New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Shimla, Himachal Pradesh on May 31. At around 11 AM, Prime Minister will participate in the ‘Garib Kalyan Sammelan’. This novel public program marking the completion of eight years of the government led by the Prime Minister is being organized across the country at State Capitals, District Headquarters, and Krishi Vigyan Kendras.
The Sammelan conceptualizes elected public representatives across the country directly interacting with the public in an endeavor to get feedback about the various welfare programs being run by the government.
‘Garib Kalyan Sammelan’ will start at around 09:45 AM with Chief Ministers, Central Ministers, State Ministers, Members of Parliament, Members of Legislative Assembly, and other elected public representatives directly interacting with the public at their respective locations across the country. At about 11:00 AM, with the Prime Minister joining the program, the various state and local level programs will get coverage and make the Sammelan national. During the Sammelan, Prime Minister will directly interact with the beneficiaries of different programs of nine Ministries/Departments of the Government of India.
The freewheeling interaction being organized across the country is aimed to get free and frank feedback from the public, understand the impact of welfare schemes in people’s lives, and explore convergence and saturation with regard to different government programs. The endeavor is to make the reach and delivery of government programs more efficient so as to improve the ease of living of the citizens of the country.
Prime Minister will also release the 11th installment of financial benefit under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme. This will enable the transfer of an amount of around Rs. 21,000 crore to more than 10 crore beneficiary farmer families. On this occasion, Prime Minister will also interact with the beneficiaries of (PM-KISAN) across the country.
(Vinayak)
