Goal Is To Ensure That Govt. Schemes Reach All Eligible People: PM
New Delhi: Asserting that the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra has not only become the journey of a government but of the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said when the poor, farmers, women and youth are empowered, the nation will become powerful.
Addressing the Yatra in various parts of the country via video conferencing, the prime minister said that under earlier governments, the scope of discussions on agricultural policy was only limited to production and sale, neglecting the various issues faced by farmers daily.
"Our government has made all-out efforts to ease every difficulty of the farmers," Modi said.
In his remarks, Prime Minister Modi also talked about the transfer of at least Rs 30,000 to every farmer through PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, promotion
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When poor, farmers, women, youth are empowered, country will become powerful
Govt committed to development of citizens living in tribal areas of cooperation in agriculture with organisations like 10 crore women have joined women selfhelp groups in the last 10 years
More than Rs 7.5 lakh crore have been provided to the women.
VBSY connected with about 11 crore people.
PACS (Primary Agricultural Credit Society) and Farmers
Producer Organisation (FPO), increase in storage facilities and the "boost" to food processing industry.
The prime minister said that Toor or Arhar dal farmers can now sell their produce directly to the government online, ensuring purchase at MSP and better prices in the market.
The scope of this scheme will be extended to other pulses also, he added.
"Our effort is that the money we send abroad to buy pulses should be available to the farmers of the country," he said.
He reiterated that the main goal of the Yatra is to ensure that no deserving beneficiary of the government schemes is left out.
Referring to the buzz about the 'Modi ki guarantee', the prime minister dwelled on the rationale of covering beneficiaries in a mission mode and also underlined the link between the