Chhattisgarh CM pledges to restore 2 welfare schemes, dropped by previous Congress govt

The two schemes, ‘Charan Paduka’ and Saraswati cycle distribution, which were launched during the previous Raman Singh government, were discontinued when Congress returned to power in Chhattisgarh in 2018.

Under the “Charan Paduka’ scheme, a pair of shoes were provided to the tribals who go to the forests to collect forest produce.

Similarly, under the Saraswati cycle distribution scheme, the girl students in the government-run schools were provided a cycle to go to the school.

The key objective of the scheme was to check the dropout of the girl students in the schools.

Mr Sai made the announcement while addressing the district level women’s conference at Jagdalpur, headquarters of Bastar.

The chief minister released the sixth instalment of the ‘Mahtari Vandan Yojana’, in which a monthly incentive of Rs 1,000 is given to the women covered under the scheme, to over 70 lakh beneficiaries.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Sai said that his government has implemented the guarantees pledged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi before the December, 2023 Assembly elections in the state for the welfare of farmers, tribals and the poor.

In its first decision after coming to power in Chhattisgarh in December, 2023, his government sanctioned houses under Prime Minister Awas Yojana to 18 lakh homeless families in the state, Mr Sai said.