Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 20: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national vice president and Prabhari J&K Avinash Rai Khanna today said BJP led NDA Government under the Prime Minister-ship of Narendra Modi has launched a number of schemes during the last over four and half years for the socio-economic upliftment of the poor and weaker sections of the society. The Target Group people are availing their benefits, which has raised their living standards and brought prosperity in their lives. It is in this series that one more such scheme for the labour class of unorganized sector in the country has been recently included in the 2019-20 Interim Budget, he added.
While informing that the labour class under unorganized sector has been gifted with first ever financial scheme of getting Rs. 3000 monthly pension on attaining age of 60 years with a meagre contribution, Khanna said, that in the Interim Budget of the Narendra Modi Government Shram Yogi Maan Dhan Scheme” (PMSYM) for the benefit of this class was launched. Under the scheme they can get themselves connected through 3.13 lakh Common Service Centres (CSCs) across the country, out of which 2.13 lakh are at Panchayat level.
Elaborating about the scheme, Khanna, said that the person opting for the scheme will get Rs. 3000 monthly pension after 60 years of age and that the registration for the same has commenced, wherein any labourer under unorganized sector between 18 to 40 years is eligible to apply and be beneficiary of the same.
As announced in the 2019-20 Interim Budget presented by Piyush Goel, this scheme will cover people having monthly income up to Rs. 15000 and a target of connecting 10 crore labourers in the next five years has been fixed, Khanna said and added that the registration facility is available at the nearest CMC of the deserving person.
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