nCongress leader Rahul Gandhi heaped praise on Chhattisgarh government on Thursday and said that the state is leading in terms of implementing welfare schemes for farmers, poor people, tribals and people in need.
He praised Chhattisgarh government’s works for betterment and well-being of all sections.
Congress MP and former party president made the remarks while addressing the programme through a video conferencing organized for transferring Rs 1737.50 crore to the bank accounts of farmers, tendupatta collectors and dung sellers.
Gandhi further said that Rs our government is committed to protect the interests of farmers, poor, tribals and labourers. No nation can progress without protecting the interests of these sections of the society. In Chhattisgarh, State Government is working dedicatedly for welfare of these sections’’.
He further said that presently, the country has two set of economies- the first one is organized economy that includes major companies while the second one is the unorganized economy that includes farmers, labourers, small shopkeepers and crores of poor people.
On the occasion, Chief Minister Baghel said in his address to the programme, Rs Rs we are turning the dreams of Rajiv Ji into reality through various schemes and programmes for farmers, villagers, labourers and tribal people in the state. On the occasion, former chief minister of undivided Madhya Pradesh Motilal Vora, Rajya Sabha Member PL Punia also attended the programme online.
Baghel and his ministerial colleagues paid tribute to former prime Minister late Rajiv Gandhi by garlanding his oil-painting. Baghel further said that Rajiv Gandhi had the dream of taking the country to a new height of development.
Rs Rs Information-revolution, computer, voting rights from age of 18 years, panchayat-raj system and welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are some of the important contributions of late Rajiv Gandhi,’’ Baghel opined.
He added that the amount transferred to the bank accounts of beneficiaries today includes Rs 1500 crore as second installment of Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana, Rs 4.5 crore under Godhan Nyay Yojana and Rs 232.81 crore as bonus for tendupatta collection.
Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana was commenced on May 21, 2020 on martyrdom day of Rajiv Gandhi and on the same day first installment of Rs 1500 crore was transferred directly to the accounts of 19 lakh farmers. Chhattisgarh government will be providing total Rs 5750 crore as grant aid to farmers under the scheme in four installments.
Chief Minister said that under Godhan Nyay Yojana, state government is procuring cow dung at the rate of Rs 2 per kg. The scheme was launched on July 20 this year on the occasion of the Hareli festival.
State Government has decided to make payments against dung procurement under the scheme every 15 days. Today, the second payment of Rs 4.5 crore has been made.
Baghel said that Godhan Nyay Yojana is the priority scheme of Chhattisgarh government. He said that when the scheme was launched, cow dung was being purchased in only 2400 gauthans of the state. Within a month, the scheme has been expanded to 4400 gauthans across the state.