Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that non-government organisations performing outstandingly at development block level will be awarded from next year. Provision of Rs. 300 crore has been made this year for developing rural haat-bazaars for rural crafts persons. Chouhan was addressing Voluntary Organisation Dialogue-2013 organised by Jan-Abhiyan Parishad at Ravindra Bhavan here on Sunday. At the programme, he also distributed awards to state and district-level outstanding organisations and fellowships.
Chouhan said that arrangements for Vivekananda Kendras will be made effectively in every district. Facility of reading room and conferencing will be made available to district centres of Jan-Abhiyan Parishad. Impact survey of various government schemes will be done through Jan-Abhiyan Parishad. He said that voluntary organisations’ role is important in development of society and country.
Finance Minister Raghavji said that 40 Prasphutan Samitis are functioning in all development block of the state. Jan-Abhiyan Parishad is enlisting active cooperation of voluntary organisations in the state’s development.
Member of Parliament Narendra Singh Tomar said that youths should discharge their social and national duties and cooperate in building golden Madhya Pradesh.
At the programme, Chouhan gave away Rs. 5 lakh first state-level prize to Asha Gram Trust Barwani, Rs. 3 lakh second prize to Bhausaheb Bhuskute Smriti lok Nyas Hoshangabad and Rs. 1 lakh and third prize to Sarthak Samudayik Vikas Evam Jan-Kalyan Sanstha Bhopal. Similarly, one voluntary organisation from every district was given award for outstanding performance. Fellowships for year 2012 were given to researchers Sunit Kumar Tiwari, Mahendra Kumar, Mahendra Sitpara, Amit Richharia and Krishnakant Khode.
Jan-Abhiyan Parishad Vice-Chairman Pradeep Pandey threw light on the programme’s outlines and Vice-Chairman Ajay Shankar Mehta delivered the welcome address. Panchayats & Rural Development Minister Gopal Bhargava, Agriculture Minister Ramkrishna Kusmaria, social worker Mukund Kanitkar, Arvind Menon and large number of representatives of voluntary organisations were present on the occasion.