/Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday said that tightening the noose around corruption and providing jobs only on merit basis can be termed as his government’s two biggest achievements during 2500 days of its tenure.

Presenting a report card of 2500 days tenure of the present State Government, Khattar said that his government has ensured Haryana’s transformation as a growth magnet by upholding farmers interest, uplifting the poorest of the poor in the spirit of Antyodaya and providing ample employment opportunities for youth.

In October 2014, the BJP had come to power in Haryana on its own while in October 2019, the saffron party had formed an alliance with the JJP to form the State Government.

The Chief Minister while addressing a press conference here said the State Government is now focused on chalking out such plans wherein Haryana can rapidly move towards ensuring Ease of living for the economic upliftment of the people of the state along with improving the rankings on happiness index.

Khattar said that in the last 2500 days since he sworn-in as the Chief Minister in 2014, the State Government has been dedicatedly working towards swiftly taking Haryana on the development track by ensuring equitable development of all the 90 Assembly Constituencies while believing in the mantra of ‘Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas- Sabka Vishwas-Sabka Paryas and ‘Haryana Ek Haryanvi Ek'.

The Chief Minister said that in the implementation of many schemes, Haryana Government has now become a role model for other states.

Elaborating his government’s achievements, he said that keeping farmer interest on top has always remained the utmost priority of the State Government. Various initiatives and schemes have been launched for their welfare and taking this legacy forward an amount of Rs.11000 crore has been transferred directly to the accounts of about 50 lakh farmers under various schemes, he said.

The Chief Minister said in 2500 days, a giant leap has been taken in terms of Infrastructural Reform.  Medium Term Expenditure Framework Reserve Fund of about Rs 8700 crore has been created in the year 2021-22 for big long-term projects. As many as 17 new national highways were announced, of which work on 11 is in progress. The project of Regional Rapid Transit System Connectivity between Sarai Kale khan-Panipat is being planned at a cost of about Rs 30,000 crore, he said.

Highlighting other projects, he informed that Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor has been sanctioned for Palwal-Sonipat and Sohna-Manesar to be built at a cost of about Rs 6000 crore. Rail Coach Repair Factory is being set up on 161 acres of land in Badi Sonipat, he said.

The Chief Minister also said that during the State Government’s tenure, more than 82,000 youth have been given government jobs on the basis of merit.

'One Registration' facility’ has been started so that the youth do not have to repeatedly apply for Group C and D government jobs. Besides this, a provision of the ‘Common Eligibility Test’ has been made to save the time of the aspirants applying and appearing for various government jobs, he added.

The Chief Minister further said that in a bid to address every single grievance raised by the people of the state, one of its kind 'Vivadon se Samadhan' was launched aiming to resolve long pending queries of each department.

On challenges faced by the present government, Khattar said that tightening the noose around corrupt practices going in every wing of the government was one of the most herculean targets that our government has achieved.   Several digital reforms were initiated in each sector be it issuing CLUs, transferring teachers online, giving government jobs only on merit basis, curbing age-old fraud going on in distribution of ration, pension, stipend and subsidy being given to the poor.

Recently ‘Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam Limited’ has been set up to stop the practice of hiring contractual employees through outsourcing. Similarly, in a bid to address issues related to recruitment, transfer, service record, a new Department namely Human Resources Department has been set up, he said.

Radical reforms have been brought to replace Right to Corruption with the Right to Service in Haryana by the government. A portal will be launched on September 1 for Right to Service in the state, he added.