Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, addressing the civil servants said that your life is not just for your own self but for your loved ones. Public welfare is the biggest priority. Small works related to the general public are really big works. Civil servants should get these works completed on time, this is good governance. Chief Minister Chouhan was addressing the Civil Services-Day launch programme in the assembly hall of the RCVP Noronha Academy of Administration and Management, Bhopal. <
Chouhan said that our basic work is social service. Whatever work we do, it is for the common citizens. Chief Minister Chouhan extended best wishes and congratulated Team Madhya Pradesh on Civil Services Day. The chief guest for this special event on Civil Services Day was Mohandas Pai, educationist, author, former member of Infosys and currently Chairman, Manipal Global Education.
Chief Minister Chouhan said that the meaning of Civil Services Day is that we are public servants and our main aim is to serve the country. In a democracy, there is governance of the people, for the people and by the people. Chouhan said that the theme of Civil Services Day 2023 is ‘Developed India, Empowering Citizens and Reaching the Last Mile’. Congratulating Team Madhya Pradesh, he said that he is proud that together they have made a very important contribution in making Madhya Pradesh prosperous and developed. Team Madhya Pradesh has worked unitedly. Rapid positive changes have taken place in Madhya Pradesh. We have surprisingly increased the capacity of irrigation from 7.5 lakh hectare to 45 lakh hectare. Crossing this, we will now work to increase it up to 65 lakh hectares. Today 4 lakh kilometers of roads have been built in the state. At some point of time it used to be only 71 thousand kms and was in poor condition. Now there are excellent roads in the state.
Amazing work has been done in various fields including energy in the state. We are able to work as the state now has good resources. Chouhan said that the construction department should also remain active in the state. Today Madhya Pradesh is counted among the developed state, Madhya Pradesh is no more a bimaru state. The credit for this goes to the extraordinary hard work of Team Madhya Pradesh. The Chief Minister said that our work is not possible without the common people due to whom we are able to reach the beneficiaries. Vikas yatras have become Jan-kalyan yatras in the state.
Chouhan said that talking of infrastructure in the state, a lot of positive changes have taken place. Agricultural production has increased manifold. The grain stores are full. Per capita income has increased. The contribution of Madhya Pradesh in the country’s GSDP has increased. In the year 2005-06, the budget size of the state was Rs 25 thousand crores, which has increased to Rs one lakh crore in the year 2012-13, Rs two lakh crore in the year 2020-21 and this time it has crossed Rs 3 lakh crore, which is not a cakewalk. It is an exceptional achievement. Madhya Pradesh has taken a comparatively higher jump, the credit of which goes to Team Madhya Pradesh.
Chouhan said that the distance between the public and the administration has been bridged in the state, which has become possible due to the efforts of good governance. The Mukhyamantri Jan-Seva Abhiyan succeeded in connecting more than 83 lakh beneficiaries with the schemes of the Central and State Governments.
Our programs became the programs of the people. People have also participated in the decisions. Campaign will be conducted again from May 10 to 25 to redress public grievances.
