NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Thursday interacted with beneficiaries of the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra via video conferencing.
Balveer Kaur, sarpanch of village Rangpur and a farmer from Arnia in Jammu district informed the Prime Minister that she has availed of the benefits of multiple government schemes namely Kisan Credit Card scheme, Farm Machinery Bank Scheme and Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojna.
During the interaction as someone pushed her way to the seating row where the sarpanch was sitting, the PM, in a lighter vein, asked her to be mindful of her chair as people are coming in and new claimants are pushing. “Ab sarpanch wo hi ban jayengi (Now she will become the new sarpanch),” he joked.
Kaur said her village is located near the border. Modi congratulated her for being the owner of a tractor that was purchased using Kisan Credit Card. The Prime Minister said ‘you have a tractor, I do not even have a bicycle’.
He emphasised the need to create awareness about attaining saturation of government schemes and suggested Kaur reach out to ten neighbouring villages and spread the word. The PM underlined the belief that all the benefits reach the last person standing in the queue. When the Prime Minister complimented her on having data of her area on her finger tips, she replied “Aap se hi seekha hai grassroot par kaam karna. Kaam karti hoon aur bhoolti nahi hoon. (I have learnt from you to work at the grassroots and not forget details of the work)”.
Throwing light on the purpose of Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra, the PM said that it aims to learn from the experiences of the existing beneficiaries and also encompass those who have not yet availed the benefits.
When she said that people from the border area do not tell lies, the PM quipped “In India not only border people but all Indians do not tell lies. Truth is in the nature of our nation. Only few stray people who have gone on wrong path resort to lies.”
Balveer Kaur, sarpanch of village Rangpur and a farmer from Arnia in Jammu district informed the Prime Minister that she has availed of the benefits of multiple government schemes namely Kisan Credit Card scheme, Farm Machinery Bank Scheme and Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojna.
During the interaction as someone pushed her way to the seating row where the sarpanch was sitting, the PM, in a lighter vein, asked her to be mindful of her chair as people are coming in and new claimants are pushing. “Ab sarpanch wo hi ban jayengi (Now she will become the new sarpanch),” he joked.
Kaur said her village is located near the border. Modi congratulated her for being the owner of a tractor that was purchased using Kisan Credit Card. The Prime Minister said ‘you have a tractor, I do not even have a bicycle’.
He emphasised the need to create awareness about attaining saturation of government schemes and suggested Kaur reach out to ten neighbouring villages and spread the word. The PM underlined the belief that all the benefits reach the last person standing in the queue. When the Prime Minister complimented her on having data of her area on her finger tips, she replied “Aap se hi seekha hai grassroot par kaam karna. Kaam karti hoon aur bhoolti nahi hoon. (I have learnt from you to work at the grassroots and not forget details of the work)”.
Throwing light on the purpose of Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra, the PM said that it aims to learn from the experiences of the existing beneficiaries and also encompass those who have not yet availed the benefits.
When she said that people from the border area do not tell lies, the PM quipped “In India not only border people but all Indians do not tell lies. Truth is in the nature of our nation. Only few stray people who have gone on wrong path resort to lies.”