At the Jandarshan programme organised on Thursday, Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh instructed Principal Secretary of Agriculture Department to examine the demand of farmers for rebate in road tax, applicable on harvester machine in Mahasamund district, on immediate basis.
A delegation of farmers from Saraipali-Basna met Chief Minister at Jandarshan and handed over the memorandum insisting on afore-mentioned demands.
The delegation including Omprakash Chowdhary, Vishwanath Chowdhry, Mahendra Patel, Suryaprakash Chowdhary and others said that state government has provided rebate on road tax for almost all the agricultural equipments.
Although farmers of Raipur district are availing the rebate in road tax on harvester machines, farmers of Mahasamund district have been deprived from the benefit.
CM Singh assured the farmers that all the points of their memorandum will be considered and examined to take an appropriate decision.Sarangarh Janpad Panchayat member Savita Nishaad also handed over memorandum to Chief Minister, stating that Horticulture Department has done cashew plantation over an area of 125 acres in village Ulkhar of Sarangarh block, but no fencing has been done around the area.
Chief Minister forwarded the memorandum to Raigarh Collector for immediate examination and proper action on the complaint received.
Savita also thanked Chief Minister, on behalf of Nishad Samaj, for formation of Machua Kalyan Board.Delegation of MA (social science) final year students from Chhattisgarh Government College Raipur met Chief Minister and told that they have not received the tablets under Chhattisgarh Yuva Soochna Kranti Yojana yet, despite registering for it long before.
Dr Singh instructed the Higher Education Department Secretary to examine their application and take the necessary action.Similarly, final year students of B.Pharm and M.Pharm namely Kunal Chandrakar, Himesh and Virendra also requested Chief Minister to provide laptops to the students of technical courses like B.Pharm and M.Pharm also. Chief Minister sent the application to Higher Education Department Secretary for immediate examination.
In the Jandarshan programme, a delegation of PMT passed students handed over a memorandum to Chief Minister requesting that the 30 seats of State-quota in Government medical colleges and a private medical college of Durg should not be converted into management quota, so that the talented students of State may get the opportunity admission on these seats.
Students said that Directorate of Medical Education have converted the seats of State-quota into management quota even before the final counselling of MBBS (scheduled on Friday, September 27). The Chief Minister assured the students that the decision will be revisited and reconsidered on a serious note, based on which an appropriate decision will be taken as per the rules.
The application was forwarded to Principal Secretary of Health and Medical Education Department for immediate redressal.The delegation of PMT passed students included Khushi Khandelwar, Rayna Jain, Akshay Moondra, Naved Khan, Abhishek Soni and others. Farmers from village Bhadesar of Navagarh block in Janjgir-Champa district requested Chief Minister to establish paddy procurement centre in Bhadesar, on which Chief Minister instructed the District Collector to examine their demands on immediate basis.
Chief Minister said that every possible decision will be taken in the interest of farmers. Parliamentary Secretary Komal Janghel and Dr Siyaram Sahu along with State Civil Supply Corporation Chairman lilaram Bhojwani were also present with Chief Minister on the occasion.
large number of people submitted their applications related to medical aid, discretionary grant etc, which have all been forwarded to the respective officials for necessary action.