Team News Riveting
Raipur, August 15
Chhattisgarh will set up 300 rural industrial parks to boost and strengthen the village economy.
“The project will be launched on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti on October 2, 2022,” Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said while addressing the people of Chhattisgarh from the ramparts of police parade ground after unfurling the National Tricolour on the occasion of 76th Independence Day today. “We are going to start ‘Gramin Aajeevika Park’ i.e. ‘Rural Industrial Park’ to develop Gauthans as livelihood centers,” Baghel said.
He added the objective is to create a source of additional income for the rural poor families. Under the project, 300 parks will be established in the first year. It will be the centre of livelihood for the rural people. Now taking a step further, the state government has also started the scheme of procuring cow urine at the rate of Rs 4 per liter, which is a better option than ‘Chemical Pesticides’.
Under the ‘Badi Yojna’ (field scheme), one to one and a half acres of land has been identified per Gauthan and so far, more than 300,000 Badis have been developed. In order to add value to the bumper paddy production and help the farmers, the state government has planned to produce ‘BioEthanol’ from the remaining paddy after meeting the requirements of the state and have also signed MoU with 27 investors.
The Chief Minister said for setting up food parks in development blocks, land has been identified at 112 places and out of these, about 621 hectares of land in 52 development blocks has been transferred to the Industries Department. “We have also kept our promise of setting up ‘C-Mart’ for value-addition of traditional skills. This will provide a fair market for the sale of local products of weavers, artisans, craftsmen and self-help groups,” Baghel said.
The growth in industry-trade and businesses in the state can be achieved with better law and order situation and positive policies of the state government, Baghel said, adding in the last three and a half years, 2230 new industrial units have been established in Chhattisgarh, entailing a capital investment of Rs 21,494 crore, generating job opportunities for 41,000 people.
