Jasrota: Emphasizing that PM Modi’s vision was to ensure an empowered rural India, Aruna Jasrotia wife of MLA Rajiv Jasrotia here on Saturday said that strengthening infrastructure, ensuring basic amenities and providing job and business opportunities to youth in villages through various schemes was a priority of BJP government. This was stated by Aruna after laying foundation stone of lane and drain work at Panchayat Kishanpur Kandi costing worth Rs 04 lacs in presence of Mandal Pradhan Mukesh Sharma (Roni) , Sarpanch Sudershan Khajuria , Prem Chand , Nek Ram , Bodh Raj , Chaman Lal , Nandan Khajuria , Kuldeep Raj besides others.
Aruna noted that PM Modi Govt committed to ensure an empowered rural India, provide ample opportunities for villagers, reduce migration and ensure ease of life of the people in villages. For this, the government has implemented several schemes in each and every village to ensure basic amenities. She further highlighted that every house was provided with a toilet as part of the Swachh Bharat Mission, crores of people in rural India were given pucca houses as part of PM Awaas Yojana and lakhs of houses in villages were ensured safe and clean drinking water through Jal Jeevan Mission. “Today, health facilities are being provided to people in more than 1.5 lakh Ayushman Arogya Mandirs,” Aruna said.
Aruna added that telemedicine, assisted by digital technologies, has ensured the option of best doctors and hospitals in the villages. Crores of people in the rural areas have benefited from telemedicine through e-Sanjeevini. She also underscored the goal of providing maximum economic assistance to villagers, enabling them to engage in farming and create new employment and self-employment opportunities. She noted that through the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, farmers have received approximately Rs 3 lakh crore in financial assistance.Highlighting the focus on rural infrastructure, Aruna highlighted that most villages are now connected to highways, expressways, and railways. She noted that under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, approximately 4 lakh kilometres of roads were constructed in rural areas over the past 10 years.“Villages are becoming the modern 21st-century villages in terms of digital infrastructure,” she said.
Aruna highlighted the importance of creating economic policies that take into account every section of the society to strengthen the rural economy. She stated that over 94 per cent of rural households now have access to telephones or mobile phones and banking services, and world-class technology like UPI was available in villages. The number of Common Service Centres has increased from less than 1 lakh before 2014 to over 5 lakh today, providing dozens of government services online. She underlined that this infrastructure was accelerating village development, creating employment opportunities, and integrating villages into the nation’s progress.
The ‘Lakhpati Didi’ scheme aimed at enabling women to earn Rs 1 lakh per annum is among the key focuses of the government. “Many programmes are being implemented and work is being done through self help groups. There are one crore ‘Lakhpati Didis’. We have to take this number to three crore,” she said. Referring to the Union cabinet’s decision to construct three crore more houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, she said. The Lakhpati Didi programme, implemented by the Rural Development Ministry, aims at catalysing economic empowerment and financial independence among women in rural areas.Later, Aruna also met with a large number of people of the area and was apprised of their demands and grievances. She assured the people of the area that all the works related to development will be taken up at the earliest. She also sought cooperation of the people in implementing the development programmes on ground level.
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