Gujarat CM to launch 7th edition of statewide Garib Kalyan Melas


Gandhinagar, 17 September 2014

Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel will kick off the seventh edition of state-wide Garib Kalyan Mela(GKM) from Jamnagar on Friday, 19 September.

In seventh edition of GKM, the state government will hold 127 melas covering over a million poor and deprived class beneficiaries and distribute Rs. 1,000 crore assistance.

Since 2009, Garib Kalyan Melas have completed six editions in which 1098 melas were organized covering over 81,03,000 beneficiaries and involving Rs. 12,0004 crore assistance.