New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): Around 1,800 particular visitors from throughout India might be attending the Independence Day Flag hoisting by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Red Fort.
As India completes 75 years of Independence this yr, sarpanches from vibrant villages, academics, nurses, farmers, fishermen, shram yogis who helped construct the Central Vista challenge in New Delhi, khadi sector employees, nationwide award-winning college academics, border roads organisation employees and people who helped and labored for the Amrit Sarovar initiatives and Har Ghar Jal Yojana Projects, applied in varied elements of the nation, have been invited together with their partner to attend the Independence Day celebrations in New Delhi this yr, Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare mentioned in a launch on Friday.
Two beneficiaries of’Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme’ (PM-KISAN), from the state of Maharashtra, will witness the Independence Day celebrations on the Red Fort. Fifty (50) beneficiaries of the scheme, together with their households, are amongst round 1,800 individuals who’ve been invited to hearken to PM Modi’s deal with.
“The initiative to invite people from all walks of life, across India, and be a part of the celebrations has been taken by the government in line with its vision of ‘Jan Bhagidari’,” the ministry’s launch mentioned.
Speaking concerning the invitation, 54-year-old Ashok Sudam Ghule from Dhekalwadi, Baramati in Pune district mentioned, as per the discharge,”I never thought I will ever be able to go to the Red Fort in New Delhi. Going there on Independence Day is like a dream come true.” Ghule, who’s a beneficiary of PM-KISAN, is a sugar cane farmer cultivating on a 1.5-acre piece of land.
The different beneficiary, Vijay Gotiram Thakare, from Vaishakhare, Murbad, in Thane district is a standard rice farmer and in addition grows greens.
He is a beneficiary of PM-KISAN since 2019.
PM-KISAN is a Central Sector Scheme, that goals at offering monetary help to all cultivable landholding farmer households throughout the nation, topic to sure exclusion standards. Under the Scheme, an quantity of Rs 6,000 is transferred yearly in three equal instalments of Rs 2,000 instantly into the financial institution accounts of the farmers.
Meanwhile, forward of the Independence Day celebrations, Delhi police have stepped up checks, and safety measures throughout the National Capital, police officers mentioned on Friday. (ANI)