Chandigarh, May 26, 2015: The Central Government has decided to launch Pradhan Mantri Irrigation Scheme to increase area under irrigation upto 14 per cent in next five years in the country.
This was disclosed by BJP National President, Mr Amit Shah while addressing a well attended public meeting organized to mark the completion of one year of Central Government in Karnal today.
He said that soil health cards on the model of Gujarat and Madhya Pradhesh would be adopted in the country to help the farmers in identification of kind of fertilizers and quantity of water required for their crops. The scheme of soil health cards has been successfully implemented in these two states to better understand the use of nutrients, fertilizers and improve productivity of soil. Both these states have achieved 14 per cent agricultural growth rate. He also thanked the people of Haryana for their support which paved the way in formation of BJP government at the Centre.
While referring to the previous UPA government, Mr Shah said that there was atmosphere of disappointment everywhere during last 10 years in the country and besides inflation corruption was at its peak. “We sought support of the people in the election saying come with BJP, we will change the system”he added. He said that it was a matter of pride that not even a single allegation of corruption has been leveled against the present Central Government led by Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi in last one year and a transparent government is operational in the country. Earlier, there was a scam every month during the UPA rule which accounted for about Rs.12 lakh crore. Even opposition could not level any allegation on our government, he added.
He said that some opposition leaders were misleading the innocent people saying what BJP had done for welfare of farmers. He said that many decisions have been taken for welfare of farmers in their hour of crisis including increase in the compensation amount and relaxation in the limit of luster loss grains.
He said that Haryana government led by Chief Minister Mr. Manohar Lal has given more than Rs.1090 crore as compensation to the farmers as per new norms. Had old criteria been adopted, the farmers would have been able to get compensation of only Rs.212 crore. Our government had released Rs.800 crore more as financial help to farmers. Similarly, we have done a lot for welfare of the poor people in last one year. Congress had ruled the country for about 60 years out of 68 years of independence. During this period, there are many families which did not have a single bank account. He reminded that Prime Minister, on August 15 last, had announced that every household would be connected with bank account. It is a matter of satisfaction that so far 15 crore bank accounts had been opened. As a part of this, insurance scheme has been launched as per which anyone could get accidental and life insurance cover by paying Rs.12 and Rs.330 per annum respectively. The Central government had also launched MUDRA bank with a corpus of Rs.20,000 crore with a loan provision ranging from Rs.10000 to Rs.10 lakh to the poor people, he added.
He said that we would provide employment opportunities to youth through Make in India and Skill India, ensure country’s high growth rate and strengthen the rail and road network. He also blamed the Congress government, which did not pay any heed to bring back the black money. On the contrary, Prime Minister had constituted SIT on black money in first Cabinet meeting and had pave the way for stern laws in this direction. Government had successfully launched Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao programme. Today, borders are safe and government is also striving hard in this direction. BJP government has also worked to enhance image of the country abroad. On the initiatives of Prime Minister, June 21 would be observed as International Yoga day, he added.
He also praised the functioning of Haryana Government led by Chief Minister Mr. Manohar Lal saying that this State Government has completed seven months today. In this tenure, not a single person could level allegation of corruption against the government. The Haryana Government is working to eliminate corruption completely. He also sought support of the people and hoped that such kind of cooperation would also be expected in future too. / (SK Vyas, Jalandhar)
Date:
Tuesday, May 26, 2015