On His Birthday PM Modi To Launch Subhadra Yojana, Railway, Highway Projects In Odisha

Bhubaneswar: On his 74^th birthday on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Odisha government’s women-centric financial initiative, Subhadra Yojana, as well as other railway and national highway projects.

It is his first visit to Odisha after he attended the swearing-in ceremony of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on June 12.

PM Modi will land at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here around 10.50 am.

Under Subhadra Yojna, all eligible women between the age of 21-60 years would receive Rs 50,000 over a period of five years between 2024-25 and 2028-29. An amount of Rs 10,000 per annum would be credited directly to their accounts in two installments. Subhadra Yojana is expected to benefit more than 1 crore women of Odisha.

PM Modi would initiate the fund transfer into the bank accounts of more than 10 lakh women during a program in Bhubaneswar.

He will also inaugurate and lay the foundation of railway projects worth Rs 2,800 crore. The PM will also lay the foundation stone of national highway projects worth more than Rs 1,000 crore in Odisha.

The PM will launch Awaas 2024 App, for survey of additional households for PMAY-G. He will also release the first installment of assistance to nearly 10 lakh beneficiaries under PMAY-G of around 14 states.

The Griha Pravesh celebrations for 26 lakh beneficiaries of PMAY (Gramin and Urban) from across the country will be held during the programme. The PM will hand over the keys of their houses to PMAY (Gramin and Urban) beneficiaries.

He will also launch the operational guidelines of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) 2.0, before taking off from Bhubaneswar for New Delhi in the afternoon.