Chandigarh, November 9- Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal has called upon all the ex-servicemen and retired employees of the State to join hands with the Government and contribute towards ensuring that the benefits of Government schemes and services reach the grassroots-level.
The vision of the State Government is to partner these volunteers with the state for the upliftment of the society. For this, the State Government has created the Samarpan portal ‘samarpan.haryana.gov.in’, on which all the ex-servicemen and retired employees can register themselves as volunteers and the State Government will implement these schemes in the right way with the help of their valuable experiences.
The Chief Minister was addressing the ex-servicemen and retired employees of the state through a webinar here today. He said that the State Government has made several efforts to bring a substantial change in the system. Employees have played an important role in providing the benefits of Government Schemes. At present, through e-governance and good governance, the government has taken resolution to bring more than 500 services at the doorsteps of the common man.
Sh. Manohar Lal said that it is the duty of the Government to take care of the 2.75 crore population of the State i.e. about 70 lakh families. He said that Government schemes are being formulated at regular intervals, but due to some reason or the lack of complete information, the benefits of these schemes do not reach to the eligible person. Till date the practice that the person who wants to take benefit of Government Schemes should reach out to the government himself and get the benefit of that scheme by giving complete information is on.
He said that our government has taken steps to end this practice and has started an ambitious scheme Parivar Pehchan Patra, under which every family is being identified so that the family that wants to avail benefits of welfare schemes will be given priority. The Government of Haryana is moving forward with this vision.
He said that the data of all the families has been collected under the Parivar Pehchan Patra and the work of verification of this data through the local committee constituted in the district has almost been completed. He said that the Government has made three categories, in which the first category is those families whose annual income is up to Rs. 50,000 the second category whose annual income is up to Rs. 1 lakh and the third category are the families whose annual income is up to Rs. 1.80 lakh. He said that in order to increase the income of all such families, the Government has started Mukhyamantri Antyodaya Parivar Utthan Yojana, under which the target of increasing the income of 1 lakh poor families up to Rs. 1 lakh has been set. For this, some work will be provided to the members of such families on the basis of their qualification or employment opportunities will be provided by imparting skill training and if there is any ancestral work of any family, cooperation will be extended to promote it so that the economic condition of such families can be improved.
He said that recently the Government has started the Har-Hith Store scheme. Initially 71 stores have been opened. In the first phase, there is a plan to open 2000 stores and in the second phase 5000 such stores will be opened. He requested the ex-servicemen and retired employees to motivate the members of the needy families especially the youth for taking benefit of Har-Hith scheme so that those families can get employment. Similarly, plans are also being made to provide employment to many people through Vita.
The Chief Minister said that people migrate from village to city for their livelihood, so the pressure on cities is also increasing. The aim of the State Government is to create harmonious environment in the rural areas so that the villagers can improve their living conditions. For this, in addition to traditional farming, animal husbandry, bee keeping, fisheries, mushroom cultivation and agro-based small, cottage industries etc. are being promoted under this initiative.
Sh. Manohar Lal added that by following the mantra ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas and Sabka Prayas’ given by Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi, an educated, well-organized and the vision of a contented society can be realized.
While interacting directly with the ex-servicemen, the Chief Minister said that parks and gymnasiums are being made in 1000 villages.
He said that if we consider work as service, then it gives a feeling of self-satisfaction and joy. If a happy society is formed, the pride of the State will increase. In this webinar, more than 7,000 ex-servicemen and retired employees joined through Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other mediums.
On this occasion the Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. D. S. Dhesi, Additional Chief Secretary, Sainik and Ardh Sainik Welfare Department, Sh. V. S. Kundu, Additional Chief Secretary, Finance Department, Sh. T.V.S.N. Prasad, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. V. Umashankar, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister and Director General, Information, Public Relations and Languages Department, Dr. Amit Agrawal, Deputy Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Smt. Ashima Brar and other senior officers were present.