PM Modi launches multiple development projects worth around Rs 7,500 crore at Shirdi in Maharashtra

Shirdi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of multiple development projects worth around 7,500 crore rupees at Shirdi in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra. Mr Modi launched development work in sectors like health, rail, road, and oil and gas. Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister said, these significant projects in health and infrastructure will have a defining impact on the region. 

Reiterating the Government’s mantra of ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas’, the Prime Minister emphasized that the welfare of the poor is the highest priority of the double-engine government and informed about increasing the budget for the same as the country’s economy is expanding. He mentioned distributing 1 crore 10 lakh Ayushman Cards to beneficiaries in Maharashtra who will receive health insurance up to 5 lakh rupees. 

Mr Modi also touched upon the newly launched PM Vishwakarma Scheme which aids lakhs of families of carpenters, goldsmiths, potters, and sculptors with a



government expenditure of more than Rs 13,000 crores.

Talking about the small farmers, the Prime Minister mentioned PM Kisan Samman Nidhi under which small farmers received 2 lakh 60 thousand crore rupees including 26 thousand crore rupees for the small farmers of Maharashtra. He expressed happiness that the Maharashtra Government has started ‘Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Nidhi Yojana’ under which Maharashtra Shetkari families will get an extra 6,000 rupees, meaning local small farmers will get 12,000 rupees of Samman Nidhi, he said. 

Throwing light on the Nilwande project which was approved in 1970 and had been pending for 5 decades, the Prime Minister highlighted that it came to completion only after the present government came to power. He said, the central government is working towards completing 26 more irrigation projects in Maharashtra that have been pending for decades. He emphasized that the government is committed to the empowerment of farmers.