{"id":40540,"date":"2025-04-03T14:06:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/?p=40540"},"modified":"2025-04-03T14:06:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:06:03","slug":"punjab-government-committed-to-the-welfare-of-scheduled-castes-and-persons-with-disabilities-%e2%82%b99-14-crore-disbursed-to-522-beneficiaries-dr-baljit-kaur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/punjab-government-committed-to-the-welfare-of-scheduled-castes-and-persons-with-disabilities-%e2%82%b99-14-crore-disbursed-to-522-beneficiaries-dr-baljit-kaur\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab Government Committed to the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Persons with Disabilities; \u20b99.14 Crore Disbursed to 522 Beneficiaries \u2013 Dr. Baljit Kaur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Punjab Government Committed to the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Persons with Disabilities; \u20b99.14 Crore Disbursed to 522 Beneficiaries \u2013 Dr. Baljit Kaur<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Says CM S.Bhagwant Singh Mann-led Government is Continuously Working to Make Marginalized Communities Socially and Economically Self-Reliant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chandigarh, April 3:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Reaffirming its commitment to the welfare of Scheduled Castes and Persons with Disabilities, the Punjab Government has disbursed a loan amount of \u20b99.14 crore to 522 beneficiaries during the financial year 2024-25. This includes a subsidy of \u20b91.46 crore. Punjab\u2019s Minister for Social Justice, Empowerment, and Minorities, Dr. Baljit Kaur, shared this information today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dr. Baljit Kaur stated that under the leadership of Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann, the Punjab Government is consistently striving to empower marginalized and underprivileged sections of society through education, financial support, and social upliftment. She emphasized that the Punjab Scheduled Castes and Persons with Disabilities Finance and Development Corporation is providing concessional loans to help these sections of society pursue self-employment and higher education.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Cabinet Minister further explained that under various schemes run by the state government, any individual from the Scheduled Caste community aged between 18 and 55 years, with an annual income of up to \u20b93 lakh, is eligible to avail of loans for self-employment or higher education. 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