THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: State and central executive ministers on Sunday sparred over the state-level inauguration of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme for offering monetary improve to farmers.
While the state executive inaugurated the programme at an match in Kottayam on Sunday, Union tourism minister Alphons Kannanthanam inaugurated it at a function on the Central Tuber Corps Research Institute (CTCRI) right here. No state executive representatives, together with native legislator and tourism minister Kadakampally Surendran, have been invited for the event wherein a number of BJP leaders have been present.
"Attempts to project government schemes as party projects are unfortunate. This is an unfair practice and shows political immaturity. It's sheer snobbery. If the central government wanted to organize a state-level inauguration, they should have intimated the state government," mentioned agriculture minister V S Sunilkumar after launching the programme at Kottayam.
Responding to the state minister's criticism, Kannanthanam mentioned the function was once organized most effective to watch the nationwide release of the programme through Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh.
"We don't use the kind of words some leaders here use. There was no inauguration here. It happened in Gorakhpur. Here we only witnessed the original programme," he mentioned including that the state executive has a tradition denying due credit score to central executive schemes. "The government here takes all money from the Centre and launches programmes under different names. It's not fair," Alphons mentioned.
The state and Centre had locked horns not too long ago when Prime Minister Narendra Modi selected to inaugurate the Kollam bypass, which leader minister Pinarayi Vijayan was once planning to open to public.
PM-KISAN, introduced through Union minister Piyush Goyal all through the interim budget, is a scheme wherein 120 million small and marginal farmers who've not up to two hectares (4.9 acres) of landholding will rise up to Rs 6,000 in step with 12 months as minimal income improve in three instalments.
While the state executive inaugurated the programme at an match in Kottayam on Sunday, Union tourism minister Alphons Kannanthanam inaugurated it at a function on the Central Tuber Corps Research Institute (CTCRI) right here. No state executive representatives, together with native legislator and tourism minister Kadakampally Surendran, have been invited for the event wherein a number of BJP leaders have been present.
"Attempts to project government schemes as party projects are unfortunate. This is an unfair practice and shows political immaturity. It's sheer snobbery. If the central government wanted to organize a state-level inauguration, they should have intimated the state government," mentioned agriculture minister V S Sunilkumar after launching the programme at Kottayam.
Responding to the state minister's criticism, Kannanthanam mentioned the function was once organized most effective to watch the nationwide release of the programme through Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh.
"We don't use the kind of words some leaders here use. There was no inauguration here. It happened in Gorakhpur. Here we only witnessed the original programme," he mentioned including that the state executive has a tradition denying due credit score to central executive schemes. "The government here takes all money from the Centre and launches programmes under different names. It's not fair," Alphons mentioned.
The state and Centre had locked horns not too long ago when Prime Minister Narendra Modi selected to inaugurate the Kollam bypass, which leader minister Pinarayi Vijayan was once planning to open to public.
PM-KISAN, introduced through Union minister Piyush Goyal all through the interim budget, is a scheme wherein 120 million small and marginal farmers who've not up to two hectares (4.9 acres) of landholding will rise up to Rs 6,000 in step with 12 months as minimal income improve in three instalments.
State, central ministers spar over scheme launch
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