Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that Madhya Pradesh Government is committed to adequate arrangement of education and medicines along with basic amenities of anna, clothing and shelter. The poor section of the society will never remain hungry. With this purpose, a provision was made to provide food grains to the needy class every month by incorporating Pradhan Mantri Garib Anna Yojana with Mukhyamantri Annapurna Yojana.
Eligibility slips and ration packets are being distributed today to new beneficiaries in all the districts of the state today. Food is everybody’s requirement. This right is being given to 37 lakh people in the state who were being deprived of their ration due to lack of eligibility slips. All the new beneficiaries will be given 5 kg of wheat / rice per member and one kg of iodized salt per family every month starting from this month in the programmes being held in the capital, district, gram panchayat and ward level. Apart from this, all new fair price consumers will be given 5 kg of wheat / rice and one kg of pulses free per member by the coming month of November under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Anna Yojana.
Chouhan was inaugurating the state level Anna Utsav at Samanvay Bhavan, Bhopal. On this occasion, Chief Minister Chouhan provided ration packets and eligibility slips to 6 women beneficiaries including Babita, Seema, Shobha, Sunita, Vandana and Badami Devi. The programme was presided over by Food and Civil Supplies Minister Bisahulal Singh.
During the inauguration of Anna Utsav, Chief Minister Chouhan said that providing cheap facilities including food grains is not a favour to a particular class.
This is their right. Despite being intelligent, many children are deprived of education. The government has been paying the fees for their school education, now the government will pay the fees for their higher education also. Apart from this, the poor needy women of the state will also be provided gas stoves. Not only this, clean drinking water and concrete houses will be provided to everyone.
Chouhan said that maximum employment opportunities will be made available in the state.
