Port Blair, Nov 20: As a part of Govt of India’s engagement in the mission to popularize its flagship schemes all over the country, the A&N Administration has embarked on the task of generating awareness about these schemes among the target masses.
These schemes mostly focus on providing basic amenities like sanitation, essential financial services, Ujjwala Yojna, housing for the poor, food security, healthcare, clean drinking water, quality education, old age pension etc.
Addressing a large gathering of officials, PRI members and villagers at Beodnabad Panchayat’s community hall, today, Mrs. Veditha Reddy, Dy. Commissioner, South Andaman spoke about salient features of the welfare schemes launched by the GoI with a view to making required services available to all the targeted beneficiaries.
The UT Administration here, she said, is taking steps in this direction to ensure awareness of benefits to the Masses. With this aim to raise awareness through outreach activities to achieve saturation of schemes named “Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra” has been started in these islands, too.
The DC called upon the villages to reap the optimum benefit of the schemes. The campaign, she said, will continue in the next 50 days at different locations.
An IEC (Information, Education and Communication) van was also flagged off on this occasion which will be visiting different villages in the days to come.
Earlier, Mr. Parmasivam, Pradhan, Beodnabad Gram Panchayat welcomed the chief guest, Mrs. Veditha Reddy. She also visited a number of stalls put up by SHGs and various line departments on the venue. A thematic cultural programme was also organised on this occasion. The Sarpanch proposed the vote of thanks.
