Raipur, 10 March 2024
The address started with Jai Johar. I respectfully salute Maa Danteshwari, Maa Bamleshwari and Maa Mahamaya. Salute to the mothers and sisters of Chhattisgarh. Two weeks ago, I laid the foundation stone and inaugurated schemes worth Rs 35 thousand crore in your state. Today I have the privilege of dedicating the Mahtari Vandan Yojana which empowers women power. Under Mahtari Vandan Yojana, a promise of giving one thousand rupees every month was made to more than 70 lakh mothers and sisters of Chhattisgarh. The government fulfilled its promise. Today, the first installment of Rs 655 crore was released under Mahtari Vandan Yojana and I am seeing lakhs of sisters being seen on the screen. It is also a good fortune to receive blessings from you at different places. I should have reached among you today, but due to different programs, today I am in Uttar Pradesh and am speaking from Kashi. Last night I paid obeisance to Baba Vishwanath and prayed for the well-being of all the countrymen. Got an opportunity to talk to you from the land of Baba Vishwanath. I certainly congratulate you. Baba Vishwanath is also blessing you. It was not possible to organize this program on March 8 due to Shivratri, but today one thousand rupees are reaching from Baba Bhole’s city along with Bhole Baba’s blessings are also reaching. This money will keep coming into your accounts every month without any hassle. This is my trust on the government of Chhattisgarh, I am guaranteeing this. When mothers and sisters are empowered, the entire family is empowered. The priority of the double engine government is the welfare of our mothers and sisters. Today the family is getting a permanent house and that too in the name of women, Ujjwala is getting cheap cylinder and that too in the name of women. More than 50 percent of Jan Dhan accounts are in the name of women. More than 65 percent of Mudra loans have been taken by women, especially young daughters. He started his work. In the last ten years, our government has changed the lives of more than 10 crore women through self-help groups. Due to the efforts of our government, till now more than one crore lakhpati didis have become. Villages have become such a big economic power. Seeing this success, we decided to take a bigger leap. We have now resolved that we will fulfill the target of making three crore sisters of the country Lakhpati Didi. We will also work on NaMo Drone Didi scheme. You join us tomorrow at 10:11 and see how amazing Namo Drone Didi is doing. The government will also provide drones to the sisters and also provide training for drone pilots. One sister said that I did not even know how to ride a bicycle, now I am a drone pilot. This will develop agriculture. A family is prosperous when the family is healthy. The family is healthy only when the women of the house are healthy. Earlier, the death of mother and child during pregnancy was a big worry. We worked on this. Earlier, due to lack of toilets, mothers had to endure humiliation. This has freed women from diseases.
I cannot congratulate Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Dev Sai and his team for fulfilling the promise of Mahtari Vandan Yojana in such a short time of formation of the government. Modi’s guarantee means guarantee that the guarantee will be fulfilled. Our government is continuously working to fulfill the guarantee we had given for the prosperity of Chhattisgarh. We had guaranteed that we will construct 18 lakh pucca houses. The Cabinet started work on this the very second day of government formation. Paddy farmers of Chhattisgarh were guaranteed two years of outstanding bonus. Chhattisgarh government transferred Rs 3716 crore to the accounts of farmers on the occasion of Atal ji’s birthday. We had given a guarantee that we will purchase paddy at Rs 3100 per quintal. This promise was fulfilled and a record was created by purchasing 145 metric tons of paddy. The difference amount purchased will be paid to the farmer brothers soon. Development works will be increased in the coming five years. You will have a big participation in this. In this way, the double engine government of Chhattisgarh will fulfill every guarantee of yours. Summer has started and there are millions of mothers in front of me, it is a wonderful sight. I am speaking from Kashi Dham. I am conveying Baba’s blessings. Best wishes to all of you
