Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Saturday attended the NITI Ayog council meeting, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and has shed light on the developmental progress of the state.
In his speech to the NITI Ayog council, Chief Minister Dr Saha said that like that of the grand vision of Vikshit Bharat at 2047, given by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Tripura government has also launched LAKSHYA 2047, with an aim to transform the state of Tripura into a fully developed state.
He said that in line with the LAKSHYA 2047, the government has taken various transformative step like – enhancing connectivity including making Tripura the gateway to the North East region through PM Modi’s HIRA Plus Model, enhancement of capital expenditure, to bring about Ease of Doing Business as well as the Ease of Living, introduction of e-office upto Gram panchayat level, introduction of BMS (Beneficiary Management System) to facilitate DBT for state-run welfare schemes, under "Mukhya Mantri Dakhyata Unnayan Prakalpa", the focus is on Artificial Intelligence/ Internet of Things / Cyber Security/5G Technology/ Drone technologies, establishment of Good Governance Department and SIT (State Institution for Transformation) created as per mandate of NITI Aayog.
The chief minister shared the government’s strategy to reach to achieve LAKSHYA 2047 and said that in industry and investment sector, the government has targeted to reduce dependency of workforce in agriculture sector by 50 percent, increase trade and commerce through Bangladesh and other States of India up to Rs.1 Lakh crores and enhancing tourism contribution to GSDP upto 15% by 2047.
“In Information Logistic sector, our vision is to achieve 80% agricultural land area under Irrigation, provide 4 lane road connectivity to all important destinations. In environment, forest and climate change sector, we would like to achieve - increase the value of Forest produce by five times, improving the composition of Very Dense Forest to 40%, - resulting in increase of GSDP up to 25% 2.5 times increase in Water bodies in Forest areas and Enhancing Agar-wood economy to Rs. 10,000 Cr.,” Dr Saha said, in his speech.
In the meeting, Dr Saha said that the government has also taken initiatives on the issues discussed in the 8th General Council meeting of NITI Aayog, following which the 'Tripura Industrial Investment Promotion Incentive Scheme' has been launched. 'Welcome' portal launched to facilitate business transactions, public private partnership is being encouraged in the field of tourism and 'Swadesh Darshan' and 'Prasad' schemes are being implemented to develop tourism, he added.
He said that skill development training is being imparted in 19 industrial training institutes under PM-Vishwakarma and Deendayal Upadhyay Grameen Kaushal Yojana. The Chief Minister said that 33 percent reservation has been introduced in state government jobs for the purpose of women empowerment.
The Chief Minister also mentioned about various other developmental works of the state and expressed hope that under the leadership and direction of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the goal of a developed India and a better Tripura will definitely be fulfilled.
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