Chief Minister Chhattisgarhi Parv Samman Nidhi' Scheme for the Non-Scheduled Areas launched | 21 Apr 2023

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On April 20, 2023, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel virtually launched the 'Chief Minister Chhattisgarhi Parv Samman Nidhi' scheme intending to preserve the Teej festival, culture and tradition of the rural areas of the community development block of the state.

Key Points

• To preserve and promote the Teej festivals, culture and tradition of rural areas, this scheme has been started along the lines of the 'Mukhyamantri Adivasi Parab Samman Nidhi' scheme.
• It is known that earlier, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel had launched the 'Mukhyamantri Adivasi Parab Samman Nidhi' scheme at a trust conference held on April 13 at Bastar division headquarters Jagdalpur in the special hospitality of Priyanka Gandhi.
• 'Mukhyamantri Chhattisgarhi Parv Samman Nidhi Yojana' will be implemented in 6 thousand 111-gram panchayats of 61 development blocks of community areas of non-scheduled areas of the state.
• The unit of this scheme will be the Gram Panchayat. In this scheme, every gram panchayat will be given an amount of Rs 10,000 in two instalments to celebrate the Teej festival.
• Local festivals, festivals, fairs and fairs have special significance in the villages of the community areas. Funds will be provided to each Gram Panchayat to preserve all such festivals, festivals, and cultural traditions.
• A gram panchayat-level governing body committee will be formed for the implementation of the scheme. In this, the Sarpanch (president), priest, baiga member, 2 elderly members of the village, two women members of the village, village kotwar, patel member and village secretary have been included.
• On the occasion of the launch of the scheme, the Chief Minister released a total amount of Rs 3 crore 5 lakh 55 thousand rupees to all 6 thousand 111-gram panchayats as the first instalment of the scheme.
• The Chief Minister also released a total amount of Rs 1 crore 89 lakh 65 thousand rupees as the first instalment to 03 thousand 793-gram panchayats of the remaining 14 scheduled areas including Surguja division of the Scheduled Area under the 'Chief Minister Tribal Parab Samman Nidhi'. With this, this scheme has been implemented in the entire state.
• It is worth mentioning that while launching the 'Mukhyamantri Adivasi Parab Samman Nidhi Yojana' at the Bharosa Sammelan held in Bastar on April 13, Chief Minister Mr. Baghel had released a grant amount of Rs. 5-5 thousand as the first instalment of the scheme to 1840-gram panchayats of Bastar division.