Haryana Government has earmarked about Rs 1,700 crore for various schemes to be launched in the State during the Swarna Jayanti year.
The State Government has decided to celebrate Swarna Jayanti (golden jubilee) year from November 1, 2016 to October 31, 2017. A meeting in this regard was presided over by Chief Secretary DS Dhesi on Monday for identification of schemes, programmes and projects to be implemented in swarna jayanti year.
During the meeting, it was informed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would launch several schemes at the inaugural function of Swarna Jayanti celebrations at Gurgaon on November 1.
The Prime Minister would also lay the foundation stones of different projects and inaugurate some projects. It was also informed that a delegation comprising officers from different departments would visit the venue of the inaugural function this week to take stock of the arrangements being made.
The Chief Secretary held discussions with the additional chief secretaries of all departments regarding the proposals of schemes and projects prepared by their respective Departments. He also directed the officers to complete the action plans of schemes being prepared for Swarna Jayanti Varsh Samaroh at the earliest.
Notably, 25 Swarna Jayanti sammelans would be organised in Haryana during the golden jubilee year and a website would soon be launched which would have its detailed information.
Apart from this, a special grant amounting to Rs 25,000 would be given to each village for organising Swarna Jayanti programmes. Similarly, grants amounting to Rs 10 lakh and Rs 50,000 would be given for organising Gita Jayanti programmes at district and block levels respectively in the state.
Besides district level functions, the panchayati raj institutions, educational institutions and urban local bodies department would also organise programmes in schools from November 1 to 7 to make children aware of the programmes of Swarna Jayanti. Besides, a visual expo would be organised at Surajkund in April, 2017 wherein an art exhibition would be organised.
The State Government would also organise a rath yatra in October which would pass through all district headquarters, and would be in the form of a carnival with cultural programmes to be performed by around 100 folk artistes, besides 1,000 cyclists and 21 motorcyclists of Police Department.