Wardha: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a fresh attack on the Congress party, accusing it of deliberately not letting the Schedule Caste (ST), the Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Communities (OBC) move forward. Modi also blamed the Congress party for pushing farmers of Maharashtra into misery.
“Congress and its friends deliberately did not let the SC, ST and OBC people move forward. We have eliminated this anti-Dalit and anti-backwards thinking of Congress from the government system. The figures of the last one year show that SC, ST and OBC communities are taking advantage of the Vishwakarma Yojana,” Modi said after launching the Maharashtra Government’s Acharya Chanakya Skill Development Centre scheme in Wardha.
Before the inaugural event, Modi visited an exhibition at the Vishwakarma program in Wardha to mark one year of the Vishwakarma Yojana. He also released credit to 18 Vishwakarma Yojana beneficiaries under 18 trades and issued certificates.
“For decades in Maharashtra, the Congress and later the Maha Vikas Aghadi Government, instead of making cotton the strength of the farmers of Maharashtra, pushed them into misery, did politics in the name of farmers and kept indulging in corruption… When Devendra Fadnavis’s Government was formed in 2014, the work of textile park started in Amravati,” Modi was quoted as saying by a news agency.
“Just 2 days ago, we all celebrated Vishwakarma Puja and today on the holy land of Wardha, we are celebrating the success of ‘PM Vishwakarma Yojana’. Today is also special because on this day in 1932, Mahatma Gandhi started a campaign against untouchability,” BJP X handle quoted Modi as saying. Modi also released a commemorative stamp to mark one year of the project.
The Prime Minister Vishwakarma Skill Honor (PM VIKAS), commonly referred to as PM Vishwakarma, is a program initiated by the Indian Government aimed at empowering artisans and craftspeople nationwide.
PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel (PM MITRA) Park in Amravati
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday laid the foundation stone of PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel (PM MITRA) Park in Amravati, Maharashtra. The 1000-acre park is being developed by the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) as the State Implementation Agency.
The Central Government had approved setting up 7 PM MITRA Parks for the textile industry. During his address, PM Modi focused on how India can regain the lost glory of thousands of years of our textiles sector.
The initiative has positively impacted countless artisans, preserving their skills and fostering economic growth. Today, we are celebrating the Utsav of PM Vishwakarma scheme’s success. Our target is to ‘regain lost glory of thousands of years of India’s textiles sector’.
Today the foundation stone of PM Mitra Park has also been laid in Amravati. Today India is working to take its textile industry to the top in the global market. The country’s goal is to reinstate the thousands of years old glory of India’s textile sector.
So far, modern equipment has also been provided to more than 6.5 lakh Vishwakarma Bandhus. This has improved the quality of their products. Their productivity has increased. Not only this, every beneficiary is being given an e-voucher of Rs 15,000.
A loan of up to Rs 3 lakh without guarantee is also being provided to expand their business. I am happy that within 1 year, Vishwakarma brothers and sisters have been given a loan of Rs 1400 crore. That means Vishwakarma Yojana is taking care of every aspect. That is why it is so successful and becoming popular.
Acharya Chanakya Skill Development Centre scheme launched
During the event, PM also launched the “Acharya Chanakya Skill Development Centre” scheme of the Maharashtra Government. Skill development training centres will be established in renowned colleges across the state to provide training to youth aged 15 to 45, enabling them to become self-reliant and access various employment opportunities. Around 1,50,000 youths across the state will receive free skill development training each year.
