Chief Minister Raghubar Das has stressed on greater level of awareness and flow of information among rural masses in order to deal with widespread impoverishment. He also added that vigilance is a must on the citizens’ part so that actual benefits of welfare schemes can reach up to them.
“Villages are still impoverished and backward. They could not avail Government schemes which have been one of the main causes of their backwardness. Mahatma Gandhi had laid emphasis on the development of villages. Marginalised people especially in rural areas should be skilled in order to get benefits from the Government schemes,” said the Chief Minister while addressing in a Contact Programme of newly inducted Prime Minister Rural Development Fellows (PMRDFs) on Thursday and defined their roles in future.
Jharkhand is getting its third batch of about 109 PMRDFs who would work in most backward areas of the State as an instrument to not only take welfare schemes up to its real beneficiaries at grass root level in a better manner but also chalk-out innovative ways to reduce the gap between them and the system.
The Chief Minister in his address further said that Jharkhand getting the responsibility of training program from the Union Rural Development Ministry which is a matter of pride for the State. He on the occasion also mentioned about State Government’s initiatives in Information Technology related services in order to implement good governance in Jharkhand that included e-district, mobile apps, right to service act and tele-medicine.
Secretary to the CM Sunil Kumar Barnwal, Sitanath Prabhu, Program Coordinator of Union Rural Development Ministry and other senior officials were also present on the occasion.