category Regional, chandigarh, , tags Regional, chandigarh, , DW BUREAU Chandigarh Terming the Antyodaya Parivar Utthan Yojana as a unique scheme of Haryana, Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that the aim of the scheme is to provide self-employment to poor families in a bid to make them financially self-reliant; by making loans available through the banks. For this, the fourth phase of Antyodaya Rozgar Melas will be organized soon, where representatives of the concerned government departments as well as banks will be present and loans will be made available for self-employment, he added. The Chief Minister gave this information during the review meeting of the Mukhyamantri Antyodaya Parivar Utthan Yojana with the bankers. He called upon the bank representatives to make new schemes for the poor families. A separate provision of Rs 5,000 crore will be made to provide loans to 1 lakh Antyodaya families for self-employment. The state government is working on a proposal to bring a major change in cooperatives; under which common dairy has been envisaged in rural areas. For this, the government will provide sheds for dairies on Panchayati land on lease, said Sh. Manohar Lal. The Chief Minister instructed the officials to prepare a checklist of all the documents for providing loans for self-employment so that Antyodaya families coming to self-employment fairs can submit all their loan related documents on the same day and get it approved. He further said that mapping of Vita booths will be done for additional outlets to be opened at different places. During the meeting, representatives of 22 banks, including state s lead bank Punjab National Bank and Sarva Haryana Gramin Bank along with nationalized and private banks were present. The Chief Minister urged the bankers to immediately approve the loan related applications sent from various departments for self-employment loans in Antyodaya Rojgar Melas; so that the beneficiaries get the loan on time and start self-employment. He said that pre-budget meetings are being organized with all the stakeholders and good suggestions are also included in the budget. The verified data of more than 72 lakh families in Parivar Pehchan Patra is available with the government. The bankers can also use that data to make loans available to people under the Mudra scheme of the central government and other state government schemes, asserted the Chief Minister. (editor dailyworld.in)