MANGALDAI, Feb. 19 -- State Finance, Health and PWD Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, who visited Darrang on Monday afternoon to launch the 'Mukhya Mantrir Krishi Sa-Sajuli Yojana' for the farmers of the district, also announced a slew of new schemes to become effective from March.
Dr Sarma while addressing a public meeting at Mangaldai Gandhi Maidan late in the afternoon announced that the BPL beneficiary families who have been getting rice @ Rs 3 per kg under the NFS Act, will now onwards get the same quantity of rice @ Re 1 per kg.
Moreover, under a new scheme called 'Arundhuti,' each girl child on the occasion of her wedding will be provided ten grams of gold. In another new scheme for widows, they will be provided a one-time financia...