Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that empowerment of women is our top priority. More and more women should be linked with self-help groups in the state and self-help groups should be empowered financially through various activities. It is a matter of happiness that Madhya Pradesh has ranked first in India in terms of presentation and acceptance of cases on the National Rural Livelihood Mission Bank Linkage Portal.
Out of 82,342 cases of women self-help groups presented in Madhya Pradesh, 32,062 cases of SHGs have been approved.
Chouhan said that Madhya Pradesh has ranked first in India in the implementation of MNREGA. In Madhya Pradesh, 20 lakh 17 thousand 56 (17.59%) labourers are being employed daily out of 01 crore 14 lakh 66 thousand labourers active in 22108 (97%) gram panchayats out of 22810 gram panchyayats under MNREGA so far this year, which is the highest in India. Chief Minister Shri Chouhan congratulated the Panchayat and Rural Development Department for this achievement.
Chouhan said that Madhya Pradesh has been the first to fulfill the target given in the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana. Nearly 1010 km road was constructed against the target of 2550 km length of road construction in the state which is 39.62 percent of the target and is the highest in India.
Maximum 7,500 km long roads were constructed from plastic waste under Green Technology by Madhya Pradesh Rural Road Development Authority. Madhya Pradesh has been the first in India in this work. Madhya Pradesh has also been the first in payment made for the works through e-Marg portal. Payment of 2166 out of 2370 works of Madhya Pradesh Rural Roads Authority was started through the portal.
Good work has been done in Madhya Pradesh under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana in which Madhya Pradesh ranks second in the country. As many as 23 lakh 63 thousand 777 Pradhan Mantri Awas have been sanctioned in the state, out of which 17 lakh 59 thousand 675 houses have been completed.
The Chief Minister said that efforts should be made to have maximum Samras Panchayats in the state for which a campaign should be conducted. In this, the sarpanch is elected unopposed, due to which the amount spent for election is spent for the development of the village. The government also provides additional funds to Samaras Panchayats for development.
Chouhan said that Deendayal Antyodaya committees should be activated at the gram panchayat level to monitor the development works of the gram panchayats. Social workers and non-political persons should be included in this work.