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UNION MINISTER of State for Home Affairs Sriprakash Jaiswal today said that enough funds had been allocated for helping poor people of the society, but almost half of the allocated amount was not reaching the needy people due to rampant corruption.
UNION MINISTER of State for Home Affairs Sriprakash Jaiswal today said that enough funds had been allocated for helping poor people of the society, but almost half of the allocated amount was not reaching the needy people due to rampant corruption.
Jaiswal was addressing a gathering at a function organised by the non-governmental organisation ‘Smile’ which is engaged in taking care of children’s health and education, here on Sunday.
He said that in India about 50 per cent population required help from other sources for their day-to-day needs, but despite various kinds of social welfare schemes the government was not able to provide enough relief to the poor and the downtrodden.
He said rich people should extend all help to the social organisations genuinely engaged in bettering the lot of the poor and deprived people of the society. Lauding the efforts of those engaged such efforts he said social service was the best religion.
Hailing the efforts of the ‘Smile’, Jaiswal said that Kanpur had a large industrial base and several industrialists, who were keen on helping the poor, but very few social organisations in the city were actually committed to doing social services.
Therefore, the industrialists always faced difficulties in getting the right platform for their involvement in social services, he said. He hoped that with the entry of ‘Smile’ in Kanpur, the industrialist community of the city would find a proper forum for their involvement.
On the occasion, Jaiswal also handed over keys of Scootys to five disabled persons. All the five Scootys worth Rs 55,000 each were arranged by the ‘Smile’.
Prominent among those present on the occasion included Dr Ramesh Ojha, Pawan Gupta, former MLA Ganesh Dixit, former MLA Mahesh Balmiki, Madan Mohan Shukla, former director of the NCF Iqbal Singh, Sardar Kuldeep Singh, Sumita Rathore and Meenakshi.
