addressing the gathering on the occasion, the Chief Minister averred that in order to improve lives in the coming times all the sections of society and followers of various religious and professional spheres will have to come forward together.
The CM said, “Our Government does not just talk about farms, villages, mothers, the aged, Ganga, the cow and water sources but also drafts schemes of which some have also been implemented successfully. We also encouraged the registration of labourers and such registered workers are being provided various types of facilities. A total of 35,000 homes will be constructed under the Uttarakhand Jan Awas Yojana so that every poor can benefit from the right to live one’s own house. The process has also been started for providing the ownership rights to those living in slum settlements,” averred the CM. He further went on to state that Uttarakhand has become the state providing the maximum number of social security pensions with the number of such pension beneficiaries increasing from about 1.74 lakh to more than seven lakh at present. In addition to increasing the amount of pension money from `400 to `1,000 the State Government also facilitated similar assistance to resourceless and deserted women, wives of differently abled, dwarves and children born with conditions, bring them under the ambit of nutritional allowance.
Averring that the State Government had made effort to benefit every section of society and every region of the State, the Chief Minister also informed the gathering about the Mukhya Mantri Swasthya Bima Yojana under which provision has been made for each family to be provided health insurance amounting to `1.75 lakh.
Stating that the State Government is with the women from their birth and childhood to their old age, the Chief Minister went on to list the various schemes and pensions being facilitate by the State Government for women empowerment and welfare. Other Congress leaders including Rajendra Shah and Rajni Rawat were also among those present on the occasion.