Bhopal

Vision Document a roadmap to State's progress: Chouhan

Staff Reporter

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that Vision Document 2018 and Jan-Sankalp 2013 are roadmaps of the State's development and symbol of people's expectations.

Real leadership of its implementation will rest with the minister of concerning department. Every department should chalk out 100-day, one-year and five-year action plans to implement Vision Document and Jan-Sankalp. The action plans will be finalised by minister of concerning department. Chief Minister Chouhan was addressing a meeting of Ministers and senior officials at Mantralaya on Friday.

Chouhan called for prospering and developing the State through concrete works. He asked them to prove true to people's expectations and not waste even a single day. A Vision Document has been prepared to make Madhya Pradesh a pioneer state in next 5 years.

Departmental Ministers can improve its implementation. They should themselves give presentation during departmental review meetings. He said that fiscal discipline  should not be ignored. There should be policy of zero tolerance against corruption. Irregularities will not be tolerated in any case. Give fully clean and transparent administration. Promote officers with clean image. Field postings should be made only after judging officers' work capacity and honesty.

Departmental enquiries should be disposed of within time-limit. Every work should be completed within time-limit. Responsibility should be fixed if work is not done within time-limit. Departmental Ministers can seek advice from experts. Special attention should be paid that no one is able to misuse power. The 100-day action plan will be implemented from January 1. Assessment of work will be done on its basis. Ministers should get the action plan uploaded on departmental websites and seek people's suggestions about it. All departments should simplify procedures. No compromise should be made with quality of construction works. The Chief Minister stands by officers for works done for state's development.

The Chief Minister said that per hectare agriculture productivity, rate of seeds transplant and dairy production should be increased. Strict action should be taken against spurious seeds and fertilisers. It was informed that Madhya Pradesh will become number one state in the country in next 2-3 years leaving Gujarat and Punjab behind.

Chouhan directed to ensure attendance of teachers in schools. An action plan for infrastructure development should be chalked out in school education. Posting of principals of higher and technical institutions should be rationalised. International level educational institutions should be brought to Madhya Pradesh. Revolutionary changes should be brought about in hospitals' cleanliness and sanitation.

Ensure attendance of doctors and chalk out a concrete action plan to bring down maternal and infant mortality rates and eradicate malnutrition. Ensure availability of nutritious diet at village level. Pay special attention to women's security. During tours, Ministers should also inspect industrial training institutes.

The resolve to provide jobs to 10 lakh youths in next 5 years should not remain a mere formality. It was directed that a drinking water source should be available in every habitat and drinking water should be supplied to houses through piped water schemes in villages. Consider to evolve new system for rural transport. The single window for industrial investment should be made single window in true sense.