With a view to encourage voters to cast their votes without any temptation Deputy Commissioner (DC), Ranchi, has given instruction to create a voter awareness signature register to make it systematic and recordable.
The DC has given instruction to bring the 10 lakh voters under the campaign and extend it to other office, public places, religious places also to provide information to every section of people about the campaign.
On the basis of the above guidelines, on Thursday the drive was started at various shops of Public Distribution System by opening “Voter Awareness Signature Register” in more than a dozen public distribution shop in Pithoria in Kanke block and instructing all the dealers to open the register and is assigned to the dealers that each dealer should take signature of at least 500 voters. A numbers of dealers have participated in the programme. The programme was started across the district with full of zeal.
From tomorrow onwards, the handwriting register will be kept on the other government offices, private offices, banks, Aangbadi centers, hotels, religious places for fair and fearless voting.
In an another similar programme, in the Chatra Panchayat of Anagada Block, the campaign of welfare schemes was started with voter awareness.
The Public Dialogue Instructor, Punam Kumari informed that helpline number 181 and the Chief Minister’s ‘Public Dialogue’ are the most powerful medium to get the immediate information of any scheme. She held direct dialogue with the villagers to got information about the various problems and their redress.
In order to take advantage of the scheme of women empowerment, 90 per cent of the present women have been encouraged to benefit of welfare programmes such as Chief Minister Sukanya Yojana, Kanyadan Yojana, Sukanya Samrudhi Yojna and also the women belonging to Self Help Group to become empowered and self-reliant through Johar scheme.
Through the Public awareness program, District Grievance Redress Coordinator, Sandeep Baraik, has given information to untrained youths to get training from State run various Koushal Vikas Centre and develop their skill to become self reliant, self employment and the information provided in the prestigious institutions to get employment.
Through the District Social Welfare Department run welfare programme for old, widow, disabled primitive tribe pension, widow respect scheme, family benefit interest scheme it was provided information about the various pension schemes of the government the instruction also given on the occasion about the filling of the forms of these schemes.
On the occasion under the voter awareness campaign voters were appealed to vote without temptation on cast, creed and religion. During the awareness drive village head and a numbers of villagers were present.