The Centre expects the cooperation of State governments in extending the benefits of various Central government schemes to people across the country, Union Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar has said.
Mr. Jaishankar, who is on a three-day visit to the State capital, was speaking on Monday at a beneficiary meet on Central government schemes in the Thiruvananthapuram Parliamentary constituency. In the days ahead, the government would be making efforts to expand the benefits offered under various schemes that had already been announced, he said.
The government did not believe that houses, electricity, water and cooking gas should remain the privilege of middle class or rich people. Every Indian had a right to have them in his/her home. The government was committed to ensuring this, he said.
