Government of Karnataka released ₹731 crore to 3.69 lakh families in Dakshina Kannada under Gruha Lakshmi scheme: Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao
The Hindu
The Minister said that the government of Karnataka had so far spent ₹157.26 crore on 5.51 lakh domestic electricity consumers in the district under Gruha Jyothi scheme, which guaranteed free electricity.
Minister in-charge of Dakshina Kannada district Dinesh Gundu Rao said that the government of Karnataka had released ₹731 crore to 3.69 lakh families in the district under the Gruha Lakshmi scheme.
In his Rajyotsava Day address at the Nehru Maidan in Mangaluru on November 1, the Minister said that the Gruha Lakshmi is the flagship programme of the government of Karnataka, which provided monthly ₹2,000 to woman head of every eligible family.
He said that 5.59 crore women travelled freely in low-end government buses so far in the district. The government spent ₹181 crore on their travel.
The Minister for Health and Family Welfare said that the government had so far spent ₹157.26 crore on 5.51 lakh domestic electricity consumers in the district under Gruha Jyothi scheme, which guaranteed free electricity.
Mr. Rao said that the government had so far credited ₹18.05 crore directly to the bank accounts of eligible beneficiaries of the Anna Bhagya scheme.
It credited ₹2.02 crore to 4,023 unemployed diploma and graduates under Yuva Nidhi scheme.
The Minister said that the government is aware that the guarantee schemes have not reached some eligible beneficiaries due to technical reasons. The Guarantee Schemes Implementation Authority is monitoring and addressing such cases. The guarantee schemes of the government have economically empowered people, particularly women. With this the government has taken leaps in strengthening the welfare state.
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