Public Relations and Energy Minister Rajendra Shukla has said that power tariff will be reduced in planned manner by bringing down power losses in the State. He said that State Government has adopted a number of innovations in social and development sectors.
Public Relations Officers should disseminate information about these innovations to the masses through various communication media. Shukla was addressing a State-level meeting of Public Relations Department’s officers here on Tuesday.
Referring to State Government’s achievements during last 10 years, Shukla said that the State has done remarkably well in power, road, water, irrigation and agriculture sectors. He said that the State Government has accomplished the seemingly unconceivable work of supplying power 24X7 to State’s 52,000 villages. He informed that the State Government is giving Rs 3,500 crore subsidy to make available power to farmers at low rates.
Shukla informed that the State Government has won a number of international and national awards also for remarkable achievements. The Public Relations Minister said that State has received Krishi Karman Award consecutively for second year as a result of increased agriculture production.
After wheat, the State Government has started ambitious work of providing rice also at the rate of Rs 1 per kg from January 1, 2014. He said that ‘Samagra’ should be widely publicised. Shukla informed that now 5 kg food grains will be provided to every family member. Subsidised food grains will be provided by fair price shops to non-income tax payers who do not have BPl cards.
The Public Relations Minister said that special attention needs to be paid to the areas about which negative news are published time and again. In such cases, Public Relations Officers should bring forth factual position.
He directed to pay special attention to Chief Minister’s ‘Aao Banayen Apna Madhya Pradesh Abhiyan’. He said that illegal mining and transportation of minerals has been checked effectively. As a result, revenue from minerals has increased three times.
Shukla appreciated ads on Government’s schemes. He directed to utilise various media for regional publicity. He urged to carve department’s image in such a way that other departments cite its example.
Commissioner Public Relations Rakesh Shrivastava gave information regarding departmental activities and Additional Director (Administration) Suresh Tiwari regarding state-level meeting.