Bhubaneswar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is celebrating his 74th birthday on Tuesday. He is in Odisha on this occasion. During this, the Prime Minister has launched the Subhadra Yojana here. This scheme is a major scheme of the state government for women empowerment. Under this, it has been announced to give Rs 10,000 every year to more than 1 crore women of the state for the next five years. PM Modi launched this scheme by pressing a button at a grand ceremony in Bhubaneswar in the presence of Chief Minister Mohan Majhi, Governor Raghubar Das, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and other ministers of the Odisha government.
Over 25 lakh women received the first instalment of Rs 5,000 under the Subhadra scheme on Tuesday, officials said. Subhadra scheme was a key promise in the BJP’s manifesto under “Modi’s Guarantee for Odisha” that helped the party form government on its own for the first time in the state in June this year. According to the government, the scheme aims to provide cash assistance of Rs 50,000 to one crore women in the age group of 21 to 60 years over five years. The state government plans to spend Rs 55,000 crore on the scheme.
Railway projects were also given the green signal
PM Modi met a beneficiary of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban at her home in Bhubaneswar and also ate kheer on the occasion of his birthday. Earlier on Tuesday, PM Modi also laid the foundation stone and inaugurated railway projects worth Rs 2,800 crore and national highway projects worth Rs 1,000 crore through virtual mode.
26 lakh people celebrated Griha Pravesh under PMAY
The PM also released the first instalment of financial assistance to around 13 lakh beneficiaries from 14 states under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin. 26 lakh PMAY (rural and urban) beneficiaries celebrated Griha Pravesh on the occasion. PM Modi also handed over the keys of houses to new homeowners under the central scheme. He also launched the Aawas+ 2024 app for survey of additional houses for PMAYG.
When I participated in Ganesh Puja, people in the ecosystem faced problems: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently participated in Ganesh Puja at the house of Supreme Court Chief Justice DY Chandrachud. PM Modi has reacted for the first time on Tuesday after the controversy over Ganesh Puja at CJI Chandrachud’s house.
PM Modi says that even today, power hungry people who are busy dividing and breaking the society are having problems with Ganesh Puja. When I participated in Ganesh Puja, Congress and its ecosystem people had problems. Those who divide the society are having problems with Ganesh Utsav:
He said that some people are angry because I participated in Ganpati Puja. Congress and people of this ecosystem are angry because I participated in Ganpati Puja and in Karnataka where they have a government, these people have committed a bigger crime. These people put the idol of Lord Ganesha behind bars. The whole country was disturbed by those pictures. This hateful thinking is a mentality to spread poison in the society, which is very dangerous for our country. It is necessary to curb this hateful thinking. We should not let such forces move forward.
PM Modi said that Ganesh Utsav is not just a festival of faith for our country. Ganesh Utsav played a very important role in the independence of our country. When the British were trying to divide the country in their hunger for power, making the country fight in the name of castes, spreading poison in the society, divide and rule became their weapon. Then Ganesh Utsav played an important role in independence.
Let us tell you that last week Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the Ganpati Puja ceremony at the residence of Supreme Court Chief Justice DY Chandrachud. During this, PM Modi was seen performing Ganesh Aarti with CJI Chandrachud. There was a controversy over this whole matter.
