New Delhi, Oct 30 : The government’s schemes for financial inclusion and to encourage small enterprise are attempts to free the common man from the clutches of moneylenders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday.
“Small traders, businessmen, the vegetable vendor, milkman, barber…used to be all so completely in the grip of usurious moneylenders,” Modi said in his ‘Mann ki Baat’ address on the occasion of Diwali.
“Schemes like Mudra, Stand up India, Jan Dhan bank accounts are all ways for us to be rid of the evil of usury,” he added.
“Through direct benefit transfer (DBT) of subsidy, and using the Aadhaar (unique ID), money is paid into the account of beneficiaries. For the common man, these schemes are a way of getting free from the clutches of middlemen,” he added.
Modi also praised the Haryana government’s initiative to make the state kerosene-free, saying that often subsidies are continued even when not needed only to the benefit of middlemen.
“Homes in our country which have cooking gas, electricity, don’t need kerosene, but the subsidy continues. But who questions all this in government as kerosene, gas, electricity are all being supplied simultaneously, which is only an opportunity for middlemen to profit,” the Prime Minister said.
“The Haryana government, after verifying against the Aadhar number those families’ gas, electricity connections, has managed to make 7-8 districts kerosene-free and soon the whole state will become kerosene-free,” Modi said.
“This will be a major change. Corruption and leakage will be checked, the environment will benefit and precious foreign exchange saved. The only ones who will be hit are middlemen,” he added.—IANS
SOLVE SCAMS AND WITH REFERENCE TO HINDU HOLY SCRPTURES ANSWER THE SCAMS
. 90% of corrupt money in India is with Upper caste;
* Coal scandal = $40 billion (Upper caste)
* Vodafone tax Scandal = $1.9 billion (Upper caste)
* Saradha Group scandal = $4 billion(Upper caste)
* IGI Airport scandal = $32 billion(Upper caste)
* Granite scandal in Tamil Nadu – $2.8 billion(Upper caste)
* Maharashtra Irrigation scandal – $12 billion(Upper caste)
* Kinetic Finance scandal = $34 million(Upper caste)
* Ultra Mega Power Projects scandal – $5 million(Upper caste)
* Karnataka Wakf Board Land scandal = $39 billion(Upper caste)
* Andhra Pradesh land scandal = $20 billion(Upper caste)
* Central Excise Duty fraud = $3.82 billion(Upper caste)
* Gujarat PSU = $3.39 billion(Upper caste)
* Maharashtra stamp duty scandal = $126 million(Upper caste)
* Highway scandal = $13.97 million(Upper caste)
* Gift scandal = $100,000(Upper caste)
* Pulse scandal = $200,000/month(Upper caste)
* Flying Club fraud = $38 million(Upper caste)
* Kashmir Cricket Association scandal = $10 million (MC)
* Punjab paddy scandal = $3.59 million(Upper caste)
* Arvind Joshi and Tinu Joshi = $50 million(Upper caste)
* Uttar Pradesh seed scandal = $9.98 million(Upper caste)
* Obsolete French Fighter Jets = $11 billion(Upper caste)
* NHRM = $2 billion(BC)
* Goa mining scandal = $700 million(Upper caste)
* Noida Corporation farm land scandal = $40 million(SC)
* Bellary mines scandal = $3.2 billion(Upper caste)
* Kashyap EPFO scandal = $118 million(Upper caste)
* Hasan Ali Khan = $8 billion(MC)
* ISRO-Devas = $300 million(Upper caste)
* Cash-for-votes = $715,000(Upper caste)
* 2G spectrum(FC/BC/SC/ST communities/MC) = $6.9 billion
* Adarsh Housing Society(Upper caste)
* Commonwealth Games = $15.5 billion(Upper caste)
* LIC Housing Loan scandal = $200 million(Upper caste)
* Belekeri port = $12 billion(Upper caste)
* Lavasa = $80 million(Upper caste)
* Uttar Pradesh Food Grain = $44 billion(BC)
* APIIIC = $2 billion(Upper caste)
* IPL Cricket = $8 billion(Upper caste)
* Madhu Koda = $800 million(SC)
* UIDAI = $1 billion(Upper caste)
* Vasundhara Raje land scandal = $4.4 billion(Upper caste)
* Satyam = $1 billion(Upper caste)
* Scorpene Deal = $10 million(Upper caste)
* Natwar Singh = $10 billion(Upper caste)
* Gegong Apang PDS = $200 million(ST)
* Taj corridor = $44 million(SC)
* Ketan Parekh = $200 million(Upper caste)
* Barak Missile = $200 million(Upper caste)
* Calcutta Stock Exchange = $2 million(Upper caste)
* Cobbler scandal = $214 million(Upper caste)
* Sukh Ram = $5 million(Upper caste)
* SNC Lavalin = $10 million(Upper caste)
* Advani Hawala = $18 million(Upper caste)
* Bihar fodder = $211 million(BC)
* Bhansali = $200 million(Upper caste)
* Pickle bribes = $20,000(Upper caste)
* Telgi scandal = $4.46 billion(MC)
* JMM bribes = $59,000(ST)
* Sugar import = $130 million(MC)
* Harshad Mehta = $800 million(Upper caste)
* Indian Bank = $260 million(Upper caste)
* Bofors = $400 million(Upper caste)
* HDW commissions = $4 million(Upper caste)
* Antulay = $6 million(MC)
* Nagarwala = $1 million(Upper caste)
* Haridas Mundhra = $10 million(Upper caste)
* Kuo oil scandal = $440,000(Upper caste)
* Teja loans = $5 million(Upper caste)
* BHU = $100,000(Upper caste)
* Jeep scandal = $160,000(Upper caste)