Eight awareness vans to be launched under ‘Viksit Bharat Sankalap Yatra’ to spread awareness for welfare schemes- DC Surabhi Malik Move aims at providing benefit of welfare schemes at doorsteps

Eight awareness vans to be launched under ‘Viksit Bharat Sankalap Yatra’ to spread awareness for welfare schemes- DC Surabhi Malik

Move aims at providing benefit of welfare schemes at doorsteps

On-the-spot enrolment of beneficiaries will also be done during this drive

Ludhiana, November 17- Rajiv Kumar

As many as eight awareness Vans to be launched under ‘Viksit Bharat Sankalap Yatra’ in the district to spread maximum awareness among beneficiaries about the benefit of welfare schemes.

Giving more information, Deputy Commissioner Surabhi Malik said that the Goverment of India had launched this scheme on November 15, this to ensure that benefits of flagship schemes reach the targeted beneficiarie in a time bound manner.

The Government of India, with participation of States and Union Territories, is actively engaged in the mission of saturation through its flagship schemes for providing basic amenities like sanitation facilities, essential financial services, access to LPG connections, housin or the poor, food security, proper nutrition, reliable healthcare, clean drinking water, quality education etc and making required services accessible to all targeted and eligible beneficiaries.

Another step in this direction would be to ensure awareness of benefits and various facilities available to citizens so as to facilitate the last mile delivery.

Under Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra, concerted efforts to be made to ensure active Jan Bhagidari to reach out most vulnerable effectively. The objectives of the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra are Reaching the unreached – reach out to he vulnerable who are eligible uander various schemes but have not availed benefit so far.

Furthermore, dissemination of information and generating awareness about schemes. Likewise, learing from the citizens-Interaction with beneficiaries of government schemes through pcrsonal stories experience sharing.

She also mentioned that the enrolment of potential beneficiaries to be done through details ascertained during the Yatra.

The IEC (Information, Education and Communication) Vans will be initially covering two villages per day.