Chief Minister Hemant Soren today started transfer of Rs 1,000 through DBT to stranded Jharkhandi workers, who had registered in the CM Special Assistance App launched by the State Government. During the launch the CM said that today 1,11,568 labourers have been provided assistance of Rs 1,000 directly through DBT in their bank account. It is the goal of the government to help them financially, he said.
The CM said that due to coronavirus, the labourers of Jharkhand are trapped in large numbers in various states of the country. Right from the initial phase of lockdown, the State government had coordinated with the government officials of various states of the country to provide ration or food grains for the migrant labourers. In this episode, today, the assistance of Rs 1000 has been made available to the migrant labourers through the Chief Minister's Special Assistance Scheme mobile App.
He further said that till date, 2,47,0 25 migrant labourers of the State have registered for financial help through the Chief Minister's Special Assistance Mobile App. Various districts of Jharkhand have so far approved the registration of 2,10,464 labourers. He said that soon financial assistance will be made available to all the verified beneficiaries. He said that under the Internet banking system, the process of checking banks and accounts takes two to three days. The State government machinery is involved in carrying out these tasks with full commitment. As soon as the account verification of the beneficiaries is completed, the amount of financial support will be given immediately.
The CM said that the government has made provision to provide ration to those families, who do not have ration cards.
“The earlier process of providing ration has been changed today. Now the families who do not have ration card will be able to take ration directly from the nearest PDS dealer. Such families or people will no longer need to go elsewhere to get ration. The nearest dealers will provide ration by personally identifying such families, this will give them a lot of convenience,” he said.
The CM said that some disturbances and complaints have also been detected through MLAs, public representatives or media of the state regarding Chief Minister Didi Kitchen, Grain Distribution etc. The government is taking cognizance of all these disturbances and complaints.
Soren said that in Jharkhand, the State government is carrying out the work of providing relief material to the people in many ways with regard to social security since the initial time of Covid-19. The State government is absolutely serious that the people of the State do not have food problems during the lockdown period. It is the government's priority to ensure that no person falls asleep in the State.
The CM said that on Friday, Rs 8,30,15,000 have been given by the police officers and personnel of the State to fight the coronavirus and Rs 51,000 has been provided by the dentist tutors of RIMS, Ranchi. “I thank them wholeheartedly. We all believe that we will win this battle together,” he said.
On this occasion, Ministers Rameshwar Oraon, Satyanand Bhokta, Champai Soren, Banna Gupta, Chief Secretary Sukhdev Singh, Additional Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Singh, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Rajiv Arun Ekka, Principal Secretary, AP Singh, Vinay Choubey, Director of IPRD Rajiv Lochan Bakshi, Press Adviser to CM Abhishek Prasad, Sr Pvt Secretary to CM Sunil Srivastava were present.