Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that the SVAMITVA scheme shows that rural India has made a great leap towards self-reliance. Prime Minister Modi was accompanied by Union Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Narendra Singh Tomar, Haryana Senior Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Vice Minister CM Dushyant Singh Chautala, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath and Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan while It interacted with the beneficiaries of the SVAMITVA scheme.
These are the highlights of his speech:
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi said: “The SVAMITVA scheme will bring historic changes in rural areas. It is my privilege that several villagers have joined me in launching the plan. “
• Said that the SVAMITVA scheme will allow rural India to contribute to the nation’s drive for self-reliance.
• Modi said that the SVAMITVA scheme was launched on the birth anniversaries of Jayprakash Narayan and Nanaji Deshmukh shows the Center’s commitment to fulfilling its visions of building a self-sufficient rural India.
• Modi said: “People in rural areas of India need access to documents proving their ownership of the land. Across India there have been reports of altercations between villagers over ownership of property. The SVAMITVA scheme will ensure that these altercations diminish. “
• Prime Minister Modi also said that if villagers continue to fight for land ownership, they will lose the opportunity to do better for themselves.
• He also noted that the use of new technologies such as drones for mapping will help build better rural infrastructure.
• Prime Minister Modi said that over the past six years the NDA government has worked hard to empower rural communities, but previous governments did not do everything possible to eliminate middlemen and corruption from the rural administration. He said that if corruption for the rural administration were eliminated, it would affect the vote banks.
• Prime Minister Modi also criticized the opposition for its stance against agricultural laws. He said people who protect middlemen are having trouble with reforms.
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