Chief Minister Raman Singh announced that ‘Chief Minister Urban livelihood Mission’ will be launched to provide employment to poor urban youth in 141 local bodies of Chhattisgarh. He said lok Seva Kendras will be started in all tehsils soon. “Public services will be catered through mobile phones. College students will be given laptops and tablets under the Chhattisgarh Yuva Suchna Kranti Yojana,” he said.
Singh was addressing the gathering at Jagdalpur, the district headquarters of Bastar on the occasion of Republic Day here on Sunday after unfurling the National Flag and taking salute of the parade. A 132 KV gas-based electric sub-station will be installed in Raipur soon, he said. Singh said IIT and IIIT will be started from this academic year itself. About 1.94 lakh houses will be constructed under ‘Chief Minister Housing Scheme’ in the entire State.
About 40,000 families will be provided houses under the low-income and middle-income categories. Singh appreciated the tableaux depicting the development activities of various Government departments and cultural programmes based on patriotic songs. “The laws are being simplified to make the people understand them. A special court is established at Dantewada to hear the Naxalism cases. The main aim is to give speedy justice. There will be a lot of job opportunities in State Administration soon,” he said.
The Chief Minister said that the development should be people-centric. “The State has progressed in various fields and it is the top priority of the authorities to see quality of works is maintained”, he said. Singh said the State Government’s main objective is to develop the villages with new ideas and concepts. Zilla Panchayat Resource Centres are being built in all the 27 districts. Nine new zila panchayats have already been started.
Chhattisgarh is giving maximum support to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Prosperous India campaign. Singh while referring to the ‘Swachchh Bharat’ (Clean India) campaign said that Chhattisgarh has announced ‘Nav Ratnas’ and extended full support to Prime Minister Modi’s mission. ‘Programme Management Unit’ will be established at village-level and towns soon to implement the cleanliness campaign.
Under the ‘Prime Minister Jan Dhan Scheme’ 99 per cent families were covered by the bank accounts. Except in Naxal-affected Bastar district, cent percent bank accounts have been opened in all the 23 districts. During the last five months, the total number of bank accounts had reached 40 lakh from 16 lakh bank accounts earlier, he said
The Chief Minister said that Chhattisgarh’s ‘Skill Development’ scheme is implemented at the national-level. Singh said that under ‘Shrameya Jayate’ Chhattisgarh is a model State. He said that several health schemes have been introduced. The Chief Minister said to build roads in a fast phase they have constituted ‘Chhattisgarh Road Development Corporation’. ‘Noni Suraksha Yojana’ covers girls from birth upto marriage. It provides economic security to girls.
He said Railways will bring transformation in the Adivasis regions. About 300 km Rail corridor will come up in the coming years. Gas pipeline from Surat to Paradeep will pass through Chhattisgarh. Efforts are being made to maximise the benefits of gas pipeline to industries and households. Chhattisgarh has carved a niche in the distribution, availability and quality of electricity in the entire country. The Madwa power station will start production of electricity soon.