New Delhi: Calling on the nation to rededicate itself to unfinished tasks, PM Modi on Sunday said there is a need to “handhold” sections that are lagging and set a goal of “saturation” or 100% coverage of beneficiaries of schemes such as bank accounts for the poor, health cover under Ayushman Bharat and Ujjwala.
In his 8th I-Day address, the PM spoke of the Centre’s decision to implement OBC reservations in all-India quota in medical seats in the context of the need to ensure equity. “We need to provide hand-holding to the backward categories... along with the concern of fulfilling basic needs, reservation is being ensured for Dalits, backward classes, adivasis and poor from general category,” he said. “By formulating a law in Parliament, the right to make their own list of OBCs has been given to states.”
Modi called for efforts to ensure amenities reach each household, referring to plans like “har ghar jal” that has delivered tap water to over 4.5 crore households.
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