Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said Madhya Pradesh will contribute $550 billion to make India a $5 trillion economy.
He said Madhya Pradesh is moving ahead keeping in mind the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of 21st century to make the country self-reliant – Atmanirbhar Bharat.
Chief Minister Chouhan said the NITI Aayog has a big role in the making of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat. Madhya Pradesh is a vivid example of how NITI Aayog becomes the power of the states.
He was addressing the 7th meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog at Rashtrapati Bhavan today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi presided over the meeting.
Chouhan said the roadmap for self-reliant Madhya Pradesh had been developed in the state in the year 2020.
Madhya Pradesh has achieved a growth rate of 19.74 percent in the year 2021-22.
The state is making capital expenditure of 4 percent of the GDP and a provision of Rs 48800 crore has been made for the capital expenditure for the financial year 2022-23, which is the highest ever.
Chouhan said the employment is our biggest priority and 1 lakh government posts will be recruited in the next one year.
He said special campaigns would be run for cent percent saturation in beneficiary oriented schemes.
He said taking inspiration from the crop diversification approach of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an increase has been registered in the area under mustard and summer moong in the state. He informed that production of pulses, ragi, barley, coarse cereals, kodo-kutki, ramtil, sesame, spices, medicinal crops, fruits and vegetables is being promoted in Madhya Pradesh through agricultural diversification promotion scheme in place of wheat and paddy.
Under this scheme, 13 proposals have been received from private companies like ITC, Patanjali, Dehat for agricultural diversification in 1.86 lakh hectare area, out of which two proposals have been approved.
He said Devarnya Yojana has been started by the state government, in which medicinal plants will be produced in 10000 hectares of land in three years.
He informed that in the last 5 years, bamboo production has been done in mission mode in 11000 hectare area in the state. State Natural Agriculture Board has been constituted in Madhya Pradesh to promote natural farming.
