CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The scheme will enable 1, 100 senior citizens from each Assembly constituency of Delhi per year to undertake free pilgrimage, the expenses for which will be borne by the Delhi government .

Detailed explanation-2: -’Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Yojna’ is a scheme implemented by which Indian state/UT? Notes: Under Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Yojna, senior citizens of Delhi can go on pilgrimages at the government’s expense. Kartarpur Sahib and Velankanni Church in Tamil Nadu have been recently added to the Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Yojna’.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Government of Delhi has introduced the Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Yojana Scheme, through which the senior citizens or the people whose age is above 60 years would be liable for a pilgrimage tour. The entire tour is free of cost.

Detailed explanation-4: -Eligibility Criteria for Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Yojana The applicant/spouse must be a resident of the territorial jurisdiction of NCT of Delhi. The applicant/spouse must NOT be employed with Central/State Government or Local/Autonomous bodies. The applicant/spouse must NOT have ever availed the scheme in the past.

Detailed explanation-5: -Delhi govt’s Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Scheme: Between 2018 and 2020, 35, 000 people from Delhi were taken on these trips. The Delhi government’s Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Scheme, under which people over the age of 60 are taken for a pilgrimage free of cost, is expected to restart in a month’s time.