8.74 lakh Himachal farmers benefited by Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojna: CM

SHIMLA

: Chief minister Jai Ram Thakur said that 8.74 lakh farmers of the state have been benefitted under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojna by depositing Rs 2,000 in their accounts. He said that Centre and state governments are working hard to ensure minimum loss to human lives during Covid-19

pandemic

.


CM said that efforts of the state government have been appreciated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and also acknowledged by a prestigious independent agency which was a big honour for a small state like

Himachal Pradesh

.

Jai Ram Thakur said this while addressing the virtual rallies of BJP Mandals of Bharmour in

Chamba district

, Pachhad in

Sirmaur district

, Doon in

Solan district

and Hamirpur through video conferencing from Shimla on Sunday.

He said that Congress leaders of the State are in a confused situation as they initially requested the state government to bring back people stranded in different parts of country. Now, when about two lakh people had been brought back, the same Congress leaders were blaming the government for this action which increased the

Covid-19 cases

in the state, he added.

“It was the duty of government to bring these people back home as they were our own people and we could not leave them in this hour of distress,” he said, adding that people of state need not to panic, as all the cases of Corona positive were either those who had come from other states or were their primary contacts.

He said that all these people arriving from various parts of the country were being been kept in institutional or home quarantine and were not allowed to mingle with general public.

He said that the state government has provided free gas cylinder and connection to about 2.76 lakh families under

the HP Grihini Suvidha Yojna

besides 1.36 lakh families have been provided free gas connections under

the Ujjwala Yojna

.

He said that two installments of Rs 500 each have been deposited in accounts of 1,11,863 poor persons under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojna, while 5.69 lakh people have been provided enhanced social security pension in advance for a period of three months.