Chhattisgarh has evinced keen interest in forging a meaningful partnership with Australian universities for linking its youth with the mainstream of knowledge and technological developments.
Chief Minister Raman Singh in a telephonic interview with Australia’s Radio ABS from his residence said that if Chhattisgarh partners with Australia in the domain of higher education and, particularly, training offered for mining technology, it would certainly benefit India’s new State. “We are ready to collaborate,” he said.
He said that his party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi as Chief Minister of Gujarat during his three consecutive tenures has evolved a good development model. BJP’s Narendra Modi is the party’s ‘tested’ candidate for the PM post, Singh said.
The Chief Minister said that after the formation of Chhattisgarh, a slew of national level institutions were opened such as the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), among others.He said that the State is developing a ‘Knowledge Park’ in Naya Raipur.
“We are ready to partner with Australian universities in the technical education domain. The mining technology available with Australia is truly beneficial,” Raman Singh said.
On insurgency problems in Chhattisgarh, Singh told the Australian Radio that it is confined to smalls pockets of the State. “The government is vigilant and elaborate steps have been taken to protect lives. All possible efforts are being made in a planned manner to end insurgency. There are government welfare programmes running in the insurgency-infested regions,” he said.
The Chief Minister assured that insurgency would end soon in Chhattisgarh.He also stated that Chhattisgarh is among the frontline states in India during the past five years in terms of higher gross state domestic product (GSDP) growth.