In a major announcement in the State Assembly, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday said that citizens will have the freedom not to visit Government offices for any service.
“They (citizens) will have the option of online services or professionally run common service centre or door delivery,” Patnaik said while replying to a debate on the Motion of Thanks to the Governor’s Address.
He also announced that April 1 is the dateline for shifting of all wage payments through banks for all line departments.
Maintaining that all departments will come under the purview of Mo Sarkar by March 5 this year, Patnaik said every department has been given transformational targets while IMFS across all departments would be done by April 1 this year.
“Our attempt is to provide pipe water supply to each and every urban household for which an ambitious initiates “24X7 Drink from Tap”, assured quality supply has been planned and being put in place,” announced the Chief Minister.
Stating that there was a time Odisha was identified with acute poverty and calamities, he said the State is now known for highest reduction of poverty in the Country and setting global benchmarks in disaster management.
“Our resolve to carve out a New Odisha-Empowered Odisha is firm”, he asserted.
He claimed that eight million people have been brought out of poverty in the last decade. He termed the KALIA scheme as unique and said the Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana is providing free healthcare services to all citizens irrespective of their income, or status in all Government medical facilities.
He said empowerment of women is very close to his heart. The "Mission Shakti" and the Women Self Help Group movement is spread in every corner of the State. More than 40 lakh mothers have been assisted under MAMATA, he said.
Through Jaga Mission we have granted Land Rights to more than 50,000 families on in-situ basis in all the 109 Municipalities and NACs.
Jaga Mission has got global recognition in the "World Habitat Awards-2019".
Our intervention in providing education to more than 5 lakh ST and SC students with hostel facility is unprecedented in scale.
“My Government is determined to work hard for the complete transformation of the State by implementing the "5T Mantra," he said.
Earlier participating in the discussion on the Governor’s Address, Opposition BJP and Congress members had alleged that the State Government has furnished untrue information in the House through the Governor.
“The Government has always promised big but has done little. In 2006, the Government had told this House through the Governor that 30% irrigation facility will be created in all blocks, but nothing such has happened as yet,” said Congress Legislature Party Leader Narasingha Mishra.
Congress members Santosh Singh Saluja and Tara Prasad Bahinipati, BJP members Mukesh Mahaling, Bhaskar Madehi and Nityanand Gond and CPI (M) member Laxman Munda too alleged that the Government has made untrue claims.