HARIDWAR: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for passing the Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin): VB- G RAM G Bill, 2025 in Parliament, hoping the scheme will multiply employment opportunities in villages.
Inaugurating a Mushroom Village in Haridwar, Chief Minister Dhami recalled the Congress-era difficulties faced by beneficiaries under central welfare schemes.
“One of the Congress leaders and former PM had once said that out of rupee 1 sent by the Centre for the welfare of people gets reduced to paise 15 by the time it reaches the beneficiary. But the time has changed, and PM Modi has ensured that DBT eliminates there is no pilferage and the entire rupee 1 reaches the beneficiaries, ” he said.