Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan reviewed the functioning in Chief Minister’s Helpline 181, ladli laxmi Yojana and Jail departments here on Friday and issued necessary directives to the officials concerned.
While reviewing the helpline, Chouhan has said that he will himself talk to complainants calling at Chief Minister’s Helpline 181 and seek information about
disposal of their complaints.
Reviewing functioning of Chief Minister’s Helpline 181 for disposal of complaints here on Friday, the Chief Minister said that telephone lines and staff will be increased at the call centre. For more effective functioning of 181 Service, services of prominent departments as nodal officers will also be availed so that information sought by people and status of complaints can be known quickly.
It was informed in the meeting that arrangement of 300 seats will be made in the call centre so that maximum calls can be entertained. It was also informed that at present 3000 calls are being
received daily.
ladli laxmi Yojana
The Chief Minister has said that birth of a girl child is a matter of pride and respect for family. ladli laxmi Yojana aims to ensure this. The scheme should be conducted with this spirit. Women and Child Development Minister Maya Singh and Chief Secretary Anthony DeSa were also present on the occasion.
The Chief Secretary said that the scheme is an effective tool for social change. It should be conducted in such a way that beneficiaries should not run about for availing benefit and get it easily and
respectfully.
The meeting was informed about making the scheme more effective. It was informed that now the state government will give a certificate in place of national savings certificate.
ladli laxmi will be paid Rs1 lakh at the age of 21 through e-payment. The department will monitor health and educational activities of every ladli laxmi. It was informed that a study on impact of the scheme by Academy of Administration has found that 77 per cent families have used scheme’s amount for girl’s education or have invested for family’s
betterment.
Indore jail incident info sought
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has directed for intensive inspection of overall situations prevailing in all jails of Madhya Pradesh. He directed that Indore-like incident should not recur. At a meeting, the Chief Minister sought information about Indore Jail’s Thursday’s incident and action taken by the department. Jail Minister Babulal Gaur also attended the meeting.
Chouhan said that occurrence of crime inside jail is a serious matter. Point-wise enquiry should be made as to who is behind the incident, under which circumstances it happened, at which level jail security was breached etc.
He directed to start process of regular checking of all jails in the State.
About Indore’s Central Jail, it was informed in the meeting that second 16 meter high wall will be constructed there. When informed that wall’s will be constructed in 2 years, the Chief Minister said that it should not take so much time despite availability of state-of-the-art construction techniques. He directed to complete the work at the earliest.