In a camp organised at Deendayal Upadhyay Nagar in Zone-5 of Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) under lok Suraaj Campaign, Agriculture Minister Brijmohan Agrawal gave away cheques of Rs20,000 each to nine beneficiary women under National Family Benefit Scheme.
In his address to the programme, Agrawal said that officials should have cooperative and considerate attitude while implementing Government schemes, especially the schemes like Social Security Pension Schemes.
He said that the State Government is conducting various public welfare schemes through its departments, but efficacy of these schemes will be proved when each and every needy person avails benefits of these schemes. The Minister emphasised on publicity-promotion of Government schemes, so that common people could be made aware of the same.
Agrawal distributed cheques of financial aid to beneficiaries namely Sakila Bano, Parvati Yadav, lalita Dhruv, Kailasi Bai Dewangan, Rampyari Yadav, lakshmi Bai Kahar, Urmila Dhruv and Durga Bai. Meanwhile, RMC Mayor Pramod Dubey, RMC Speaker Prafulla Vishwakarma, leader of Opposition Suryakant Rathore, Corporators — Salik Singh Thakur, Ramesh Thakur, Yadram Sahu, Collector Raipur Thakur Ram Singh, RMC Commissioner Dr Saransh Mittar and other public representatives along with officials and employees were also present.
In the camp, various departments of State Government along with the various departments of Raipur Municipal Corporation had put up stalls, where applications given by citizens were collected. A total of 119 applications were received at various department stalls held in the camp. Except three, all of these applications were redressed on spot.
The Agriculture Minister visited each and every department stall and took note of the applications collected. Panchayat and Social Welfare Department’s Kala-Pathak team led by Singer-Artist Gyanendra Sahu staged cultural programme for promoting various Government schemes