Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Wednesday directed the officers of the State Government to adopt proactive approach so that the targets fixed by the State Government could be achieved in a stipulated time period.
Presiding over the “Him Vikas Smiksha’’ meeting held here, he said all departments must come forward with at least one new initiative and ensure its effective implementation, adding that for this the officers require out of the box thinking and initiatives.
The Chief Minister said that the aim of reviewing of progress of the ongoing developmental projects was to expedite the pace of work in the State so that fruits of schemes could be delivered to the people well in time.
He said 103 Key Performance Indicators (KPI) have been set for 21 departments of the State besides 4 common KPIs for 26 departments. He said that this is an holistic programme to review the working of the Government departments as a whole instead of individual departmental reviews.
Thakur exhorted the officers to ensure proper implementation of policies and programmes of the State Government so that the impact of these were percolated down to the people of the State at the earliest.
He said the Public Works department should adopt proactive approach to implement some innovative projects which becomes bench mark for even other States. Thakur said that the Irrigation and Public Health Department must ensure that the chlorinated water supply particularly in the rural areas to avoid spread of water borne diseases.
The Chief Minister said that Agriculture department should lay stress on post harvesting management and food processing so as to ensure value addition to the produce of the farmers as this would go a long way in increasing the farmers income. He said as many as 50,000 farmers have been trained for adopting natural farming and about 40000 farmers have actually started it. He said that farmers should also be encouraged for adopting dairy activities to supplement their income.
Thakur said that target of attracting private investment worth Rs 1000 crore was fixed in the education sector, against which, private investment worth Rs 1716 crore have been attracted. While showing displeasure in the delay of providing uniforms, bags and laptops to the students, he directed the Education Department to ensure that during the next session, uniforms, bags, books and laptops be provided to the students well in time so that the students do not face any inconvenience.
He said emphasis should be laid on improving learning outputs particularly in Maths and English, adding that efforts should also be made on campus placements.
He said that the increase in learning outcome must be ensured so that the State becomes the first state of the country in field of education.
Chief Secretary Shrikant Baldi, Additional Chief Secretary Finance Anil Khachi and other Additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, Secretaries, Heads of the Departments and senior officers also attended the meeting.