Chief Minister Raghubar Das has reiterated his ambitions of eradicating poverty from the State. launching Pradhanmantri Awas Yojna-Gramin (PMAYG) from Patratu village under Chutu Panchayat of Kanke in Ranchi today, the CM announced home for widows of the State and smartphones to one lakh Sakhi Mandal.
He also thanked Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for taking budgetary allocations for PMAY to Rs23,000 Crores for financial year 2017-18 from Rs15,000 Crores for current year during his budget speech, which was presented today itself. The CM also announced widening works of Ranchi-Ormanjhi Road via Boreya and Chandwe, and said that as many as One lakh Sakhi Mandals will be provided smartphones to make and promote cashless transactions.
“Formation of Sakhi Mandal in villages is already underway. This 15-member group will decide what kind of cottage industries would be helpful for them in those areas to be established in near future,” said the CM. He also said that fund was not a constraint for any of the development plans in the State.
The CM appealed to Chutu villagers and all present there during PMAYG launch on the day on which Basant Panchmi was also celebrated, to make sure that each and every child goes to school.
“Illiteracy is among the biggest reasons of poverty. Parents need to take oath of making their wards educated so that next generation doesn’t live a poor life. Moreover, educated daughter must be our prime focus,” said the CM, where Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma, Rural Development Department Minister Neelkanth Singh Munda and Department Principal Secretary NN Sinha, Kanke MlA Jeetu Charan Ram, Ranchi DC Manoj Kumar and DDC Virendra Kumar Singh and Chutu Panchayat Mukhia Somnath Munda were also present.
laying foundation of the house of beneficiary Jatri Devi of Patratu village under PMAYG, the CM encouraged the officials to remove hurdles in taking quick decisions to bag the State top position in PMAY this very month itself, which stood at 3rd position in the country as of now. He said that increased budgetary allocation for next financial year would ensure home for every homeless by 2022.
Calling PMAY a historic plan for the poor of the country, he said that housing was as a basic need for those not having one as bread and piece of cloth. Other than Jatri Devi, he distributed acceptance letters for houses (to be built under PMAYG) to Md. Rafiq Ansari, Sona Mani Devi, Ashma Khatoon, Basdev Munda, Sukra Munda, Hamida Khatoon, Sadina Khatoon, Sanicharwa Munda and Md. Abul Ansari. He also distributed certificates to Masons Asha Devi, Krishna Mahto and others after they successfully completed their training.
Neelkanth Singh Munda said that Open Defection Free (ODF) Patratu village had emerged as role model for villages of the State and was obvious choice to start such ambitious plans. “The government has planned to get 5 lakh houses constructed for homeless by 2019. The houses will have two rooms, a kitchen, toilet and verandah. The government will also provide training to as many as 5 lakh people of Rajmistri who happen to be master craftsmen, expert masons, foremen, and construction supervisors to fulfill demand of such technical persons in coming days,” Munda added. He also said that all the houses under PMAYG will be in same colour. The CS said that the government had got 2 lakh beneficiaries under PMAYG so far, and had targeted to complete construction of 2 lakh houses during current financial year itself.