While congratulating UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the completion of nine years of the UPA Government at the Centre, Chhattisgarh Congress president Nandkumar Patel and leader of Opposition Ravindra Choubey on Wednesday said that the UPA Government, during the last 9 years, has increased the support price of paddy from Rs580 to Rs1250 for farmers of State. But the BJP-led NDA government, during its five-year rule, had increased the paddy support price by only Rs60 from Rs490 to Rs550.
Counting the achievements of the UPA Government, the leader duo said that looking to industrial development the Centre had sanctioned two rail corridors to Chhattisgarh. One of the 7 Central Universities established by the Central government - Guru Ghasidas University Bilaspur – is in Chhattisgarh, they added.
They said, it would be matter of proud the Central government, to give national-level identity to the medical services, has established All India Institute of Medical Sciences in the state capital Raipur. The establishment of Indian Institute of Management Raipur was a gift to Chhattisgarh by the UPA Government, they added.
listing the public-oriented public welfare schemes launched by the UPA Government, including Pradhanmantri Sadak Yojana, Rashtriya Pariwar Sahayata Yojana, Indira Gandhi Vriddhavastha Pension Scheme, etc, the leader duo said that the UPA government has launched all these schemes for the development and for the facility of the people of the country.