PM Modi releases first instalment of benefits to one lakh people under tribal welfare scheme

PM Modi releases first instalment of benefits to one lakh people under tribal welfare scheme

PM Modi, via video conference released the first instalment of ₹540 crore to one lakh beneficiaries of a rural housing scheme under PM-JANMAN via video conferencing. With this he dedicates 10 years of his government to the poor.

Amidst release of first instalment of ₹540 crore to one lakh beneficiaries of a rural housing scheme, PM Modi said that the country can develop only if benefits of various welfare schemes reach all, asserting that it is his guarantee that everyone, even those in the remotest of areas, will benefit from them.

Notedly, in the last ten years, the budget of many welfare schemes for the Scheduled Tribes has risen by five times and the scholarship for tribal students has grown by two-and-a-half times and the work is on to construct more than 500 Eklavya model school for them while only 90 existed earlier.

This government has exerted its full force to ensure that extremely backwards among the tribal population benefit from its every scheme, he said.

PM Modi also credited guidance from President Droupadi Murmu, India’s first tribal woman head of state, for the PM-JANMAN scheme, saying as someone who has come from the same background she often spoke about the issues facing them during her interactions with him.

Noting that Diwali is being celebrated in Ayodhya in the run-up to the consecration of Lord Ram’s idol at the temple there, he said the festival is also being celebrated at the homes of these one lakh families who have received the first instalment of fund to construct their own houses adding that
this is a matter of big happiness for him.

More than four crore pucca houses have been built for the poor by his government and that those who were always ignored earlier have not only been reached out by him but also worshipped.

Amidst the event, PM Modi interacted with some beneficiaries of PM-JANMAN as they highlighted the positive changes in their lives after they availed of government schemes to get access to cooking gas connection, electricity, piped water and housing.

News Edit K.V.Raman