The nation is celebrating the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to commemorate the Indian Independence. As a part of this momentous occasion, Prime Minister will interact with the beneficiaries of about sixteen schemes/progammes spanning 9 Ministries /Departments of Government of India on Tuesday. The number of beneficiaries of many of the schemes runs in crores and in several cases in tens of crores.

All these schemes address the poorest segments of population; therefore, the event is aptly named as ‘Garib Kalyan Sammelan’. The principal objective of the interaction is not only to understand how these schemes have brought about ease of living for the citizens, but also to explore possibility of convergence and saturation. This will also give an opportunity to assess the citizens’ aspiration for India as it completes 100 years of independence in the year 2047.

The Sammelan is one of the largest ever single-event nation-wide interaction spanning all districts, wherein Prime Minster will interact with beneficiaries about impact that the wide-ranging schemes/programmes covering housing, availability of potable water, food, health and nutrition, livelihood and financial inclusion etc., have had on their lives. These schemes/programmes are Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (both Grameen & Urban), Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, POSHAN Abhiyan, Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana, Swachh Bharat Mission (both Grameen & Urban), Jal Jeevan Mission & AMRUT, Pradhan Mantri SVANidhi Scheme, One Nation One Ration Card, Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, Ayushman Bharat PM Jan ArogyaYojana, Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centre and Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana. Raipur District is proud to be a part of this August event and has made all the necessary arrangements for the programme to be held at ICAR-National Institute of Biotic Stress Management from 9 am onwards. The event will be presided over by Prahlad Singh Patel, Minister for state food processing and Jalshakti and also attended by Member of parliament, MLAs and other dignitaries. The district-level event will be linked with the National event at 11 am when Prime Minister will be live from Shimla interacting with the beneficiaries with the country. The ICAR-National Institute of Biotic Stress Management (ICAR-NIBSM) was established on October 07, 2012 at Raipur, Chhattisgarh during 12th five year plan period with a vision of ‘Effective mitigation of biotic stresses for enhancement of farm prosperity’. ICAR-NIBSM has been undertaking similar kind of activities to address the poorest farmers and SC/ST farmers of Chhattisgarh. The various programmes which are in progress at ICAR-NIBSM are enlisted bellow. Central Government sponsored sub-plans as Tribal Sub-plan (TSP), Schedule Cast Sub-plant (SCSP) and NEH. Externally funded programmes as Farmer FIRST Programme, DBT Biotech KISAN and DST-SYST. A total of 18,023 farmers belonging to Raipur, Balodabazar, Mahasamund, Rajnandgoan, Korba, Durg, JanjgirChampa, Dhamtari Jushpur, Narayanpur and Bastar districts of Chhattigarh benefitted due to operation of above said sub-plans and schemes at ICAR-NIBSM.