Chief Minister Raman Singh on Monday said that Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya was a great thinker, writer, journalist and Integrated humanist.
The great thinker stressed on integrated humanism in which human beings lived in harmony with nature and surroundings. Pandit Deendayal preached ‘Antyodaya’ — serving the last man in the queue, he said.
The Chief Minister wished the citizens of the State on the occasion of birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya.
Under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the State Government had been following the ideals of Pandit Deendayal. The authorities are providing health, education, electricity, roads’ connectivity, drinking water, irrigation, employment training and other infrastructure facilities. Spectacular development had taken place in the last 13 years, Singh said.
The Chief Minister said that farmers are being provided with loans at nominal rates of interest. An amount of Rs 2,100 crore will be distributed as bonus to farmers soon, he said.
About four lakh farmers are being provided with free electricity under the ‘Krushak Jeewan Jyoti Yojana’. Chhattisgarh is the first to become ‘power cut free’ in the entire country in 2008. Food Security Act had been implemented in the State, Singh said.