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Chandigarh, October 24 – Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Dushyant Chautala today encouraged 42 female public representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions of seven districts including Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri, Jind, Hisar, Sirsa, Fatehabad, and Kaithal by distributing scooties by Hero Company for their commendable work and announced that a felicitation ceremony will soon be organized in Panchkula to honour women public representatives from five districts of northern Haryana.
While addressing the women representatives at the programme organized in Jind, the Deputy Chief Minister said that the State Government is constantly making efforts for the development and upliftment of women in rural areas. In the election of Panchayati Raj Institutions, 50 percent reservation will be given to women so that women do not lag behind in any field but can come forward and contribute their 100 percent in the development of the state by playing an important role in the development of their area, and village, he added.
He said that the State Government is also making efforts to increase the income of panchayats. Warehouses will be built to stock 7 lakh metric tonnes of food grains in rural areas, he added. He said that Panchayats will get income of Rs 100 per quintal for storing grains in these warehouses. Not only this, HCS officers have been appointed by the State Government on the posts of Chief Executive Officers in Zila Parishad for the development of rural areas, he added.
He said that the first programme to honour women public’s representatives has been organized in district Gurugram. He said that the State Government is working to uplift every section of the state.
Many such schemes have been implemented by the present State Government, due to which every section of society is moving towards prosperity. Regarding the recently implemented Agricultural laws, he said that these laws will prove to be very beneficial for farmers and agriculture. Crops are being procured at Minimum Support Price (MSP) and will be procured at MSP in future as well, he added.
MLA Julana, Mr. Amarjeet Dhanda also addressed the programme. Principal Secretary, Development and Panchayats Department, Mr. Sudhir Rajpal gave detailed information about the steps being taken by the department for the development of rural areas.
