Raipur. Labor Minister Lakhan Lal Dewangan on Friday transferred Rs 31.81 crore through DBT to the bank accounts of more than 78 thousand workers in his residence office in Shankar Nagar. Under the government of Chief Minister Vishnu Dev, the workers of the state and their family members are continuously getting the benefits of the schemes. On this occasion, Additional Commissioner Labor S. l. Jangde, Labor Welfare Board Secretary Abhishek Pandey, Deputy Commissioner Labor Department Paikra, Assistant Labor Commissioner R. Of. Workers including the head were present.
On this occasion, Labor Minister Dewangan said that under the leadership of Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai, many schemes are being run in the interest of the workers of the state, whose labor brothers and sisters are getting direct benefits. Labor Minister Dewangan said that from the upcoming academic session, children of workers will be admitted under the Atal Utkrisht Shiksha Yojana, the expenses of which will be borne by the government. The child of a laborer should not remain a laborer and can achieve a better position by getting education. It is known that Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai had transferred the amount to the accounts of workers through DBT during a program organized in the capital Raipur on September 17 on the occasion of Vishwakarma Jayanti. Today, for the fifth time, the amount is being transferred to the workers’ accounts. The Chief Minister thinks that every possible effort is being made by the government to ensure that workers get the benefits of government schemes from time to time.
On this occasion, Labor Minister Dewangan said that under the government of Chief Minister Vishnu Dev, the workers of the state and their family members are continuously getting the benefits of the schemes. The schemes are being successfully implemented through all the three divisions of the Labor Department – Chhattisgarh Building and Other Construction Workers Board, Organized Workers State Social Security Board and Labor Welfare Board. The result of this is that from 17 September 2024 to 17 January 2025, Rs 430 crore 03 lakh has been transferred to 3 lakh 26 thousand workers through various schemes.
During the program, under the Educational Scholarship Scheme, checks of Rs 15 thousand each were given to Mukul Kumar Sahu, Kumari Pallavi Verma, Mukesh Tiwari and Gaurav Dewangan was given a check amount of Rs 3 thousand. Under Free Cycle Distribution Scheme, Rs 3706 was given to Priyanka Francis, Rs 1 lakh was given to Mangli Kothle under Chief Minister Construction Workers Death and Disability Assistance Scheme and a check of Rs 20 thousand was given to Chief Minister Noni Empowerment Assistance Scheme, Khiro Nayak.