“There is no doubt that efforts are being made on a large scale to ensure that benefits of banking facilities are made available to the people,” finance minister P Chidambaram said
Chhindwara: finance Minister P Chidambaram said the government is making all-out efforts to ensure that benefits of banking facilities are made available to common people, reports PTI.
“There is no doubt that efforts are being made on a large scale to ensure that benefits of banking facilities are made available to the people”, he said.
The minister was speaking on the occasion of inaugurating headquarters of Central Madhya Pradesh Rural Bank.
He said the processes for disbursing loans in education, home and agriculture sectors have been simplified so that anyone can avail these credit facilities.
On subsidised gas cylinders, the finance minister said, “Congress-run states have made arrangements to provide nine gas cylinders instead of six as stipulated by the Centre...
Non-Congress governments should also take steps to provide such relief to people.”
Mr Chidambaram praised urban development and parliamentary affairs minister Kamal Nath, who was accompanying him, for carrying out development in his parliamentary constituency of Chhindwara.
“The manner in which he (Kamal Nath) had nursed his constituency is an example that can be followed by any public representative. The work done by Kamal Nath has led to the development of Chhindwara constituency,” Mr Chidambaram said.
He said under the UPA government at the Centre, the country is on the progressive path of economic and infrastructural development.
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“Congress-run states have made arrangements to provide nine gas cylinders instead of six as stipulated by the Centre...
Non-Congress governments should also take steps to provide such relief to people.”
Let us also make a prayer to the Hon’ble Finance Minister to use his good offices to prevail upon the central government to consider revising the stipulation of six cyliders to nine so that people will make amends for voting Non-Congress governments in next election.