CHHATTISGARH

Chhattisgarh Panchayat and Rural Development Minister T.S. Singh Deo on Saturday launched the e-Panchayat Chhattisgarh web portal prepared. It works on four modules.

Inaugurating the portal, Singh Deo said it will definitely prove to be effective in making the state digitally empowered in the field of e-Governance, an official Communication said.

He said it will help in achieving the objectives of the . The state will move forward in the direction of political-Empowerment“>Social Empowerment.

The Minister suggested that the complete Database of each family including basic facilities in every street and locality of the village should be updated by March 31. On that basis, all Services can be made available in those gram panchayats.

Through the portal, online payment of salaries of Panchayat Secretaries working in Gram Panchayats across the state will be done by the Human Resource Management System (HRMS) Software.

The Learning Management System (LMS) will broadcast the learning Videos related to Panchayati Raj Institutions issued by the state and Central governments.

The Knowledge Management System (KMS) will compile documents related to departmental orders, notifications and legislation by the Directorate of Panchayats.

A survey module has been developed for collection of basic information on the first 100 points of Gram Sabha in Gram Panchayats. He suggested adding some more features and information in the portal.

Chhattisgarh has more than 11,000 Gram Panchayats. The portal will act as a platform for better implementation, evaluation, monitoring and training of state and central government schemes with transparency.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel underlined the need for coordinated efforts to undertake and complete development works in newly created districts.

He said top priority should be given to resolve complaints pertaining to community and individual forest rights. New families should be issued ration cards at the earliest.

Baghel was holding a review meeting with officials at Bilaigarh as part of his public interaction (Bhent Mulaqat).

Officials need tomonitor the payment process vis-a-vis farmers in paddy procurement, he said.

The officials need to resolve the complaints at the earliest. Under the Electricity Bill Half scheme, 42 lakh domestic consumers have been given relief of Rs 3,200 crore so far in the state, he added.

He said directives have been issued to prepare caste certificates for children.

Interacting with the media, Baghel said the government has expanded various schemes to increase the coverage of beneficiaries. The Nyay schemes for Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture were being extended to and Plantation Crops.

He said Kodo-Kutki-Ragi crop will be procured on support price. The farmers were beingencouraged to grow pulses crops like moong, urad and arhar. They will also be procured on support price.

Chhattisgarh has bagged the first prize in preparing digital Health IDs under Azadi ka Amrit Utsav of the Union Health Ministry.

Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pravin Pawar awarded the prize on Universal Health Coverage Day on Monday.

The IDs were prepared by the state-run Health and Wellness Centers between November 16 and December 12.

A communiqu from the Health Department said 53,067 health IDs were prepared by Chhattisgarh, which formed 35 percent of the total 152,942 IDs prepared in the country.

Chhattisgarh is going to be the sixth state in the country to start an online Right To Information (RTI) application facility. Webportal rtionline.cg.gov.in launched.

People residing infar-flung regions of the state will benefit as they can avail the facility with the click of a mouse.

People can submit online applications under RTI to the first, second and thirdappellate Public Information Officials in the government departments.

Small grains may prove to a big game-changer in Bastar. TheBhupesh Baghelgovernment has included all seven districts of the Maoist-hit Bastar division in its ‘Millet Mission’ launched.

Chhattisgarhis the first state to give input assistance for millet. It has fixed support price for kodo-kutki at Rs 3,000 per quintal. The government signed an MoU with the Hyderabad-based Indian Institute of Millet Research (IIMR) for technical knowhow and to train farmers to turn Chhattisgarh into a ‘millethub’. “Like minor forest produce, we want to make small grain crops also the strength of Chhattisgarh. It will give a new identity to the state,” CM Baghel saidat the signing of the MoU.

Kodo-kutki, ragi are grown in 20 districts of Chhattisgarh. In the first phase, MoUs were signed with 14 of them — Bastar division’s Kanker, Kondagaon, Bastar, Dantewada, Bijapur, Sukma, and Narayanpur, plus Rajnandgaon, Kawardha, Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi, Balrampur, Koriya, Surajpur and Jashpur.

A total of 1.04 crore beneficiaries have got the first dose and 2.6 million both the doses, an official statement said.

Also, 309,539 Health workers, 317,470 frontline workers, 5.2 million people aged 45 years and above and 4.5 million citizens in the 18- 44 years have been given the first dose.

At the same time, 246,616 health workers, 233,283 frontline workers, 1.8 million people aged 45 years and above and 337,024 people in the 18-44 age group have been given both the doses. The government has a target of vaccinating 1.99 crore people in the state.

This comes after another strike by regular Health workers was called off on Sunday after assurance from state health minister T S Singhdeo.
The contractual health workers have been on a strike from the past 20 days demanding regularisation of their jobs.

Earlier, the state president of the organization of contract workers,Kaushlesh Tiwarihad announced Water Satyagrah, which was staged by 15 health workers on July 12. All the health employees had gathered in large numbers from different districts.

Meanwhile, the Chhattisgarh has ordered all collectors to take strict action against health employees who are on strike. The order states that the collectors should take action against the employees, who are disrupting essential Services, this includes employees who are refusing to work.

Baghel was addressing the first meeting here of the State Level SDG Steering Committee, set up to review the Goals. SDGs adopted by the UN General Assembly include ending POVERTY, protecting Environment, reducing economic inequality and ensuring peace and Justice for all.

The Chief Minister said the government is making efforts to achieve the SDGs through various public welfare schemes. He released the “State Indicator Framework” prepared by the State Planning Commission for achieving the SDGs and the “Baseline and Progress Report 2020” based on the same.He said the ‘State Indicator Framework’ will help in systematic evaluation and monitoring and thus improve the implementation of departmental plans. Baghel said that soon the District Indicator Framework will be finalized on the lines of the State Indicator Framework. All the districts will be ranked on the basis of their performance. State Planning Commission’s Deputy Chairman Ajay Singh said that for better implementation of SDGs, two committees have been constituted at the state level under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister and the Chief Secretary. The district level committees will be under the chairmanship of Collector.