Team News Riveting
Raipur, September 20
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai said the state had been endowed with rich agriculture potential and would become the global hub for food processing.
“Our country is based on agriculture and has great potential for development in the food processing industry sector. Chhattisgarh will become the global center of food processing,” Sai said while addressing an event organised by trade bodies in the state capital. Air cargo facility will also be provided so that the products could be connected to the global market, he added.
The Chief Minister said that they were expanding the economy by including Sarguja and Bastar in the mainstream of development. There are great opportunities for the industry in both these sectors. In both places, a great deal can be done with organic produce and minor forest produce.
He said that they were working in the region to build a developed Chhattisgarh (Viksit Chhattisgarh) in accordance with the concept of developed India (Viksit Bharat). “We have prepared our budget keeping in view the goals of developed Chhattisgarh for the year 2047,” Sai said, adding that he hoped that the youth of the country including Chhattisgarh will not be left behind in their contribution to the strength of the nation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given the slogan of Atmanirbhar Bharat and he always says the youth should become a job giver and not a job seeker. Surely, the biggest responsibility of making a developed India lies on the youth and the role of youth power of Chhattisgarh is important in achieving this goal, Sai said.
He said that the industry is emphasizing on skill development and education according to new age technology and employment needs. In this episode, the government is now teaching technical subjects like robotics and artificial intelligence to the youth of the tribal-dominated region of the state. By including the skill development course in the schools of the state, the children are becoming gifted along with their studies.
Sai said to meet the demand of skilled professionals, they are going to start a new Institute of Technology in Chhattisgarh. “In this budget we have decided to start five CITs on the lines of IITs,” Sai said.
The Chief Minister said the state government had implemented single window system 2.0 and new industry policy would soon come into effect. “We will promote young entrepreneurs through the Chhattisgarh Enterprise Kranti Yojana. For this, the youth of the state will be provided interest free loan with 50 percent subsidy,” Sai added.
