REPUBLIC DAY: Don’t lose hope, Capt tells farmers - ‘Relief to those eligible under debt waiver scheme by November’
Sunday, 28/01/2018
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Patiala : Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has appealed to farmers to “not resort to suicides” and have faith in his government. He said his government was committed to working for the total implementation of its farm debt waiver programme by November 2018. He released benefits under a scheme aimed at the inclusive growth of the distressed sections of society.
In his brief speech after taking the salute and unfurling the National Flag during the Republic Day parade at the YPS Stadium in Patiala, the Chief Minister said each of the 10.25 lakh farmers covered under the debt waiver scheme would receive its benefit by November.
For the development of Patiala, the Chief Minister announced a grant of Rs 45 crore for rural areas and Rs 5 crore for urban areas over and above Rs 100 crore already announced by him for the upgrade of infrastructure in the district.
Launching the benefits under the “Mahatama Gandhi Sarbat Vikas Yojana”, Amarinder said the programme’s objective was to give the distressed sections of society all the help they needed, socially, economically or psychologically. The government had identified a large number of such people who had so far been deprived of pro-poor initiatives, he said, adding that of these, 2 lakh people would start getting the benefits of 20 different schemes of the government from today.
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