In Sep 2020, Chief Minister of which of the following states has launched a rural transport programme and distributed light motor vehicles to the beneficiaries of the scheme?

The correct answer is Assam Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal launched a rural transport programme and distributed light motor vehicles to the beneficiaries of the scheme. The scheme 'Mukhyamantrir Grammya Paribahan Achoni' aims at improving employment generation and rural connectivity. It was announced by the Assam Chief Minister in his Independence Day speech in 2019. Eligible entrepreneurs will be assisted financially under the scheme with 25 per cent of the cost of the vehicle by the state government or 1 lakh Rupees or whichever is less. As many as 10,000 villages would be covered in the first phase of the scheme with a financial outlay of Rs 100 crore . All 26,000 villages in the state would be covered under it. Apart from boosting rural connectivity, the vehicles provided under the scheme would also come in handy in medical emergency situations.