Free electricity, increased health insurance amount: Rajasthan govt announces slew of public welfare measures
India Today
The Ashok Gehlot-led Rajasthan government announced a slew of public welfare measures that involved free electricity upto 50 units every month and increased amount of health insurance.
From April 1, 50 units of electricity will be provided free of cost every month to those consuming 100 units per month in Rajasthan, the state government announced on Friday.
According to the recent announcement by the Ashok Gehlot-led government, 50 units will be free of cost for all those consumers consuming 100 units of electricity every month.
The Rajasthan government also mentioned that for all household consumers, Rs 3 per unit for consumption upto 150 units and Rs 2 per unit for consumption from 150 to 300 units will be contributed by the state government.
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The state government said as many as 1.18 crore families will benefit from this scheme.
The Gehlot government also announced that the insurance amount under the Chiranjeevi health insurance scheme has been increased from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh. The government claimed that this scheme is expected to benefit 1.34 crore families.
Furthermore, the Rajasthan government announced that it will provide 125 days of employment instead of 100 days under the NREGA [National Rural Employment Guarantee Act] scheme.
