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.
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On March 27, the RBI had issued a circular which allowed lending institutions to grant a moratorium on payment of instalments of term loans falling due between March 1, 2020, and May 31, 2020, due to the pandemic. Later, it was extended till August 31.
Sadly, the Prime Minister who launched this scheme with much fanfare did not know the extent of corruption a state like Tamil Nadu was steeped in. The scheme was abruptly stopped in the State after a scam of at least Rs 110 crore was detected.
The Chief Minister said that this scheme was started in May, 2018 with an objective to provide financial assistance to the youth to start their self employment ventures
Under the new scheme, district-wise selection of beneficiaries would begin from August 17 and the beneficiaries would start receiving the amount in the bank account of a female family member on the first day of every month, starting from October, he said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the ambitious Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) from Jharkhand’s Ranchi on Sunday.
Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) has been one of the flagship initiatives of the Government to promote entrepreneurship spirit among the youth by providing easy loans without guarantees.
