The Bharatiya Janata Party state president Madan Kaushik said that the opposition is distorting the statement of chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat and trying to rouse public sentiment. However, it will not succeed in its attempt. Kaushik said that the BJP government is properly discharging the responsibility handed to it by the public, adding that the party has to answer to the public.
Responding to the questions raised by the Congress, Kaushik said that during its four years in office so far, the state government had provided employment to seven lakh people through various means. Not one but various schemes for every section of society are being conducted by the government. The government has not merely provided employment but has also worked in the direction of making the people self reliant through self employment, he said.
The BJP state president further said that the State government and the Central government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi are committed to doubling the income of farmers by 2022. The farm laws enacted by the centre in the interest of farmers will bring about revolutionary change in the coming times while also increasing the income of farmers manifolds. In Uttarakhand, the income of farmers has definitely increased due to the Deendayal Upadhyaya cooperative farmers welfare agriculture loan scheme under which upto Rs three lakh loan is being provided to farmers. Kaushik said, “The government wants to increase the income of farmers and make them self reliant. For this, loans were distributed to 25,000 beneficiaries at programmes held in 95 development blocks and five other places for various agricultural and related activities.
The state government is undertaking various efforts to improve the economic condition of farmers,” said the BJP state president. Kaushik further said that growth centres are being made to boost the income of local people and so far a total of 107 growth centres have been approved. At present, these growth centres are proving effective in enhancing the livelihoods of the locals. These growth centres will be extended to all the Nyay Panchayats in the state. Apart from this, the co-ownership right accorded to women in the ancestral property of their husbands and the Ghasyari scheme will prove to be milestones in efforts aimed at ensuring the welfare of women, he added.
Saturday, 20 March 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
