DW BUREAU / Chandigarh Just two days after ending the VIP culture by withdrawing fancy number series from his convoy, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal while continuing his effort of shifting the reach of welfare schemes from those at the top of the pyramid to those at the bottom today distributed loan sanction letters to around 10,000 verified beneficiaries under Mukhya Mantri Antyodaya Parivar Utthan Yojana (MMAPUY), hence giving them a golden opportunity to start their own business. "Whenever unprecedented governance reforms are brought by us, everyone starts questioning as what benefit we will get from these reforms, so today I want to tell everyone that in last seven years while going beyond the political culture of giving benefits to the people only when they make several rounds to your office, I have tried to ensure that no department or sector is left untouched for these Good Governance reforms", said the Chief Minister while addressing the beneficiaries of these three pivotal schemes namely Ayushman Bharat, Old age pension and Ration Card during a state-level function held through video conferencing here today. Meanwhile, during the programme, the Chief Minister physically handed over the sanction letters to some of the beneficiaries who were specially invited to attend the programme, while the rest of the beneficiaries got the said letters from the State Cabinet Ministers and Minister of State and Administrative officers who also virtually attended the programme from the districts. "With the help of e-Governance, several new systems have been introduced to reduce human interference and curb corruption, thus making the delivery of citizen-centric services hassle-free. Now, every citizen has access to services and rights while sitting at their home only. Steps have been taken to ensure that the benefits of progress made by the state reach firstly to those at the bottom of the pyramid," added Sh. Manohar Lal. Divulging the details about the total number of families identified under MMAPUY, Sh. Manohar Lal said so far, about 2.49 lakh families having an annual income of less than Rs. 1 lakh have been identified under this scheme. He further shared that out of these received applications, about 49,948 families have submitted loan-related applications and all of these applications have been sent to the respective banks for further action. Today loans of more than 10,000 families have been sanctioned under the scheme. (editor@dailyworld.in)