With Assembly polls round the corner, the Samajwadi Party government launched fresh welfare schemes from pension to artisans and employment to educated youth besides extending the gamut of Kisan Insurance benefit which will benefit over 3 crore farmers across the state.
Incidentally, all these schemes are prefixed with the word `Samajwadi’ ensuring that the message of SP government also reached the households of each beneficiary.
The decisions on these schemes were taken at a cabinet meeting held in lucknow on Tuesday. The cabinet also approved a DPR for Varanasi Metro Project.
The scheme which could bring loudest cheer for the ruling party is the one on providing jobs to educated unemployed through Samajwadi Yuva Swaraj Yojana. Under this financial help through margin money would be given under industrial and service sectors.
An official spokesman said that the government would extend relief up to 25 per cent of the total expenditure on industrial units of Rs 25 lakh and Rs 10 lakh in service sector. For the micro unitsm the relief would be Rs 6.25 lakh. The reliefs would be reviewed every two years. A sum of Rs 40 crore has been earmarked for this project.
In another decision, the government decided to introduce Samajwadi Hastshilp Pension Yojana for the artisans who were over 60 years of age and not getting benefits from any government scheme. The monthly pension to the artisans would be Rs 500. The government has allotted Rs 10 crore for this scheme during the current fiscal.
To woo the farmers, the government has amended the Samajwadi Kisan Insurance scheme under which in case of accident a farmer could get free treatment in empanelled hospitals and the cost would be borne by the Insurance company.
This would benefit around 3 crore farmers across the state. Earlier the provision was that insurance cards should be made at Jan Suvidhan Kendra but now the benefits would be extended through Samajwadi Bima Mitra.
For declogging the streets of Varanasi, the cabinet approved a DPR of Varanasi Metro Rail. The total length of the project would be 29.23 km and it would be divided into two corridors. This project is expected to cost over Rs 13,000 crore.
“The DPR would be sent to Government of India for its approval. The cabinet has authorized the Chief Minister to decide on implementations and amendments in the DPR,” the spokesman said.
It was also decided to operate state-run tube wells and micro canals by solar energy. In the first phase, 6.076 state-run tube wells and 57 minor canals would be operated by green energy for which Rs 128507.93 lakh has been sanctioned.
The government has also decided to introduce organic farming in Hamirpur and would be launched in seven clusters spread over 140 gram panchayats. Besides, the Janeshwar Mishra Powerloom project will be introduced by which weavers would be given new powerlooms. It was decided to extend powwer waiver to weavers working on handlooms.
In another decision government has chosen the agency for upgradation of 'Dial 100 project'. Besdies, a proposal to renovate Parikrama Path in Chitrakoot was also approved.