Chief Minister Raghubar Das, sharing the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, underlined the principles of cooperative federalism in order to build a new India. He, while holding a meeting with a team representing NITI Aayog also sought additional assistance for several developmental projects.
"All the States under the cooperative federalism are working to build a new India. Jharkhand had to suffer due to years of political instability but now with full majority Government the State has gained momentum. Schemes for all round development of the State are being run and results have also started to come. At the same time, Jharkhand, for works to be done for farm sector, irrigation, rail, road etc, needs additional assistance where the NITI Aayog can help by establishing coordination with the Centre," said the CM during the meeting on Wednesday which was also attended by Aayog deputy chairman Rajiv Kumar.
Informing the team about the steps taken by the Government in the field of employment generation, the CM referred to a series of cottage and village industries, sakhi mandals and minor irrigation projects running in various parts of the State.
"Things have changed now. States had to rush to the the Center for funds when Planning Commission was in place. Now the Prime Minister has set up this system under the cooperative federalism structure. Jharkhand has received pats from the NITI Aayog for its works, especially for job creation done for tribals. We have focused on animal husbandry for income generation of tribals which would also help in doubling farm income by 2022," stated the CM and also talked about honey production.
Rajiv Kumar while praising the steps the Government has taken said that Jharkhand performed tremendously in some of the basic areas. "Country is proud of Jharkhand which in a short span of time done commendable job in the field of health, education etc. Agriculture single window system, using district mineral development fund for basic facilities like piped drinking water, involving women through self help groups are some of the measures," said he The Government will work in tandem with large mining companies to generate more revenue with greater degree of investment coming.
Review of schemes related to agriculture, irrigation, health and nutrition, education, drinking water, welfare, energy were also done during the meeting. Member of the Aagoy Ramesh Chandra, Chief Secretary Sudhir Tripathi, Development Commissioner DK Tiwari, Additional Chief Secretary of Finance Department Sukhdev Singh, PCCF Sanjay Kumar and several other officials remained present in the meeting.