{"id":5484,"date":"2017-09-20T14:08:52","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T14:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabnews24.com\/?p=5484"},"modified":"2017-09-20T14:08:52","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T14:08:52","slug":"punjab-govt-to-launch-new-scheme-to-ensure-social-welfare-benefits-reach-rural-poor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/punjab-govt-to-launch-new-scheme-to-ensure-social-welfare-benefits-reach-rural-poor\/","title":{"rendered":"PUNJAB GOVT TO LAUNCH NEW SCHEME TO ENSURE SOCIAL WELFARE BENEFITS REACH RURAL POOR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chandigarh, September 20<\/p>\n<p>To ensure that the benefits of its various welfare programmes reach the rural poor, the Punjab government has decided to launch a new scheme \u2013 the Mahatma Gandhi Sarbat Vikas Yojna (MGSVY) \u2013 in line with the Antyodaya principles.<\/p>\n<p>Aimed at inclusive development and ensuring equitable access to benefits of all socio-economic development schemes to the most deserving, the scheme will be implemented in the state\u2019s rural areas, where it will identify the poor and distressed households which have been deprived of the benefits of the various welfare schemes.<\/p>\n<p>By adhering to Antyodaya, the scheme aims to achieve the objectives of holistic development of all sections of the society, and ensuring social justice and equality by improving the standard of living and quality of life in rural area. The scheme also focuses on encouraging voluntary organizations, various civil society organizations, NRIs and other socially committed persons to contribute to the welfare of the downtrodden.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chandigarh, September 20 To ensure that the benefits of its various welfare programmes reach the rural poor, the Punjab government has decided to launch a new scheme \u2013 the Mahatma Gandhi Sarbat Vikas Yojna (MGSVY) \u2013 in line with the Antyodaya principles. Aimed at inclusive development and ensuring equitable access to benefits of all socio-economic [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5475,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[314,315],"tags":[376],"class_list":["post-5484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-punjab","category-top-stories","tag-punjab-cabinet-meeting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5484"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5485,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5484\/revisions\/5485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}