Excelsior Correspondent
NOWSHERA, Sept 7: Member Parliament (MP), Jammu-Poonch Constituency, Madan Lal Sharma, today called upon Social Welfare and Revenue Departments to link all victims of border firing to social protection schemes.
He was speaking in the concluding ceremony of ‘One desk on the spot’ camp organized by National Development Foundation (NDF) in partnership with ‘Save the Children’ supported by ECHO. The main objective of the camp was to link victims of mine blasts and border firing to social protection schemes of Government.
Sharma in his address condemned the firing from across the border and expressed his solidarity and support with the people. He informed that he met with PM, Defence Minister and Home Minister at Delhi and took up the issues related to border and demanded insurance for the life, crop and property of the people.
Earlier, addressing a huge gathering at Dak Bunglow (Sunderbani), he asked the Panchayat members to link the people with social protection and development schemes as UPA Government has opened the gates of treasures especially for J&K. He informed people that Congress led Government has passed the Food Security Bill in the Parliament by virtue of which 70-80 percent of rural people and 50 percent of urban poor will get food on negligible price for all members of the family.
The MP also demanded that the BADP grant be enhanced as the present allocation is not enough even to cater to the basic amenities for the border populace. He also directed the officers to strictly follow the Government guidelines while making proposal and implementation of BADP schemes. To improve the quality of education in Government Schools, he asked the Authority to implement SSA and RAMSA in its full letter and spirit.
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