Chandigarh, January 24: Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that all the departments should work on a comprehensive level by making progressive plans in various developmental areas; so that by the year 2047, effective steps can be taken towards making Haryana a leading, modern, self-reliant and fully developed state.
The Chief Minister was presiding over the meeting regarding learnings from the second national conference of Chief Secretaries here today. Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala, Home Minister, Sh. Anil Vij, Transport Minister, Sh. Mool Chand Sharma, Agriculture Minister, Sh. J.P Dalal, Local Urban Bodies Minister, Dr. Kamal Gupta, Development and Panchayats Minister, Sh. Devender Singh Babli, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister, Sh. Om Prakash Yadav, Women and Child Development Minister, Smt. Kamlesh Dhanda, Labour Minister, Sh. Anoop Dhanak, Printing and Stationery Minister, Sh. Sandeep Singh, also remained present during the meeting.
During the meeting, presentation was given by senior officers on various topics including emphasis on efficient, small and medium scale industries, infrastructure and investment, reducing regulatory compliance, GST, inclusive human development, nutrition and maternal, child and adolescent health, women empowerment, skill development, expansion of skill ecosystem, vocal for local, use of millets and global geographical challenges.
Apart from this, Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal also presented the summary report of the virtual conference of Chief Secretaries with Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi in January. A short film on the mini cluster scheme of the state was also shown during the meeting.
Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that every department should prepare such plans and review them every month; besides implementing them right up to the grassroots for providing full benefit to every person. He said that a portal should be made for the treatment of all types of diseases for the citizens and it should be linked with the Parivar Pehchan Patra. Apart from this, for providing loans to poor youth, financial schemes like Mudra, Standup, etc should be linked to Mukhyamantri Parivar Antyodaya Utthan Yojana.
The Chief Minister said that the Department of Environment and Climate Change and Commerce and Industry should develop clusters at the block level and focus on creating employment opportunities. “A plan should be prepared to develop textile parks and increase infrastructure in them. Apart from this, the electronic manufacturing cluster will be promoted in the state,” he added. He said that the auto appeal system and grievance redressal system of the state government has been considered better by the central government.
He said that the ‘one block one product’ scheme has been approved in 45 blocks. Under the Padma scheme, 10,000 industries are being set up in 143 blocks. A roadmap is being prepared for organic management of wet and dry waste in the state; under which processing units will be set up after segregating the waste. Three bio-CNG plants are being set up in Panchkula and Rohtak.
Inclusive human development
The Chief Minister said that the Women and Child Development Department should collect all kinds of information about children from birth to the age of 6 years. Apart from this, separate frameworks should be prepared by the Employment Department for school education of children in the age group of 6 to 18 years, higher education of youth in the age group of 18 to 25 years and people in the age group of 25 to 60 years. Similarly, 2,058 health and wellness centres have been set up to provide e-treatment facilities. Emphasis is being laid on empowering women and increasing their participation, he asserted.
He said that centres of excellence are being set up in the state for skill enhancement with high level training facilities. “Also, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana will be launched soon in the state, under which entrepreneurship will be promoted,” said the Chief Minister, adding that a World Skill Centre is being set up in Gurugram. Apart from this, a detailed discussion regarding G-20 was also held in the meeting on various programmes to be organized in the state.
Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. DS Dhesi, Additional Chief Secretaries, Sh. TVSN Prasad, Sh. Anand Mohan Sharan, Smt. G. Anupama, Principal Secretary, Sh. Anurag Agarwal, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Dr. Amit Agrawal and other senior officers were present in the meeting.