Wednesday, December 18, 2019

CM Jai Ram Thakur Ji headed the Him Vikas Samiksha Meeting directed Departments to think out of the box.





 Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur Ji while presiding over the “Him Vikas Smiksha’’ meeting held here today directed the officers of the State Government to adopt a proactive approach so that the targets fixed by the State Government could be achieved in a stipulated period. He said that all the departments must come forward with at least one new initiative and ensure its effective implementation. He said that for this the officers require out of the box thinking and initiatives.


KPI's already set for 21 Departments beside 4 Common KPI'S:

 Chief Minister said that the aim of reviewing of the progress of the ongoing developmental projects was to expedite the pace of work in the State so that fruits of schemes could be delivered to the people well in time. He said that 103 Key Performance Indicators (KPI) have been set for 21 departments of the State besides 4 common KPIs for 26 departments. He said that this is a holistic program to review the working of the Government departments as a whole instead of individual departmental reviews.Jai Ram Thakur Ji exhorted the officers to ensure proper implementation of policies and programs of the State Government so that the impact of these were percolated down to the people of the State at the earliest.


  We need to set a benchmark for other states:CM


Jai Ram Thakur Ji  said that the Public Works department should adopt a proactive approach to implement some innovative projects which become a benchmark for even other states. He said that special stress would be on expediting the cases of FRA and FCA so that the developmental projects do not suffer due to want of forest clearances. He said that the Work Management System should be implemented in the Department at the earliest for its effective functioning. He said that apart from ensuring time-bound completion of projects, major stress must be laid on quality construction. He said that there should be no compromise on quality construction and laxity on the part of constructors or officials would be viewed seriously.

Directed IPH to ensure Clean water supply in rural areas:CM

Jai Ram Thakur Ji said that the Irrigation and Public Health Department must ensure that the chlorinated water supply particularly in the rural areas to avoid the spread of water-borne diseases. He said that for this regular monitoring of water being supplied must be ensured. He said that the availability of irrigation facilities would go a long way in not only motivating the farmers to go for cultivation of alternative and cash crops, but also help in doubling the farm income by next two years. He said that stress must be laid on the development of Command areas and the installation of handpumps in the water scarcity area.

Natural Farming needs to be  Encouraged :CM

Chief Minister said that 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 as this would go a long way in increasing the farmer's income. He said that natural farming must be encouraged so that the State could become a natural farming state of the country. He said that efforts should also be laid 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 income of farmers.
Chief Minister said that as many as 50,000 farmers have been trained for adopting natural farming and about 40000 farmers have actually started natural farming. He said that farmers should also be encouraged for adopting dairy activities to supplement their income. While showing concern over the functioning of MILKFED, he said that it must diversify its activities. He said that cow sanctuaries would be established in all the districts of the State so as to provide shelters to abandoned cattle. Panchayati Raj Institutions should come forward to ensure that all the abandoned cattle were shifted to these sanctuaries,

 Delayed assignments need to be completed on priority.:CM

Jai Ram Thakur Ji  said that target of attracting private investment worth Rs. 1000 crore was fixed in the education sector, against which, private investment worth Rs. 1716 crore have been attracted. While showing displeasure in the delay of providing uniforms, bags and laptops to the students, he directed the Education Department to ensure that during the next session, uniforms, bags, books and laptops be provided to the students well in time so that the students do not face any inconvenience. He said that emphasis should be laid on improving learning outputs particularly in Maths and English, adding that efforts should also be made on campus placements. He said that the increase in learning outcome must be ensured so that the State becomes the first state of the country in field of education.

Needs to Make more efforts t maintain the Cleanliness of the state:

 Chief Minister said that the State was known for its clean and salubrious environment, thus necessary steps be initiated to maintain the same. He said that the buy-back scheme for polythene should be effectively implemented.

courtesy: CMO Himachal Pradesh

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