Jaipur, Chief Minister
Smt. Vasundhara Raje discussed various issues related Agriculture, PDS,
Education, reforms in MNREGA and the issues pending at the centre level during
her meeting with Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog Shri Arvind Panagariya and member
of CM Advisory Council Shri Manish Sabarwal on Wednesday at Chief Minister's
office.
Raje informed Panagariya that efforts are going on to attach Bhamashah
card with all kind of cash and non-cash transaction and PDS is also being
attached with this card. She said the state government's initiative to convert
5000 Fair Price Shops as Annapurna Bhandars and signing of MoU with Future
Group regarding this will bring drastic changes in the PDS system Panagariya had all praise for this initiative. He said the move will certainly
impact the aspirations of poor people. He also admired the the reforms
initiated by the state government in various sectors.
The
Chief Minister said flexibility should be given to the states to take up any
kind of work prescribed by the state government based on the requirements and
conditions of the particular state under MNREGA. She said ratio of the material
& labour component should be decided at district level in MNREGA. She said
reforms in MNREGA should be taken up in the manner that the assets of permanent
nature could be created under the scheme. Raje also laid emphasis on dry farming and promotion of poultry, fisheries,
dairy along with encouraging cultivation of fruits and flowers.
Chief
Secretary C. S. Rajan informed about the restructuring and digitization
work of land record in the state. He said works done by the states like Haryana
and Gujarat are being studied regarding this. Panagariya said if
restructuring and re-survey of land records is being taken up by the private
agencies and proposal regarding this is being sent to NITI Aayog Aayog can
provide financial assistance for this. He applauded the digitization work of
land record and said this initiative will provide benefit to the farmers.
Officials
of the state government informed that Rajasthan is one among the few states
that have enacted the model Act for Agriculture Marketing prepared by the Govt.
of India. He also informed that farmers have been given total exemption from
Mandi tax for fruits and vegetables. The suggestion provided by NITI Aayog to
open Kisaan Mandis in cities and towns so that farmers can sell their produce
directly to the consumers is also being implemented in the state, informed
officials of Agriculture department.
It
was informed during the meeting that there were 592 Acts in the state and
keeping in view the problems being faced by the common man due to large number
of Acts, the state government has taken initiative to repeal the irrelevant
Acts.
Issues
related to tourism were also discussed in the meeting. Shri Panagariya assured
that the state will get full cooperation from NITI Aayog regarding issues
related to the state.
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