Amid Opposition allegations of central schemes’ poor show, Union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti says Tripura used 90% of MGNREGA funds

Speaking to reporters during her visit to Tripura, the Union Minister of State for Rural Development, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution said she has done a comprehensive review of the implementation of all centrally sponsored schemes in the state and found that it had significantly curtained rural-urban migration by promoting employment opportunities in the villages.

त्रिपुरा के अगरतला में राशन वितरण केंद्र का निरीक्षण कर जनता को दिए जाने वाले खाद्य पदार्थों की गुणवत्ता तथा माप-यंत्र की जाँच की, यशस्वी प्रधानमंत्री आदरणीय @narendramodi जी के संकल्प के अनुसार देश के प्रत्येक नागरिक हेतु गुणवत्ता पूर्ण खाद्यान्न व्यवस्था हमारा संकल्प हैं। pic.twitter.com/6gg9oQdQBz

— Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti (@SadhviNiranjan) September 26, 2023

Stating that India’s Northeast has received benefits of substantial development since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took over in 2014, Jyoti said all central ministers were mandated to visit the region, and ensure regular review of developmental activities and implementation of central schemes.

“PM Modi himself visited Northeast India over 50 times in the last nine years and that brought up a transformative change in the development of the region,” she said.

Citing activities of Self Help Groups (SHG) in Tripura, the Union minister said 74 SHGs were operational in the state before 2014, which now have surged to 4,78,986. All of them are run by women and have emerged as centres of self-employment with significant roles in the local economy, she also pointed out.

She said a similar trend is visible nationally as well with the number of SHGs rising from 2.5 crore in 2014 to 9.5 crore currently.

Lauding PM Modi for his initiatives, the minister said his initiatives have facilitated higher women participation in different sectors, including banking, and said a slew of ambitious programmes and schemes like One Nation, One Ration Card, Jan Dhan Accounts, sanitation, and Amrit Sarovar among others have served as a unifying factor for the country.

She also said India has had a significant shift in global influence under PM Modi’s stewardship and stated that the country now commands a voice that the world listens to.