Chief Minister Hemant Soren today said that the State government is committed to increasing the income of farmers and laborers and for their prosperity and happiness. Because, when the capacity of our villagers increases, the state will also become strong. The CM was addressing the divisional level Mega Kisan Credit Card distribution camp-cum-awareness and the foundation stone laying and inaugural programme of various schemes organized at Hazaribag on Thursday.
The CM said that in the interest of farmers and labourers and to support them, the government is working to prepare action plans and bring them to the ground. In KCC loan, the bankers have been directed to provide all possible help to the farmers. When everyone steps forward, then we will be able to move towards progress. The CM said that farmers and labourers are getting the benefits of the schemes of the government or not, they are doing the work of inspecting them at the ground level. By organizing programs like today, I am myself coming among you and working to cover you with schemes.
The CM said that under the government's Birsa Harit Gram Yojana, work is being done to encourage every villager to plant fruit trees. Just as the lease of the forest, the lease of the land was allotted, in the same way now the lease of the trees will also be made available to the people. Now rural farmers will also be able to plant fruit trees on government land and the ownership of this fruit tree will also remain with them.
He said that the state has received less than normal rainfall so far. In such a situation, the risk of drought is increasing. This is a matter of concern for all of us, but the government is also ready to deal with it. He said that all of us have worked together to solve many problems in two and a half years. We are all working together in a systematic way to solve this problem. Agriculture Officers have been appointed so that farmers can get the right advice for farming. In these drought-like conditions, farmers can do farming on the advice of these officials for what to do and what not to do. He said that we are doing all possible work for the uplift of the State with the help of tribal natives.
The CM said that work is being done to reach the schemes in remote areas through the government's Aapke Dwar programme. Now the officials are going from village to village and working for you. Youngsters are getting appointment letters in JPSC in record time. Old age, helpless, widows are being covered by pension. The government is working for the social security of the common people. Work has been done to fulfill the old pension demand of lakhs of government employees.
In this programme, about Rs 19,081.74 lakh was distributed as KCC loan among 42,893 Kisan Credit Card holders of North Chotanagpur division by the Chief Minister. At the same time, a total of 75 schemes worth Rs 58,97,01,161 were inaugurated and a total of 77 schemes worth Rs 1,46,74,74,444 were laid.
Minister Labour, Planning and Training Department Satyanand Bhokta, Minister Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Cooperation Department Badal, MLA Sarfaraz Ahmed, MLA Amba Prasad, MLA Amit Kumar Yadav, MLA Umashankar Akela, Secretary to Chief Minister Vinay Kumar Choubey, Hazaribagh Deputy Commissioner Nancy Sahay, North Chotanagpur Division and District Officers of the Division, KCC beneficiaries and general public were present.