Gujarat State Cabinet Meet Briefing

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Minister Jitubhai Vaghani who also functions as Spokesperson of the cabinet, today in his media briefing said that as many as 2.53 lakh farmers have registered for ground nut and 37,000 farmers have registered for paddy purchase at minimum support price by the government. Vaghani asked more farmers to get registered by the last date which is 31st of October.

Vaghani said 20 per cent rebate on purchase of Khadi will continue for three months. He said the Education department staffers purchased Rs. 4 crore worth of Khadi products in only one day.

He informed that unreserved class students can register online during 21 November to 31st for benefits provisioned worth Rs. 500 crore under Bin Anamat scheme.

He informed that duplicate driving license issuance, driving license renewal, information and replacement services will be available at village level for Rs. 20 token rate through E-gram kendras.

Vaghani informed that as many as 4.30 lakh beneficiaries have been benefited under ongoing 7th Seva Setu programme that covers 56 types of services.

Vaghani said, irrigation waters from various irrigation schemes will be released from Saturday, 30th October.

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