Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that Prime Minister Narendra Modis vision for self-reliant India can be achieved only when the last person in Society has access to Banking, Health and Education facilities provided by the authorities. The citizen of the nation will become self-reliant only after receiving these facilities, he said. The chief minister said this after flagging off ten motorcycles presented by Utkarsh Small Finance Bank to Champawat Police under its and CSR activities. He also virtually inaugurated the banks Champawat branch on the occasion and presented cheques to various Self Help Groups for joint livelihood loan.
The chief minister stressed on the need for all to adopt Pandit Deendayal Upadhyayas principle of Antyodaya. He said that the efforts being made related to financial Resources in the State are encouraging. There are many people in the society who are also working at the fundamental level, he said. Dhami said, It should be our collective effort to take the society forward. The government is centered on the public and working for development of the State. It is due to PM Modis thinking, Leadership and style of working that the nation is today moving forward as a strong economy. The economy of even the most developed nations staggered during the Covid-19 pandemic but under PM Modis leadership our nation not only faced the pandemic strongly but also developed two Vaccines and provided two to three doses free of cost for the citizens.
The CM said that the State Government is laying special focus on EMPLOYMENT and Entrepreneurship. He asked the senior bank officials to lay special focus on Svanidhi Yojana and make Uttarakhand a model for it. Stating that this effort should not remain a mere formality, he exhorted that work should be undertaken on a mission mode in order to achieve the targets. He said that the attempts by financial institutions, especially banks to focus on rural and semi urban areas in the State have been encouraging. The CM further said that the State government has been leading in undertaking public-centric initiatives for development of Uttarakhand.