Farmers, forest dependents, labourers, WSGs received Rs 80000 cr thru schemes: CM

Central Chronicle News
Raipur, Nov 14: In the today’s episode of Lokvaani on the topic ,”Chhattisgarh Model of Entrepreneurship and People’s Empowerment”, Chief Minister said that the strategy we adopted to strengthen the means of livelihood and to empower people of the state financially has gained recognition as ‘Chhattisgarh model’. We kept ourselves away from the race of ostentatious development and paid attention to the basic needs, which resulted in development of permanent means of livelihood and improvement of overall living standard in the state. Be it the initial period of recession or the COVID crisis and lockdown, we managed to put nearly Rs 80 thousand crores in the pockets of farmers, forest dependents, laborers, women’s groups and youth through DBT, under various public welfare schemes. And they did not just lock that amount in the vault, instead they utilized this money to meet their needs and do better works. In this way, we as people have collectively maintained the liquidity of state’s economy. As a result, various kinds of innovative businesses were started, while the traditional skills and traditional employment opportunities got a new direction in the state.
Agriculture sector of Chhattisgarh is transforming
Baghel said that our cities can become prosperous only when the villages of our state prosper. This is the path of development for Chhattisgarh. This is the measure of success for Chhattisgarh model. Chief Minister said that the steps we took to change the face of agriculture in Chhattisgarh, the initiatives taken to cultivate new resources in villages with the new technology and to improve the traditional livelihood, by taking inspiration from Mahatma Gandhi’s traditional development, Pt Nehru’s modern development model, Mrs. Indira Gandhi’s model of determination, and Mr. Rajiv Gandhi’s model of change through technology, have yielded successful results. Mr. Baghel also mentioned about Vivek Kumar Tiwari, a resident of village Kusmi of Bemetara district, who is practicing fishery by constructing a pond in the field, Mr. Shakeel Hussain of Binauri village of Bilaspur district, who cultivates bananas through mulching method, and the benefits of papaya cultivation in Bedmapara, Munga and Mamadpal villages of Bastar.
Holiday declared on Chherchhera Punni-Shakambhari Jayanti
Chief Minister said that Chhattisgarh Government has taken several steps to revive the glory and prestige of being a Chhattisgarhiya, which includes the declaration of public holidays on indigenous festivals such as Hareli, Teeja-Pora, Karma Jayanti, International Day of Indigenous People and Chhath Puja. Even today, Chhattisgarh is an agriculture-oriented state with the traditional value of donating from the new yield of crop. This is the reason why Chherchhera Punni-Shakambhari Jayanti has been declared as public holidays. On the occasion, Chief Minister extended greetings and wishes to the people of the state on Devuthni Ekadashi, Namdev Jayanti, Gurunanak Jayanti, Birth Anniversary of Mrs. Indira Gandhi and Dr Syedna Sahab.
Social harmony and unity among all the religious communities is our strength
Chief Minister said that social harmony and unity among all religions and community is our strength, and to maintain this harmony and peace, we should make collective efforts to show mutual respect. May our Chhattisgarh remain a stronghold of all-religion equanimity, said Chief Minister.
I have alerted the administration so that no anti-social element can ever disturb the harmony of our state. We will neither ignore nor spare those who try to disturb our communal harmony.