The central and state governments have many agendas that they work on achieving for the progress of individual states and the country as a whole. One of those agendas is the welfare of people, especially families and individuals from low and middle-class groups through social welfare schemes.
The state govt of Karnataka launched a social welfare initiative called the Guarantee Schemes. The Guarantee Schemes comprise 5 sub-schemes that aim to provide financial support to families and individuals from the poor and middle-class groups of the economy. Recently, the Deputy Commissioner of the district of Udupi announced an extension for applying for the Guarantee Schemes.
Read the news article to know more about the Guarantee schemes, the sub-schemes under it, and the extended date.
What Are Guarantee Schemes?
The state govt of Karnataka launched a social welfare initiative called the Guarantee Schemes. These schemes were introduced to provide a helping hand to families and individuals from the poor and middle-class groups of the economy.
Guarantee Schemes comprise of 5 sub-schemes. Those sub-schemes are mentioned below in brief for one’s reference:
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Gruha Lakshmi: Provides financial help to women head of households.
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Shakti: Allows women to travel free of cost in the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) buses.
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Anna Bhagya: Provides free food grains to eligible families.
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Gruha Jyoti: The scheme aims to provide free electricity to households.
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Yuva Nidhi: Under this scheme, monetary support is given to unemployed graduates and diploma holders.
The name of the schemes might be different but all 5 have just one aim and that is to provide monetary support to people in need.
Extension Of Application For Guarantee Schemes
Recently, at the launch of the Awareness Vehicle at the Deputy Commissioner Office Complex, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) of the district of Udupi, Dr. K Vidya Kumari announced an extension of the application for the Guarantee schemes.
The extended date is that there will not be a deadline anymore if anyone wants to apply for the Guarantee schemes. People are requested to apply for the schemes at their convenience but they must if they fulfil the eligibility criteria of any of the 5 sub-schemes under the umbrella program.
The Deputy Commissioner also inaugurated the working of the Awareness Vehicle which will drive around the entire district to raise awareness among the residents of the state about all the Guarantee Schemes.
Conclusion
The decision of no deadline for applying for the Guarantee Schemes has been made for the convenience of people so that they can apply whenever they would like to. Hopefully, this will also increase the number of applications and registrations of all the 5 sub-schemes under the umbrella of Guarantee Schemes.
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