Chief Minister Raghubar Das a day ahead of presenting annual Budget has reiterated that the poor, youth, women and rural welfare are going to be some of the focus areas of his Government for the next one year.
Addressing the Development Festival-cum-Fair and Sanitation Program in lohardaga on Sunday, he also considered the upliftment of Tana Bhagats who played a pivotal role in freedom struggle.
“The Government means development for everyone and each one should come forward and play his role in developing the State. Poverty and unemployment cannot be eradicated without the participation of common people,” said he BS College stadium and praised the lohardaga administration for doing good jobs.
laying stress on technical education, he said that all panchayats of the State will be connected with internet. All 32,000 villages will be connected with internet. 30 lakh houses will be supplied with electricity in 3 years. On the occasion the development schemes worth Rs27.40 crore was started and assets and loans were also distributed.
He said that ward-members and mukhiyas should realise their duties and develop the villages. Administrative units will be made in the villages. Panchayat swayamsevaks will run panchayat secretariats and make lists of helpless people.
He said that apart from mukhiyas and ward members, Ministers and officers of the State will take training of management from IIM Gujarat. The training of Government staff will be done at district and block level. He said that the ward members will eradicate broking system and observe if the benefits of the Govterment scheme are reaching to the people or not. The people should be made aware about their rights. Dropout should be stopped. People who cannot meet out the expenses of studies of their children should call on 181.
Das said that 30 lakh toilets will be built by 2018. Mukhiyas should use the funds collected from the 14th Finance Commission and sand piers for making toilets. The state has to be made ODF. The CM also distributed cheques of Rs30,000 and forest patta among the people.
Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma said that training program for the ward members has started today and 52,807 ward members will be trained. She said that ward members are responsible for gram sabha. After training, ward members will dispose their duties effectively. She said that the Government is strengthening self-governance.
She said to the ward members to conduct gramssabha every month and ensure developmental work in the villages. She said that Pesa Act expansion program is in the interest of the tribals. Decisions will be taken considering everyone’s opinion.
Rural Development Principal Secretary NN Sinha, Agricultural Secretary Nitin Madan Kulkarni, Panchayati Raj Secretary Vandana Dadel and other officers were present on this occasion.
DC Bhuvnesh Pratap Singh said, “In lohardaga 225 villages are free of malnutrition. 2100 employees have adopted the affected children. The have assured the participation of public in execution of development plans.”