Chief Minister Raman Singh late on Monday night said that there is radical and positive transformation in the lives of the poor and the downtrodden due to several social-welfare projects of the State Government.
The authorities made earnest efforts to understand the aspirations and needs of the farmers, poor and villagers during the past 15 years, he said.
Singh was addressing a huge gathering at district headquarter town Kanker.
The Chief Minister later dedicated, laid foundation stones and performed 'bhoomi pujan' of 638 development works worth Rs 328 crore.
He dedicated nine development works worth Rs 70.42 crore and laid the foundation stones of 629 works worth Rs 258 crore.
Singh said that no citizen goes to bed on empty stomach as State Government had enacted Food Security Act.
It provides subsidised rice at Re one per kilogram, free salt and grams at Rs Five a kilogram.
Speaking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Ayushmaan Bharat' Yojana, Singh added that no poor man will be deprived of expensive medical treatment.
He said that 12.50 lakh 'residential pattas' had been distributed in the State. In the year 2003 the wages of Tendu patta collectors were Rs 400 per bag which had been increased to Rs 2500 per bag at present.
The Chief Minister said that Internet services had been developed in backward Bastar region with an investment of Rs 3,000 crore.
Ten thousand gram panchayats in the area are connected with Internet services, he said.
Singh revealed that 50,000 Smart phones will distributed to students, farmers, workers, women and youth during 'Vikas Yatra'.
Singh also dedicated Kanker-Amoda-Narharpur road up-gradation bridge over river Mahanadi connecting Sahawada-Tarasgaon.
He distributed relief materials worth Rs 2.52 crore to about 37,000 beneficiaries.
The Chief Minister gave away bicycles to about 3500 women workers, mini rice mills to 30 persons.
He launched the distribution of 'population pattas' project for 29, 826 beneficiaries and gave away domestic cooking gas connections to 333 anganwadi centres.