Chief Minister Raghubar Das, calling women to be the base of social and cultural tradition of a region, said that they play an important role in the development of any State. According to Das, a sea of development could be achieved by a State only if its women take a lead role in the implementation of educational programmes run by the State Government. Das was addressing a public gathering organised to mark International Women’s Day at Dhurwa in Ranchi on Thursday.
Das further said that for the development of a State it was important that women of a society must be literate. A State will only develop only if its women are literate, he added. Today women do not lag behind in any field, and are doing well in each and every field with the support of the administration.
“Today we have two women Ministers in the State, having important portfolios like Social Welfare and Justice and Human Resource Development. Women do possess the qualities of love and affection naturally and can think better for their betterment,” said the CM.
According to Das, still there are 55 per cent women in the State who are illiterate and facing the problem of the social problems like witch-hunting and malnutrition. Their situation will change only when they are made literate and self dependent for which people as well as NGOs may play an important role along with the State Government, said the CM. Every household will become self dependent and corruption can be removed from the society only after the organisations State working in an efficient and transparent way, he added.
“Education is not only a degree, but one gets enlightened and also gets wisdom through it. Where wisdom is applied, honesty comes in automatically,” said the CM. Women together should recognise their rights in the field if education and other fields for the upliftment of the society, he added.
Appealing to the women, especially coming from West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand, the CM said that people must be made aware about the myths regarding witchcraft to remove such problems from the society. Das reiterated the announcement of giving one Rs one lakh to an alcohol free village and a Panchayat where a Woman is chosen as a Mukhiya or a Panchayat representative during the forthcoming Panchayat elections.
Das further added that it is the priority of the State Government is to make hundred per cent literate State within the next five years. 57 new Kasturba Gandhi Girl School will be opened increasing its capacity to 150 from 100. The State Government is also making efforts to provide the girls quality education taking the help of information of technology, he added.
Addressing the tribal women, the CM asked them to contribute in the development of their villages only then the scenario of the remote areas could be changed.