A meeting of Central Regional Council was held here at the Mantralaya on Tuesday to discuss wide ranging issues concerning inter-state issues.
The issues discussed were over Naxalism, prevention of inter-state transportation of psychotropic drugs, conservation of forest cover, tobacco control programme and other issues.
The 11th meeting of the Council chaired by the Chhattisgarh Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand was attended by senior officials from Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh.
As per information received, elaborate discussion was held on series of issues including implementation of various welfare schemes introduced by the Central government, eradication of Naxalism, measures to check illegal transportation of psychotropic drugs between these four states and conservation of forest cover and biodiversity.
Moreover, implementation of National Health Insurance Scheme and National Food Security Act-2013 were also discussed during the meeting.
Similarly, discussions on measures needed to be taken for conservation of forest cover and biodiversity and National Tobacco Control Programme were held on this occasion.
The meeting chaired by Dhand was attended by Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Rakesh Sharma, Secretary of Interstate Secretarial Council Praveer Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh SR Mohanty, Additional Chief Secretary of Chhattisgarh Ajay Singh, NK Aswal, MK Raut, Principal Secretary of Uttar Pradesh’s General Administration Department Hariraj Kishore and other senior officers of the four States.