Hansi, Aug 15(PTI) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Saturday said the state is moving ahead at a rapid pace with the resolution of ‘Viksit Bharat-Viksit Haryana’ as he unfurled the national flag here on the occasion of the 80th Independence Day.
Paying homage to the martyrs who made the supreme sacrifice for the country’s freedom and later laid down their lives in defending the nation, Saini said Haryana has always played a leading role, from the freedom struggle to safeguarding the country’s borders.
On this occasion, Saini honoured Hansi boxer Narender Berwal, a silver medallist at the Commonwealth Games, and handed over employment guarantee certificates to nine local youth under the Haryana Contractual Employees (Security of Service) Act, 2024.
The CM said Hansi has become the 23rd district of Haryana and expressed his privilege of unfurling the national flag there on Independence Day.
To ensure smooth administrative functioning in the newly created district, 471 posts have been sanctioned.
The 50-bed hospital has also been upgraded to a 100-bed facility. New divisions and sub-divisions of the Public Works Department have been established to accelerate development works, he informed.
Saini said that over the last nearly 12 years, Haryana’s development has progressed with equality, harmony and tolerance, and also brought greater transparency in the system and ensured delivery of services and benefits of schemes to people at their doorstep.
He called upon the people to embrace the State’s rich cultural traditions and high moral values and resolve to work hard to build a ‘Viksit Bharat-Viksit Haryana’.
Of the 217 ‘Sankalps’ made in the Assembly election manifesto, 70 have already been fulfilled during the last one-and-a-half years, while work is underway on 147 others, he said.
The CM said more than two lakh youth have been provided government jobs through transparent recruitment over the last nearly 12 years, said Saini.
Saini said farmers remain at the centre of the state government’s policies, with around 24,000 farmers in Haryana adopting natural farming over 44,000 acres of land.
Procurement of 24 crops is being undertaken at Minimum Support Price (MSP). So far, Rs. 1.86 lakh crore has been directly transferred into the accounts of 12 lakh farmers against crop procurement, he said.
Over the last nearly 12 years, farmers have been provided Rs 16,000 crore as compensation for crop damage, said Saini.
He said a new law has been enacted to protect farmers from spurious fertilisers, seeds and pesticides.
Modern agricultural technologies are also being promoted, with technologies such as drones, remote sensing, artificial intelligence-based decision-support systems and digital farming being taken to farmers, he said.
Saini said the government is committed to ensuring that the benefits of development reach the last person in society.
Saini further said women are the greatest strength of society and their social, economic and educational empowerment remains a top priority of the government.
Under the Deen Dayal Lado Lakshmi Yojana, women are being provided financial assistance of Rs 2,100 per month. So far, around 10 lakh women have received Rs 2,042 crore under the scheme.
Haryana’s sportspersons have brought laurels to the State at national and international levels. At the Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow, 23 sportspersons from Haryana represented India and won 10 medals, including seven gold medals.
Similarly, of the six medals won by India at the Paris Olympics-2024, five were won by sportspersons from Haryana.
At the Tokyo Olympics-2020, Haryana sportspersons contributed four of India’s seven medals. Medal-winning sportspersons are being provided cash awards of up to Rs 6 crore along with government jobs, he said. PTI CHS KSI KSI
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