Punjab Chief Minister announces welfare payments for women

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann announced that the next installment of financial assistance under the Mawan Dheeyan Satkar Yojna will be transferred to beneficiaries on November 1. Speaking at a Lok Milni programme in Sarinh village, Jalandhar district, Mann stated that the initiative is designed to return public funds directly to the citizens.

Mann highlighted several government achievements, including the recruitment of 70,862 government employees on merit over the last four and a half years. He also noted improvements in the education sector, reporting that 882 government school students qualified for NEET compared to 80 in 2021.

Regarding public services, the Chief Minister stated that nearly 90 per cent of households benefit from free electricity and approximately 54 lakh families have received health cards under the Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojana. In the agricultural sector, he noted that 14,000 kilometres of irrigation pipelines have been laid to improve water access for farmers.