CHANDIGARH, NOV 25
tThe Haryana Government today launched monthly pension scheme for Matrabhasha Satyagraihis at a programme organized as part of International Gita Mahotsav, Kurukshetra today.
As many as 194 beneficiaries of Matrabhasha Satyagarihi have been identified in the first phase.
RSS Chief Dr Mohan Bhagwat, Haryana Governor, Prof. Kaptan Singh Solanki, Governor Himachal Pradesh, Acharya Devvrat and Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal presented cheques of Rs10,000 each to eight beneficiaries as pension for the month of November 2017.
Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that pension scheme for those who participated in the Hindi Movement in 1957 has been started by the present government. He said that a movement was started in 1957 which was neither for any individual benefit nor for getting any political mileage. The sole aim of this movement was to revive the honour of our mother language. This historical movement which was started on April 30, 1957 and continued upto December 27, 1957. Notably, Mr Sumer Singh of village Bans in district Rohtak laid down his life in this movement, he added.
The Chief Minister said that he had announced this pension scheme for Matrabhasha Satyagarihis during the function organized to mark the closing ceremony Swarna Jayanti Year of the state in Hisar on October 31, 2017.
Transport Minister, Mr Krishan Lal Panwar, MLAs Mr Subhash Sudha and Dr Pawan Saini, Director, Information, Public Relations and Languages Department, Mr Sameer Pal Srow were also present on this occasion.
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