RAIPUR,CG,INDIA: In a welfare move, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai pledged to launch of duo schemes of Annapurna Dal-Bhat Center in all the districts of the state and Atal Utkrisht Shiksha Sahayata Yojana to provide free education facilities to the children of registered labour families in the recognized residential schools.

The Chief Minister transferred an amount of Rs 49.43 crore to more than 57,000 registered families under various schemes through DBT to their accounts.

Sai honoured the Shramveers by presenting them with Shawls. He released the coffee table book 'Cradles of Hope' prepared by the Labour Department. Labour Minister Lakhanlal Dewangan presided over the function.

Sai appreciated the Shramev Jayate App and Shramik Helpline number launched by the Labour Department in the interest of workers. He said that during the first term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he worked as the Minister of State for Labour at the Centre for around three years. At that time workers received very low pension amounts and later on the initiative of the Prime Minister, the amount was increased to Rs 1000.

They were eligible for availing Provident Fund (PF) along with allotment of universal numbers to the workers. Through the universal number, workers were entitled for various benefits across the country. Previously, when labourers did not claim their PF amounts, the pending sum of Rs 27,000 crore was paid out.

Assembly Speaker Dr Raman Singh said, “State government has given top priority to good governance and transparency in the implementation of schemes. An assistance amount has been sent to the workers through DBT under various schemes. Workers are now getting the amount directly in their bank accounts without any involvement of a middleman.”

Many welfare schemes, which were discontinued by the previous government, had been reinstated by the Chief Minister, he added.