Released under the Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) mechanism of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, the ABS funds continue to play a pivotal role in protecting this endemic and globally valued species.
Chief Minister Yadav emphasised that the welfare of poor families, labourers, farmers and women remains the top priority of the State Government.
The verification campaign is set to begin shortly, and is aimed to eliminate fraudulent claims, enhancing the credibility of government schemes, while promoting social justice and transparency.
On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with select beneficiaries to understand the positive changes the scheme has brought to their lives.
The year 2024 has seen the Ministry of Minority Affairs adding many feathers to its cap with a slew of schemes and programmes for the minorities. During the Financial Year 2023-24, National Minorities Development Finance Corporation (NMDFC) released concessional credit to the tune of Rs 765.45 crore covering over 1.84 lakh beneficiaries.
This amount includes a special Rs 250 gift from the Chief Minister to his "beloved sisters" for Raksha Bandhan, alongside the monthly Rs 1250 provided through the 'Laadli Behna Yojana', making the total amount to Rs 1500 per beneficiary for August.
The transfer was done with a single click during a large public meeting in Chhipri village of Tikamgarh district on Friday evening.
Thousands of beneficiaries of the Yatra from across the country will join the event. The programme will also be joined in by Union ministers, MPs, MLAs and local level representatives.
The state government has been distributing 5 kg rice per person per month to the left-out eligible beneficiaries covered under the State scheme called ‘State Food Security Scheme at Re. 1 per kg since October 2018. Now it will be free of cost.
During the meeting, the officials were astonished to note that the names of 58,493 BAY beneficiaries chosen from 16 blocks of Burdwan East district have gone missing from the official portal but how - this couldn't be ascertained. The names of the entire beneficiaries from Galsi- 2 block were deleted. The names were officially enrolled in 2019-20 year.
