PM Narendra Modi virtually interacts with beneficiaries of central government’s welfare schemes under programme Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the government is working tirelessly to provide free food grains, medicines and basic amenities to the people to take the country forward. He said, now the country has determined to become a developed nation by 2047 and it is not going to stop.

The Prime Minister today virtually interacted with beneficiaries of central government’s welfare schemes under the outreach programme Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra. The aim of the Yatra is to attain saturation of flagship schemes by ensuring that the benefits of these schemes reach to all the targeted beneficiaries in a time bound manner. Highlighting the success of this mega outreach campaign, Mr. Modi said, people wholeheartedly welcome the Information, Education and Communication vans in their area and this is called as Modi’s guarantee vehicle. He said, these vans have covered 12 thousand panchayats and reached to 30 lakh people across the country so far.

On this occasion, the Prime Minister also launched Drone Didi programme. Under the initiative, drones will be provided to Women Self Help Groups so that this technology can be used by them in Agriculture sector. A total of 15 thousand drones will be provided to women SHGs in the next three years. Women will also be provided necessary training to fly and use drones.

During the programme, Prime Minister also dedicated the 10,000th Jan Aushadi Kendra at AIIMS, Deoghar. Prime Minister also launched the programme to increase the number of Jan Aushadhi Kendras in the country from 10 thousand to 25 thousand. Speaking on this occasion, Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said, it is a vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make the country a developed nation by 2047 and Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra will play instrumental role in this direction.