No diversion of funds from any dept for Ladki Bahin scheme: Fadnavis
Devendra Fadnavis
clarified on Thursday that no funds from any govt department were diverted towards Mukhyamantri Ladki Bahin scheme.
A section of ruling party leaders as well as the opposition had criticized the state govt for alleged diversion of funds from key departments to sustain the scheme.
"The Ladki Bahin scheme is of individual interest. If any funding is made for such a scheme, the money has to be disbursed from the exchequer to that particular department, such as tribal welfare, social justice or other departments. This is the method of accounting for the state's annual budget. Those who fail to understand should come to me as I have already written a book on how to read the annual budget," Fadnavis told newspersons at Parbhani.
He said funds for tribal people and scheduled castes, among other weaker sections, need to be reserved as per their percentage of population, but schemes of individual interest get priority while reserving such funds. "Deputy CM Ajit Pawar (who is also the finance minister) has already offered elaborate explanations on the issue," the CM said. Fadnavis, who was in Parbhani to lay the foundation of the new Government Medical College and Hospital, among other public works, also addressed a public rally in which he announced that the state govt would soon launch as many as 1,200 public services on WhatsApp.
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"Right from paying money towards these services to getting the desired documents, everything will be on WhatsApp. We are committed to transparent, pro-people, and speedy governance," he said.
Referring to the FDI data released by the RBI, Fadnavis said that Maharashtra had alone bagged 40% of the total investment in the country. "FDI attracted by Maharashtra is more than such investments in Karnataka and Gujarat among other states taken together.
Even foreign investors have reposed faith in the double engine govt in Maharashtra and made our state their first choice," he said.
Fadnavis also criticised Congress for allegedly raising doubts over 'Operation Sindoor'. "Minds of Congressmen have become 'Pakistan occupied' just like PoK. They are raising doubts over the bravery of our armed forces," he said. The CM said Indian armed forces destroyed nine terror hideouts and killed 150 militants, including family members of terrorist leader Masood Azhar within "23 minutes".
Earlier, addressing an event at Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Agricultural University in Parbhani, Fadnavis said that honorary scientist awards will be given to farmers engaged in successful farming and cropping experiments.
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis clarified on Thursday that no funds from any govt department were diverted towards 'Mukhyamantri Ladki Bahin' scheme.
A section of ruling party leaders as well as the opposition had criticized the state govt for alleged diversion of funds from key departments to sustain the scheme.
"The Ladki Bahin scheme is of individual interest. If any funding is made for such a scheme, the money has to be disbursed from the exchequer to that particular department, such as tribal welfare, social justice or other departments. This is the method of accounting for the state's annual budget. Those who fail to understand should come to me as I have already written a book on how to read the annual budget," Fadnavis told media persons at Parbhani.
He said funds for tribal people and scheduled castes among other weaker sections need to be reserved as per their percentage of population, but schemes of individual interest get priority while reserving such funds. "Deputy CM Ajit Pawar (who is also finance minister) has already offered elaborate explanations on the issue," the CM said. Fadnavis, who was in Parbhani to lay the foundation stone of the building of the new Government Medical College and Hospital, among other public works, also addressed a public rally in which he announced that the state govt would soon launch as many as 1,200 public services on WhatsApp.
"Right from paying money towards these services to getting the desired documents, everything will be on WhatsApp. We are committed to transparent, pro-people, and speedy governance," he said. Referring to the FDI data released by the RBI, Fadnavis said that Maharashtra had alone bagged 40% of the total investment in the country. "FDI attracted by Maharashtra is more than such investments in Karnataka and Gujarat among other states taken together.
Even foreign investors have reposed faith in the double engine govt in Maharashtra and made our state their first choice," he said. Fadnavis also criticised Congress for allegedly raising doubts over 'Operation Sindoor'. "Minds of Congressmen have become 'Pakistan occupied' just like PoK. They are raising doubts over the bravery of our armed forces," he said. The CM said Indian armed forces destroyed nine terror hideouts and killed 150 militants, including family members of terrorist leader Masood Azhar within "23 minutes".
Earlier, addressing an event at Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Agricultural University in Parbhani, the CM said honorary scientist awards will be given to farmers doing successful farming experiments.
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