Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday said that a ‘Rajiv Gandhi Rural Landless Agricultural Labourers Nyay Yojana’ will soon be launched, the first of its kind in the country.
Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi, MP Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and other senior leaders have been extended invitation to participate in the launch.
Interacting with the media before a two-day visit to Jagdalpur, he said that all the landless workers have been identified across the state.
"The first instalment of Rs 6,000 per family annually will be released directly to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries. Two more installments will be released later... Already, a budgetary allocation of Rs 600 crore has been made.”
He said as per advice of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, the scheme has been envisaged for the labourers not holding any land. It will be first of its kind in the country for landless labourers.
On Rajnandgaon BJP MP Santosh Pandey being declared absconding by the police, he said: “Let him surrender before the court. During BJP's tenure also, the police had filed a charge sheet before the court after declaring the accused as absconding."