The Centre has launched several schemes focusing on education, employment, and infrastructure development to safeguard the rights and improve the lives of minorities which comprise about 19.3 per cent of the country's population.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare organised a regional conference in New Delhi on Thursday to conduct a midterm review of agricultural schemes implemented by northern states.
In his Independence Day speech, Narendra Modi mentioned ensuring affordable credit for poor and middle-class housing.
The Union Cabinet has approved a total outlay of Rs 3.70 lakh crore aimed at benefitting farmers through schemes, Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said here on Wednesday.
Pinarayi Vijayan said the Central government was asking to stop the welfare schemes of the state in order to overcome the financial crisis. But the state government doesn’t agree to it.
The Chief Minister said the state government had initiated several schemes for the welfare, development, and empowerment of women.
Replying to debate on the Governor's address on the fifth day of the ongoing budget session, Thakur said governments come and go but we (political leaders) are remembered for new initiatives and schemes for welfare of the masses.
Initially the government had an estimate that nearly 2 crore beneficiaries will register for the 'Lakshmir Bhandar' project but so far, the government has received 1.63 crore applications of which 1.52 crore have been approved. Nearly 7 lakh applications have been cancelled. The government has spent more than Rs 800 crore on the project and going by the figure the finance department estimates that the state government will have to cough up another Rs 5600 crore which might in turn lead to a staggering figure in a full financial year.
The Finance Minister also announced a number of new schemes and initiatives for Jammu & Kashmir which included launch of Tejasvini and Hausala schemes of J&K Bank, Shikhar and Shikara schemes of Punjab National Bank (PNB) and SIDBI cluster development fund for Rs. 200 crore
Cash available in the scheme 'Franklin India Short Term Income Plan (FISTIP)' as of 27 August was Rs 950 crore and that in Franklin India Income Opportunities Fund (FIIOF) was Rs 567.25 crore.
