Adopt proactive approach: HP CM

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Adopt proactive approach: HP CM

Thursday, 01 August 2019 | PNS | Shimla

Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Wednesday directed the officers of the state government to adopt pro-active approach towards effective implementation of the developmental schemes so that fixed targets could be achieved in a stipulated time period.

Presiding over the first meeting of “Him Vikas Samiksha" meeting held here,he said this is a unique initiative of the state government which aims at constant reviewing of progress of the ongoing developmental projects besides expediting the pace of development.

He said that 103 Key Performance Indicators (KPI) have been set for 21 departments of the state besides four common KPIs for 26 departments. "This is a holistic programme to review the working of the government departments as a whole instead of individual departmental reviews," he said, adding that online reporting is being done in place of the manual reporting for accelerating the pace development.

Thakur directed Public Works department to develop work management and information system so that all the works of the department could be displayed online. He said special stress should be laid on expediting the cases of Forest Rights Act (FRA) and Forest Conservation Act (FCA) so that the developmental projects do not suffer due to want of forest clearances. Apart from ensuing time bound completion of projects, major stress must be laid on quality construction.

The Chief Minister said that Himachal Pradesh is the second state after Sikkim in respect of providing piped drinking water to households. The Irrigation and Public Health department must ensure that the safe drinking water be supplied to the people particularly in the rural areas in order to avoid spread of water borne diseases. He also felt the need to provide irrigation facilities to maximum farm lands which would not only motivate the farmers to go for cultivation of alternative cash crops but also help in doubling the farm income by next three years.

Thakur said the Agriculture department should lay stress on post harvesting management and food processing so as to ensure value addition to the produce of the farmers. This would go a long way in increasing the farmer's income by ensuring them remunerative prices of their produce. He said that natural farming must be encouraged so that Himachal could become a natural farming state of the country. He said that efforts should be made on creating employment and self-employment opportunities in the agriculture sector. He said that emphasis should also be laid on increasing milk production to supplement the farmers’ income.

Te chief minister said Himcare and Ayushman Bharat scheme are proving boon to the people of the state in providing treatment to the patients of poor and needy families. He directed to improve numbers of institutional deliveries besides mitigating infant mortality rate in the state.

He said that due to effective tax management, the tax collection would be higher in the state as compared to the last year collection by about 15 to 20 percent. He said that the GST collection of the state is very low, which is a matter of concern.

Chief Secretary B.K. Agarwal assured that every effort would be made to come up to the expectations and aspirations of the people of the state as well as the government.

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