Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the amount given under Mukhya Mantri Kanya Vivah Yojana will be increased from Rs 51,000 to Rs 55,000 . Under the scheme, household items will be given as a gift to daughters.
Chouhan said that Ministers Usha Thakur, Meena Singh and Yashodhara Raje Scindia have been entrusted with the task of finalizing the draft of Ladli Laxmi Yojana-2. This scheme will be launched on May 2.
The Chief Minister was addressing the Chintan meeting on the second day at Pachmarhi. Information was presented regarding the implementation of the instructions given by Chouhan in the review meetings of various departments held from January 03 to 11.
Minister of Public Works Gopal Bhargava, Minister of Water Resources Tulsi Silavat, Minister of State for General Administration Inder Singh Parmar, Minister of Finance Jagdish Deora, Minister of Revenue and Transport Govind Singh Rajput, Minister of Forests Kunwar Vijay Shah, Minister of Industries Rajvardhan Singh Dattigaon, Mineral Resources Minister Brijendra Pratap Singh, Energy Minister Pradyuman Singh Tomar, Agriculture Minister Kamal Patel gave information about the activities related to their departments.
Chouhan said that the department should make arrangements for implementation and review of schemes within a stipulated time period by setting a time bound programme of budget expenditure. Chouhan said that construction works at a cost of Rs 48 thousand crores has to be undertaken in the state. Influential and well-reputed institutions including PIU should be empaneled for construction work. The institutions of the Government of India should also be included in this.
It may also be considered to entrust the responsibility of completing construction works to be done in the coming time in the state to these agencies. Chouhan said that it is necessary to regulate and control the process of giving construction works to petty contractors. All the construction departments were instructed to submit their reports in a week after contemplating on this and assessing the system going on in other states. He also directed to submit an action plan for the maintenance and operation of circuit houses and rest houses run by the Public Works Department.
It was informed in the meeting that the process of digitalization of offices is going on under the General Administration Department. Chouhan said that the disposal of departmental enquiries, pension cases etc. should be ensured within time-limit.
The Chief Minister said that a clear roadmap of Madhya Pradesh’s contribution in making the country a five trillion dollar economy should be made and implemented with a time-limit as per Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream. Chouhan gave instructions to restart Bhamashah Yojana. In the meeting, instructions were also given to the departments receiving less revenue to make efforts to increase the revenue receipt.
Chouhan was apprised that laptops have been provided to 8 thousand 700 patwaris in the state. The work of land titling is in progress. Chief Minister Chouhan said that the help of drones should be taken in resolving land related matters. Taking forward the process of digitalization in the state, cyber tehsil should be established. Information about the progress of the Chief Minister’s Residential Land Rights Scheme was also given.
It was informed that the pilot project of Rural Transport Project would be implemented in Vidisha.
Chief Minister Shri Chouhan said that sports ground should be developed in every village of the state. A campaign should be launched to identify land and sports grounds should be developed under MNREGA. It was informed in the meeting that a web portal has been developed to remove middlemen from the trade of herbal products and facility is being made available in each district for the sale of the products. As per the instructions of Chief Minister Shri Chouhan, activities are being conducted with the participation of residents to protect the forest area from encroachment and for their better management. In the month of May, a conference of forest committees will be organized in Shivpuri, Jabalpur, Rewa and Satna.
It was informed in the meeting that Madhya Pradesh is at number four in the country in Ease of Doing Business. The ranking of districts is being done under ‘Ek Zila Ek Utpad’. Special activities are being conducted to increase edible oil production in the state. In the meeting, information was given about the investment park in Ratlam and the logistics and warehouse hub to be built on 165 hectares of land near Bhopal. Chief Minister Shri Chouhan said that there is a plan to develop a special area by making an airport between Indore and Bhopal to make the state a hub of logistics and warehousing. It was informed in the meeting that an action plan is being prepared after studying the process being followed in various states to check illegal transportation of minerals.
Chief Minister Shri Chouhan said that satisfaction of electricity consumers and redressal of their grievances is top priority for the Energy Department. It was told that a special campaign would be launched in April-May to improve the electricity bills. Information was also given about the ongoing activities to ensure availability of adequate number of linemen,stern action taken against illegal connections and to check power theft.
