A dimension within Farming & Financial Support
Concerns and inquiries regarding old-age pensions and government support for the elderly.
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Some elderly men and women in the village are not receiving the old-age pension under the scheme. Despite submitting applications and informing the Sarpanch multiple times, our issues are not being paid attention to.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
Some elderly people in the village are not receiving their old-age pension. Applications have been submitted and the sarpanch has been informed several times in the panchayat, but they are unable to address the issue.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
Many people's names have not been added to their IDs in the village. We told the village head and secretary, but...
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
In our village Indri, two women have been left out of the old-age pension, so the problem is that those women should receive old-age pension.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
Many people's names have not been added for Eid in the village center. We informed the Sarpanch and Secretary, but he is not taking action to get the names added to the ID.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
Some village women are excluded from the Ladli Yojana. ASHA workers have been consulted multiple times, but they are unable to add the left-out women to the Ladli Yojana.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is also a problem with CC roads in the village. They have submitted applications many times at the Panchayat level, but no one is paying attention to them.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Some bags of the village family, and some amount for the family's Prime Minister's housing scheme has not been deposited into the family's account. The Panchayat is handling it in this manner.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
There is a problem with CC roads in the village. We have informed the Sarpanch many times, but no attention is being paid to the ward or the village.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
The farmers of the village are deprived of the Kisan Samman Nidhi. Applications were submitted many times to the Patwari sir, but we did not pay attention to the Aadhaar.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
The people of the village are not able to get the housing scheme. And no attention is being paid by the Sarpanch to those whose houses have already been built.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a problem with the well in the village. We have proposed a public well to Sarpanch Sir many times, but he is not paying attention.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a problem with CC roads in our village. We have informed the Sarpanch many times, but...
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a problem in the village. Food rations are not being given to the people even after being brought to this village.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a big problem with CC roads in village Bhalapari, Ward No. 11. The villagers submitted applications to the Panchayat level, but no attention is being paid to them.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
There is a problem with CC roads in the village. The Sarpanch has been informed many times, but no attention is being paid to building them or listening to our concerns.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a problem with the Mangalwara Road in the village. We have applied many times, but no attention is being paid.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
In village Bhalapuri, in Ward No. 13, there is a big problem with the road. The villagers have submitted many applications, but their requests are not being heard.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
There is an issue with the Anganwadi center in the village.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
There is a problem with CC (concrete) roads in the village. The Sarpanch has been informed many times, but they don't pay attention and don't try to get them constructed.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
We are not getting rations. We informed the Sarpanch, but he is not paying attention.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
People in the village are not getting the Prime Minister's housing scheme. We have conducted a survey, but the Chief Minister's housing is not being received.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
It is a problem that some farmers in Bela village do not receive Kisan Samman Nidhi money.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
In Navnadar village, we have submitted applications many times to the District Collector and the MLA regarding the problems of the bridge and the road, but no resolution has been found yet.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
There is a problem with the CC road in Ward No. 13, village Navnadar. They have applied many times at the panchayat level and in the collector's public hearing, but their problem is not being resolved.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Due to the road problem in our village, the things that should be available are not being received under the government's scheme.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
There is a problem with the Anganwadi center in the village.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
There is a big road problem in Ward No. 13 of Bhallapuri village. The road has not been built yet. Villagers have submitted applications many times, but no action is being taken and no one is paying attention.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
There is a big road problem in the village. It gets more difficult during the rainy season. We have told the sarpanch many times, but they don't pay attention.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
We are not getting our ration. We informed the Sarpanch, but he just keeps saying yes, yes, but no action is taken.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
Farmers in the village are not receiving the Kisan Samman Nidhi funds. We want the government to ensure that some farmers receive the Kisan Samman Nidhi money.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a big problem with electricity in the village. Electricity does not come for one to two months. We have complained many times, but no attention was paid.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
Some members of our family are not getting their names added to the ration card, so there is a problem concerning names on the ration card.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
A tribal community building should be built in the village. We, the workers, had applied many times to the Panchayat, but it wasn't happening.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a problem with the CC road in our village. We have informed the Sarpanch multiple times, but the CC road problem persists.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a road problem in Mangalwada village. We have informed the Collector several times, but so far there has been no hearing or action on it.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
In Ratola village, some farmers are not receiving the benefit of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
It is a big problem if the village farmers are not getting seeds from the agriculture department. They have been told many times, but they are not providing any seeds.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
The tap water scheme has not reached every household in the village, which is a very big problem for them, and no one is paying attention.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
There is a road problem in ward number four of our village. We have submitted proposals to the panchayat many times, but the work is still not happening.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
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