The European Union is supporting the Chhattisgarh Government for the execution of programmes under State School Education, Forest, Health, Panchayat and Rural Development, General Administration and Tribal Welfare Departments.
An amount of around Rs 412.40 crore has been utilized for these departmental works.
The progress of these works was reviewed by Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand during the ‘Programme Coordination Committee’ meeting involving European Union and Chhattisgarh Government representatives on Thursday, officials stated.
According to the officials, the utilized fund covers Rs184.8 crore of Health Department, Rs182.65 crore of School Education Department, Rs23.52 crore of the Forest Department and Rs 22.15 crore for the General administration works.
Dhand stressed on bringing about grass-root level social and economic changes of these programmes and projects. Also, he felt the need of better coordination.
Besides, the Chief Secretary, officials from the various departments included in the collaboration and representatives from European Union were present .
Notably last year, The European Union has endorsed the claims of the Chhattisgarh government regarding steep decline in the infant and maternal mortality rate in the State.
A representative of the European Union had stated that the infant mortality rate and maternal mortality rate had come down drastically in the State due the efforts made in the health and family welfare sectors in the 15th meeting of the Programme Steering Committee chaired by Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand , officials stated.
The Chief Secretary had reviewed the schemes jointly operated by the European Union and the State Government in Chhattisgarh during the meeting.
Health, Family Wefare, School Education and Forest Department schemes and their progress was reviewed besides an Action plan was also prepared for the future programmes.
During 2013-14, about 9000 teachers were trained under the joint co-operation of the State Government and European Union. In the current year 30,742 teachers are being trained, it was informed in the meeting.
A report of the Joint Review Mission pertaining to the schemes operated by the European Union was also presented in the meeting.
Chhattisgarh has reported a significant decline in the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) from 61 per 1000 in year 2006 to 47 in year 2013, officials informed earlier this month.
The was due to promising results derived out of services such as vaccination programmes carried out across the State, they had stated.
This apart, the Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR), which was 407 per one lakh deliveries in 1999-2001 has also declined to 230 per one lakh deliveries in year 2012-13.
The Rate of Malnutrition (low weight), which was 47 per cent in year 2005-06, has decreased to 32.51 in year 2014. Under Sanjeevani Sahayta Kosh Yojana, the patients of BPl category and beneficiary families of Chief Minister Food Grain Assistant Scheme are given financial aid for treatment of 30 critical diseases.
This scheme includes provision of maximum financial aid of Rs1.5 lakh. Now the provision of Rs2 lakh for treatment of head injury and that of Rs3 lakh for kidney transplant has been included under the scheme.
During the last 14 years of Chhattisgarh’s formation, health services for common people in Chhattisgarh have widely expanded. Especially the last one decade has been the decade of development for health services in the State.
The State Government is operating 27 district hospitals, 15 civil hospitals, 29 city civil hospitals, 156 community health centre, 783 primary health centres and 5161 sub-health centres across the State. Moreover, three leprosy home and hospitals, 10 city family welfare centres and polytechnic are also functioning in the State.
In all these Government hospitals, several schemes including Mother-Infant Health Programme, Janani-Suraksha Yojana, and Family Welfare Programme along with many Nation Health Programmes, are being conducted.