Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that Madhya Pradesh will contribute $550 billion to make India a $5 trillion economy. He said that Madhya Pradesh is moving ahead keeping in mind the all-inclusive vision of Prime Minister Modi of 21st century Atmanirbhar Bharat.
Chouhan said that NITI Aayog has a big role in the making of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat. Madhya Pradesh is a vivid example of how NITI Aayog becomes the power of the states. Chouhan was addressing the 7th meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi presided over the meeting.
Chouhan informed that the roadmap for Atmanirbhar Madhya Pradesh had been developed in the state in the year 2020.
Madhya Pradesh has achieved a growth rate of 19.74 percent in the year 2021-22. The state is making capital expenditure of 4 percent of the GDP and a provision of Rs 48 thousand 800 crore has been made for the capital expenditure for the financial year 2022-23, which is the highest ever. Chief Minister Chouhan said that employment is our biggest priority and recruitments will be made on one lakh government posts in the next one year. He said that special campaigns would be run for cent percent achivement in beneficiary oriented schemes.
The Chief Minister said that taking inspiration from the crop diversification approach of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an increase has been registered in the area of mustard and summer moong in the state. He informed that production of pulses, ragi barley, coarse cereals, kodo-kutki, ramtil, sesame, spices, medicinal crops, fruits and vegetables is being promoted in Madhya Pradesh through agricultural diversification promotion scheme in place of wheat and paddy. Under this scheme, 13 proposals have been received from private companies like ITC, Patanjali, Dehat for agricultural diversification in one lakh 86 thousand hectare area, out of which two proposals have been approved.
Chouhan informed that Devaranya Yojana has been started by the state government, in which medicinal plants will be produced in 10 thousand hectares of land in three years. He informed that in the last 5 years, bamboo production has been done in mission mode in 11 thousand hectare area in the state. State Natural Agriculture Board has been constituted in Madhya Pradesh to promote natural farming.
Giving information about the use of modern technology in agriculture, Chouhan said that crop insurance registration has been linked with the land records of the state, which has succeeded in preventing over and duplicate insurance. Also satellite based remote sensing technology is being used for yield estimation in insurance payments. With these effective uses of technology, a saving of about R 2500 crores is possible in the agriculture sector.
For the convenience of farmers and revenue staff, e-Girdawari application has been implemented. ‘Farm Gate App’ has also been developed for farmers to sell their produce from their homes at reasonable prices. Chouhan informed that decision has been taken to pay subsidy on agricultural machinery in the state through e-rupi vouchers.
While discussing the implementation of the National Education Policy, Chief Minister Chouhan said that Madhya Pradesh has reached the fifth position in the country by making a big leap in the National Achievement Survey of the year 2021.
He informed that a successful campaign is being run in the state to engage the public in the rejuvenation of Anganwadi through the Adopt an Anganwadi campaign. While on one hand training is being imparted to Anganwadi workers in pre-primary education, on the other hand high quality 9200 CM Rise schools are being opened.
He said that to ensure adequate availability of teachers, about 18 thousand 500 school teachers have been recruited in the state in the last financial year. E-rupi will also be used for distribution of cycles to the students in the school.
Implementation of National Education Policy in Higher Education
Chief Minister Shri Chouhan informed that special emphasis is being laid on study and teaching in mother tongue in Madhya Pradesh. MBBS education in Hindi medium is being started from the session 2022-23 in Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal. Along with this, arrangements have been made to teach B Tech programme in 6 engineering colleges of the state and diploma courses in 6 polytechnic colleges in Hindi. CM Shri Chouhan informed that a well-planned roadmap is being prepared to connect the students of the state with the PM Gatishakti project. At the same time, a new sports culture is being developed in the state so that our players can perform well in various national and international competitions. CM Shri Chouhan informed that in order to develop patriotism and discipline, action is being taken to increase the participation of students in NCC and NSS to three percent of the total students in the state.
Urban Development and Urban Governance
Chief Minister Shri Chouhan informed that the urban bodies of the state are creating a record of cleanliness. Unprecedented works of infrastructure development are being done in the cities of the state.
Giving information about the financial managements of urban bodies, CM Shri Chouhan said that unused properties worth about Rs 600 crore have been identified and monetized in the state. The development plan is being prepared in all the cities using GIS and other technologies and the work of preparing multi modal transport system and logistic hub has also been started in PM Gatishakti. He informed that "Nagar Gaurav Diwas" is being organised to increase the participation of citizens in urban development. In all the urban bodies, 23 services are being provided online.