Chief Minister Raman Singh on Wednesday presided over a Cabinet meeting at Mantralaya in Naya Raipur in which several crucial decisions were endorsed.
Notably, the State Administrative Reforms Commission was formed on September 23, 2015. The term of the Commission ends on December 31, 2017. The Cabinet today decided to extend the period of the State Administrative Reforms Commission till December 31, 2018.
The panel had been formed to streamline the administrative set-up, to make it more responsive to the needs of the current times and to oversee the implementation of the various social welfare projects by the authorities and give constructive suggestions.
The State Administrative Reforms Commission was empowered to re-organise the corporations, mandals, commissions, development authorities and observe other related institutions, land management authority and land-Revenue Administration.
Third Supplementary Estimate Year 2017-18 Establishment and Chhattisgarh Appropriation Bill 2017 was also approved by the Cabinet.
Chief Minister Raman Singh on August 4 this year had stated that Chhattisgarh is a State with roughly 44% of the forest cover, which has its own challenges. One cannot comprehend the development journey of Chhattisgarh only by looking at capital city Raipur, Durg and Bhilai.
It is the positive change in lives of even the marginalised section of Bastar and Surguja region, which tells the tale of our journey, he said at the concluding session of the National Consultation on SDGs and Administrative Reforms jointly organized by State Planning Commission Chhattisgarh, National Foundation of India and State Administrative Reforms Commission Chhattisgarh Government, at Yojana Bhavan in Naya Raipur, the Chief Minister said.
Chhattisgarh Government is formulating and enacting the schemes to bring about positive changed in lives of people of the last row, he said.
Talking about the challenges at the time of formation of the State, the Chief Minister said that Chhattisgarh Government has taken numerous measures for development in various sectors.
Singh said that to provide education facility to the children of insurgency-infested areas, Chhattisgarh Government has started POTA cabins -, Prayas residential schools, and established education city in Dantewada, where thousands of Naxal-affected children are availing education facilities.
As a result of State Government's efforts, a large number of doctors and paramedical staff are serving in Dantewada and Bijapur. To provide healthcare facility in Naxal-affected region, we have appointed 26 doctors in Bijapur, 11 doctors in Sukma through Chief Minister Fellowship Programme, he said.
Singh particularly mentioned about the major reform initiated by Chhattisgarh Govt in the area of paddy procurement. “We have created a strong network of production, procurement and distribution of food grains with zero-leakage. Now we are focussing on strengthening the system of minor forest produce procurement at support price”.