BJP member Shivratan Sharma delivered the motion of thanks on Thursday on Governor Balramji Das Tandon's address to the House on the opening day of the month-long Budget Session of the Chhattisgarh Assembly on February 5 this year.
The member stated that during the past 14 years, Rs 75,000 crore worth of paddy was purchased by the State Government from farmers.
He said that 18 lakh people have been offered lPG connections in the State so far against a target of 35 lakhs.
Sixty two per cent of the people have been offered lPG connections so far , he said.
Eighty two per cent of the people in the State are being provided ration by the State government, Sharma said.
A total of 18 teams from various states have so far studied the PDS system of the State, he said
The State had also been providing interest-free loans to the farmers, Sharma said.
A total of 18,000 villages had been declared ODF and 'Gram Gaurav Sadaks' had been constructed at a cost of Rs 874 crores, he said.
The Government intends to open a PG College in every district, Sharma said.