Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today asked BJP workers to ensure that the poor and needy are made aware of various schemes and programmes of the Central and state governments for their welfare.
Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Centre has launched a number of welfare schemes and the Haryana government too has taken various decisions for the welfare of the people, he told a meeting of BJP workers of Rohtak and Jhajjar districts in Rohtak.
Khattar said various central schemes such as Digital India, Skill India, Make in India, Swachh Bharat, Atal Pension Yojana, Smart City, AMRUT, Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, Fasal Bima Yojana, Mudra Yojana, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao and One Rank One Pension have ushered in a new era of development.
He directed the party workers to ensure that the poor and needy are made aware of these schemes and programmes, adding that these schemes have benefited Haryana as earlier, when Beti Bachao Beti Padhao was launched, the sex ratio in the state was 837. In the last five months, it has improved considerably and currently, it is 897.
The Chief Minister said 359 MoUs, envisaging investments worth Rs 5.84 lakh crore, were signed during Happening Haryana Global Investors Summit 2016 in Gurgaon on March 7-8.
He said about four lakh youngsters would get jobs with the implementation of these MoUs.
The Chief Minister also said a target has been set to make Haryana an open defecation-free state by December 31, 2017.
In the initial phase, Panchkula and Sirsa districts would be made open defecation-free, said Khattar.
