Expressing concern over misuse of welfare schemes, Minister for Revenue and district in-charge V. Srinivas Prasad has called upon beneficiaries of the ‘Revised Anna Bhagya scheme’ not to sell the foodgrains being given to them with the intention to uplift them socially and economically.
He opined that several welfare schemes were being misused by beneficiaries thereby embarrassing the government. Mr. Srinivas Prasad launched the Revised Anna Bhagya scheme here on Friday.
Speaking on the occasion, he explained that the State government intended to make Karnataka a ‘starvation-free State’, and hence had introduced the Revised Anna Bhagya scheme. He said that if beneficiaries sold the foodgrains that they are given for free, then the purpose of the scheme itself is defeated. According to him, the State government will spend Rs. 4,234 crore every month to reach the benefits to at least one crore poor families. The scheme is intended at improving the nutrition content in the food partaken by poor families. He directed officials concerned to evolve a foolproof method to implement the scheme so that the benefits are not misused. Mr. Srinivas Prasad said that Over 6,09,110 BPL families will be benefited under the Revised Anna Bhagya scheme im Mysuru district besides the 39,831 families with Anthyodaya cards. He claimed that probably Karnataka is the first State to provide foodgrains for free to one crore families.
Congress government is completing two years of its regime in another 12 days and it had fulfilled over 65 per cent of its promises made in the election manifesto, he said and exuded confidence that the government would fulfil all of its promises made in its manifesto in another three years.
M.K. Somashekar and S.R. Mahesh, both MLAs, were present.
Deputy Commissioner C. Shikha, Senior Deputy Director of Food and Civil Supplies Department Rameshwarappa, were present.
