Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Wednesday said that every poor person of the State will have his health card under the Ayushman Bharat scheme and no one will die for want of medical treatment in the State. The CM, while addressing a gathering at Rajhar in latehar district said on Wednesday that the State Government will run a campaign to make health cards for the beneficiaries of the scheme from September 17 to September 25, when the scheme will be launched across the nation.
The CM said that under the Ayushman Bharat scheme all big hospitals will be connected where the poor people will get free treatment worth Rs five lakh. A health card will be issued in the name of the head of the family and any of the family members can get treatment through the card. The State government has aimed to connect 57 lakh families with the scheme, he said.
While distributing lPG connections under PM Ujjwala Yojna in latehar, the CM said that today 500 families were being given free lPG connection, rest of the families will soon get the connections. He said that in other states only gas cylinders were being distributed but in Jharkhand gas stove and refilling amount is also being given to women beneficiaries.
The CM said that under the PMAY the Government aims to provide roof to every poor person of the country. Similarly, he said that the State will fulfill the dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make a Swachh Jharkhand by October 2, 2019.
Das said that latehar was a heavily Maoist infested area bbut with the combined efforts of DIG, SP and jawans the distrcit is now naxal free. “The government is working with the aim of increasing farmers salary. We have a dream to double farmers’ income. The government has sent 26 farmers to Israel where they are lerning techniques to do farming with less water. From October this year more farmers will be sent to Israel so that they can learn and make others learn farming techniques,” he said.
The CM said that the when women will be self dependent and empowed then only the country will develop in the real sense. He, on the occasion, cited several steps taken by the State government for empowerment of women.
During the visit CM laid foundation and inaugurated schemes worth Rs 11.35 crore, distributed land ownership documents under FRA and granted funds to Sakhi Mandals. Several women talked to the CM on the occasion and gave their opinion.
MlA Hare Krishna Singh, District Council president Rajendra Sahu,, Divisional Commissioner of Palamu MK Jha, latehar DC Rajeev Kumar and other senior officials were present on the occasion.