Rs 2100 crore interest of farmers will be waived on June 13

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that his schemes for Women Empowerment including Ladli Bahna Yojana will usher in a new era in the next five years by overcoming injustice, illiteracy and POVERTY.

Chouhan was interacting with women and a large number of villagers who attended the Ladli Bahna Sammelan and residential land rights letter distribution programme in Bamhori kasba village of Raisen district on Wednesday. The Chief Minister also gifted development works worth Rs 328 crore 4 lakh 20 thousand to the people of Silvani and Udaipura assembly constituencies.

The Chief Minister said that the farmers should also be happy as the government will pay the interest amount of Rs 2100 crores of farmers on coming June 13. Apart from Rs 2,900 crore for crop Insurance, a Kisan Samman Nidhi of Rs 2,000 each will also be deposited in the accounts of the farmers.

The Chief Minister assured the sisters that he would continue to work for the honour of daughters, sisters and mothers till his last breath. He said that Ladli Bahna Yojana is a social revolution and heralds a new era of Women Empowerment. Schemes prepared by him like Ladli Laxmi, Mukhyamantri Kanya-Vivah have made daughters a boon from earlier a curse in the Society, while to local bodies and reservation in government Services have ensured adequate participation of half the Population in development along with power.