Public awareness drive under Bharat Nirman Yojana

Patna, Mar 9(UNI) A five day public information programme under Bharat Nirman Yojana would be held at Mushahri in Muzaffarpur district from March 13.

Deputy Director of Press Information Bureau Bhageshwar Jha, All India Radio's (Patna) news editor Arun Kumar Verma and news editor of Doordarshan (Patna) Vijay Kumar told newspersons here that people living in remote areas would be given informations about the centrally sponsored developmental schemes under the drive.

They said programmes for Bharat Information, 15 point programme for the minorities, National Rural Health Mission, National Rural Employment Gurantee Act, Old Age pension, Annpurna scheme, Antyodaya food grain scheme, Right to Information Act, National Literacy Mission and Mid-day meal schemes had been included under the programme.

They said that stalls of 20 different departments would be set up under the drive during which the North Bihar Rural Bank and Central Bank of India would distribute loan among the beneficiaries of different schemes.

Incidentally, loan to the tune of Rs 13.5 crore were distributed in a similar programme held at Vaishali in November 2006.

UNI