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Haryana to bear expenses of 3.50L BPL families under Ayushman Bharat Yojana

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday said that the state government has decided to bear the expenses of 3.50 lakh Antyodaya families of the state under the Ayushman Bharat scheme.

Under the Ayushman Bharat scheme, the central government has approved the benefit of Rs five lakh annually to 15 lakh BPL families of Haryana, while the number of families with an annual income of less than Rs 1.80 lakh in the state is about 18.50 lakh.

Taking a step in this direction, the Chief Minister has planned to bear the expenses of 3.50 lakh BPL families due to his visionary thinking toward Antyodaya families. “No stone was unturned in order to achieve the dreams of Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay in the upliftment of Antyodaya families, so the government has taken several initiatives in these directions,” he said.

“We have emphasized increasing human development along with economic development. We have taken remarkable initiatives for ease of living and upliftment of poor and deprived sections. Along with increasing productivity by adopting new technology, work has also been done to encourage employment and entrepreneurship,” he said.

Moreover, for the identification of Antyodaya families, the Chief Minister said that the government has linked the Parivar Pehchan Patra to Mukhyamantri Antyodaya Parivar Utthan Yojana, so that the families having an annual income of less than Rs 1.80 lakh.

So far, 2.49 lakh families have been identified whose annual income is less than Rs one lakh. For these, Antyodaya Rozgar Melas were organized across the state in two phases. In these, 1.22 lakh families registered their presence, out of which 10,000 beneficiaries were provided loans by banks for self-employment.

For the counseling of the remaining families, a special drive will be conducted in the last week of April and information will be given on their mobile for counseling, he added. Daily Pioneer

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