Cheques distributed under Assam Micro-Finance Incentive and Relief Scheme in Sonitpur

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TEZPUR: Minister for Information & Public Relations etc, Pijush Hazarika today ceremoniously launched the distribution of cheques among Category II beneficiaries of Sonitpur district under the Assam Micro-Finance Incentive and Relief Scheme, 2021 at a programme organized at Baan Theatre in Tezpur on Sunday.

Altogether 560 beneficiaries out of the 4783 beneficiaries under Category II received cheques worth Rs 20,000 each against a total amount of Rs. 1.12 crore today. The remaining beneficiaries will be handed over the cheques by the respective Circle Officers within November 10, 2022 and a total amount of Rs. 7.67 crore has been earmarked for the purpose.

The minister later took part in a similar ceremony in Biswanath where he launched the distribution of cheques for Category II beneficiaries under AMFIRS 2021 of the district. A total of 3058 beneficiaries will receive cheques under this category and an amount of Rs. 5.08 crore has been earmarked for the purpose.

Addressing the gathering in Tezpur, minister Pijush Hazarika said the then Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had before the last Assam Assembly elections, announced that he would waive microfinance loans for women of the State. Stating that so far the Government of Assam led by Himanta Biswa Sarma had taken steps to provide debt relief of more than Rs 7,500 crore to women in the State, Hazarika said the government had fulfilled the promises made to the people.

The minister said the State Government had not compromised on the development of the State despite the debt waiver of more than Rs 7,500 crore as feared by many opposition leaders, and the State was marching ahead on the path of development. He also said that for the first time ever, the State Government has from its own funds taken up construction of a bridge over the Brahmaputra connecting North Guwahati, and that the project is almost nearing completion.

Adding that the government has been providing Rs 1,250 per month to about 20 lakh people in the State under the Orunodoi scheme, the minister said the State is considering increasing the amount to Rs 2,500 in the near future. At the same time, the government has taken steps to provide relief to the farmers of the state by fixing the Minimum Support Price of paddy at Rs 1,940 per quintal in line with the Prime Minister's vision to double farmers' incomes, he added.

Member of Parliament Pallab Lochan Das, MLA of Tezpur, Prithiraj Rava, Deputy Commissioner Deba Kumar Mishra, and other dignitaries were present in the programme.

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