“Just write a post card, addressed to the C.M. Gandhinagar, if at all, any of you find the quality of the goods given, dissatisfactory, by any chance. I will set the concerned officer straight..”
These words were stated by the Hon. C.M. Shri Narendra Modi, in the very first Garib Kalyan Mela held at Kutch, on the 16th January, 2010. He appealed to people, who were to receive the aid on behalf of Garib Kalyan Yojna [originally proposed by the center, but to be implemented by the respective states, to abolish the established existence of middleman, who would grab away the cream of the aid to be received by the underprivileged.
The examples are one and many..
The sweet smile while receiving the concerned help, in the form of cash and kind, have lit up the faces of people living below poverty line.
For all these years, different aids and help by Govt. and semi Govt. organizations have been announced. Some implemented halfheartedly, some eaten up by the middlemen. The consistent benefits have been far and few.
And,
As a result, the underprivileged have remained deprived, no matter whatever the scheme announced.
Shri Modiji and his team of Ministers and Bureaucrats took it up on the Gujarat Govt. to conduct the Garib Kalyan Melas in each remote districts of the state and empower the unfortunates, with their right.
Thus, the 1,500 crores worth benefits would reach directly in the hands of the needy. The complicatedness of process, of contacting the concerned officer and department, procuring the necessary information regarding the available facility was always cumbersome as well as time consuming. To eradicate the convoluted procedures, the “brain child” of Shri Narendra Modi, was Garib Kalyan Mela, which would unable the destitute to receive the aid and that too, very respectably.
To state a few of the benefits received by the beneficiary, are..
1. Amreli-Rs. 120.69 crore worth of Govt. schemes to be distributed among the 63089 beneficiaries.
2. Narmada- At Dediapada, on behalf of Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojna, Rs. 94 crores state Govt. benefits to be received by the 60,000 tribals.
3. Mehsana-At Visnagar, 42,000 needy, to be rewarded help worth Rs. 44.44 crores, directly.
4. Banaskantha-At Tharad, more than 92,000, depriveds were presented with the aid of worth Rs.68 crores.
5. Sabarkantha-More than 67,000 unfortunates were gifted with benefits worth Rs. 69 crores, in a single day.
6. Valsad- In Dharampur, Kaprada, about 2000 destitute tribals were awarded aids worth Rs. 42 crores.
7. Vadaodara-In Dabhoi, more than 31,000 poors gained the help worth Rs. 30 crores.
8. Anand- 47,538 underprivileged, earned the benefits worth Rs. 90.15 crores.
9. Kheda-33,ooo poors received the aid worth Rs. 60 crore.
10. Ahmedabad- 45,750 destitute to receive the benefits worth Rs. 40 crores from 6 talukas.
11. Jamnagar- 30,000 on the breadline, received the aid worth Rs. 48.50 crores.
12. Surat- At Aulpad, 43,530 beneficiaries, received gadgets worth Rs. 75 crores.
13. The 73,000 deprived from 5 talukas to be rewarded with benefits worth Rs. 80 crores.
And, these are just a few of the examples... The mammoth job undertaken by Shri Modi’s Govt. is mega in every perspective.
The unfortunate young widow, Rekhaben Rathore of Aulpad, Surat will be able to earn livelihood, respectably as she has been rewarded from Social Security Scheme, a Sewing Machine, worth Rs. 5,000.
In the same manner, Dholabhai Sodhaparmar of Kaprupur, who is a farm laborer, realized his dream of owning his own roof, as he received the benefit of housing facility, under the Indira Awas Yojna.
The labour named Kallabhai Lakhubhai of Jamnagar’s Falla village received Solar Lamp and Solar panel worth Rs. 5,000. Kallabhai is a labour and earns Rs. 80 to 100 per day.
And the list is unending...
The ministers including the Hon. C.M. and bureaucrats had taken up this task of distributing the aids personally... Thus, the joy of receiving was doubled as well as feeling of honor was experienced.
In true sense, it was a unique occurrence.
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