West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday tweeted to announce that the number of visitors to the state’s door-to-door campaign — Duare Sarkar scheme — had crossed 2 crore. On January 9, she wrote on Twitter: “Happy to share that as of 4 pm today, the total number of visitors in #DuareSarkar camps has crossed 2 Crores!” The maximum number of people have queued up to avail the Swasthya Sathi card.
She also wrote: “Almost 90 Lakh people across West Bengal received different kinds of services. This includes 62 Lakh beneficiaries under Swasthya Sathi, 7 Lakh beneficiaries who received SC/ST/OBC certificates & 4 Lakh beneficiaries who received assistance under Krishak Bandhu. Further, benefits of other GoWB schemes like Kanyashree, Rupashree, Khadya Sathi, Aikyashree, Shikshashree, Jai Johar, Taposhili Bandhu, Manabik etc were extended to lakhs of people. Everyone who applied for various services at the camps were also provided helping hands.”
