Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel disbursed a host of benefits to farmers, livestock owners and tendupatta collectors on Thursday on the occasion of the birth anniversary of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.

Among the benefits that were handed out were the second instalment to farmers from a corpus of Rs 1,500 crore. The money was directly transferred to 20 lakh farmers under the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana.

This apart, the Baghel government also sanctioned Rs 5 crore that was to be paid under Godhan Nyay Yojana.

Also, over 11 lakh tendupatta collectors would receive an incentive remuneration of Rs 232.81 crore in all.

The Chhattisgarh government of Bhupesh Baghel has all along claimed that its motto is based on three principles: service, care and empathy. And it was under these three pillars that Thursday’s relief measures were announced and acted upon.