Vice Prez stresses need for providing basic amenities to poor
Radhakrishnan focusses food and shelter for each citizen
Vice President C P Radhakrishnan on Monday stressed the need for providing basic amenities to the poor, saying the needs of such people should be taken care of.
He was speaking after distributing keys to the beneficiaries of multi-storied tenements constructed at a cost of Rs 45.5 crore at Kumaragurupallam here under the Smart City Mission. He was also accorded a civic reception on his maiden visit to the union territory after becoming V P.
He described as laudable, Puducherry government’s initiative to meet the housing requirements of the poor.
Radhakrishnan said that every citizen should be assured of food and shelter.
“The government was meeting these basic needs here and there was still every need to provide the amenities taking into consideration the expectations of the people,” he said.
He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, through the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, was providing Rs 6000 annually to farmers and this has scheme has covered around 10 crore small and marginal farmers.
