Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio exhorting the gathering at the programme of Prime Minister’s nationwide interaction with beneficiaries of Government schemes held at State Cultural Hall, Kohima on May 31. (DIPR Photo)
• Around Rs 5000 cr transferred for projects or beneficiaries in Nagaland
• State contemplating to roll out Chief Minister Health Insurance from Oct
Kohima, May 31 (MExN): As part of the nation celebrating the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to commemorate the 75th year of Indian independence, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi interacted with the beneficiaries of about sixteen schemes/programmes spanning nine ministries/departments of Government of India on May 31.
During National Level ‘Garib Kalyan Sammelan,’ Prime Minister released the 11th instalment of the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi. More than Rs 21,000 crore was transferred to more than 10 crore farmers, stated a DIPR report.
Addressing the interaction at State Cultural Hall, Kohima on May 31, Nagaland Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rio said, “Through these schemes, around Rs 5000 crore are being transferred for various projects or to the beneficiaries in the State.” He added, “Infrastructures are built to benefit people at large, and the schemes are aimed directly for the benefit of individuals and families.”
The schemes in which the beneficiaries are participating today aimed at providing Housing (urban and rural), providing tapped drinking water, community/public toilets, support through subsidized food grains, providing direct transfer of Rs 6000 per farmer, providing affordable loans, and health insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh per family, the report stated.
Rio mentioned that Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (both urban and Grameen) provides for housing to socially and economically weaker sections in towns and villages. 18,430 beneficiaries in the rural areas and 31,241 beneficiaries in the urban areas have been assisted so far in the State.
Under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana food security welfare, the CM said the Department has completed the scheme from Phase I to Phase V, covering about 14.03 lakh population in the state while the Phase VI is ongoing.
Under Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, Rio said that it provides free health insurance coverage up to Rs 5 lakh per family annually for hospitalized care. In Nagaland, the scheme has a target of 2.33 lakh households identified through SECC 2011, of which 1,03,718 families (44.5%) have been covered with at least 1 e-Card and more than 2.78 lakh of individual e-Cards have been generated to eligible beneficiaries.
Further, the CM said that the State is contemplating to roll out Chief Minister Health Insurance Scheme (CMHIS) from October 1, 2022 which aims to provide every citizen of Nagaland with hospitalization insurance cover of up to Rs 5 lakh per annum, irrespective of the family's income.
The scheme will provide cashless services for predefined packages covering secondary and tertiary care procedures at empanelled Government or private hospitals, both within and outside the State, he announced.
The State Government has also designed a Micro-Finance Scheme which will provide subsidized loans to the farmers and entrepreneurs in the State, which will be introduced in the coming month.
This event is also one of the largest ever single-event nationwide interactions spanning all the districts, the DIPR report stated.
