Sent names of 2.5 lakh Bengal farmers to Centre for PM Kisan scheme: Mamata
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She sought to know why the Union authorities has not disbursed any money profit to the beneficiaries as but.
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the TMC dispensation for not implementing central schemes in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday instructed the Assembly that her authorities has despatched to the Centre names of 2.5 lakh farmers who’re eligible for advantages beneath the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana.
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She sought to know why the Union authorities has not disbursed any money profit to the beneficiaries as but.
Ms. Banerjee instructed the House that the state authorities had acquired an inventory of six lakh candidates from the Centre for verification, of which 2.5 lakh names have been despatched to the Centre for monetary help beneath the central welfare programme.
She additionally stated that her authorities would float 19 industrial initiatives within the state, entailing an funding of ₹ 72,200 crore, and create 3.29 lakh employment alternatives.
The CM was responding to questions raised by the members of the House throughout a debate on a vote-on-account that she had introduced on February 5.
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With state elections not far away, Ms. Banerjee had introduced a vote-on-account for ₹ 2.99 lakh crore within the Assembly and made a slew of bulletins, together with a hike within the annual support of farmers.
The chief minister has elevated the annual monetary help, beneath the state authorities’s ‘Krishak Bandhu’ scheme, to ₹ 6,000 from ₹ 5,000, conserving in thoughts the curiosity of farmers.
She stated that advantages of the central scheme needs to be made obtainable to the sharecroppers, together with help supplied by the state to all cultivators, irrespective of their landholdings.
Under the PM Kisan scheme, ₹ 6,000 per 12 months in three equal instalments is supplied to small and marginal farmer households having a mixed landholding of up to two hectares.
Addressing a rally in Haldia on Sunday, the prime minister had assailed the state authorities for not implementing central schemes like Ayushman Bharat and PM Kisan Samman Nidhi.
He asserted that after the BJP kinds its authorities within the state, it’s going to take steps to implement all such stalled programmes on the very first cupboard assembly.
