At a joint review meeting here on Tuesday, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan directed that budgetary proposals of departments should be chalked out in accordance with the State Government’s Vision Document and Sankalp Patra. Ministers should review budgetary proposals themselves. He urged to work with renewed vigour and energy in the New Year.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will now undertake joint quarterly meetings along with Ministers and top officers for departmental review. Ministers, Chief Secretary, Additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries and Secretaries attended the meeting. The marathon meeting lasted from 12 noon till late in the evening. The next joint meeting will be held in April.
Chouhan said that investment promotion is top priority of the State Government. For this, all departments should work with positive mindset. He himself meets investors every Monday. Now, he will follow up directives given at three previous Mondays on the last Monday of the month. All departments should chalk out roadmap of works done in accordance with Vision Document during 2015-16. Revenue earning departments must make intensive efforts for meeting targets during next quarter. All departments should fill up necessary vacancies immediately for Simhastha-2016.
The Chief Minister said that a roadmap should be chalked out within two weeks to ensure action on the points identified by the Central Government under Ease of Doing Business. The State Government has identified 68 points for simplification of procedures. All departments should work towards Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan with self-motivation. All Ministers and officers should make farmers aware about methods to save crops from frost and inspect arrangements to deal with cold wave in their respective areas.
Chouhan said that corruption will never be tolerated. Officers and employees caught red-handed should be suspended immediately. Cases for prosecution received from lokayukta should be disposed of within two months. Departmental enquiry should be completed within a year.