CG marching ahead on the path of realizing Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi’s vision of making villages self-dependent: Mr. Bhupesh Baghel

Positive India:Raipur, 02 July 2021
Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel said that Chhattisgarh is marching ahead on the path of realizing the vision of Mahatma Gandhi, Father of Nation, to make self-dependent self-supporting villages. With economic activities conducted in gauthans under Narva, Garva, Ghurua, Bari Yojana have created various employment opportunities for women as well as people of rural areas, leading them towards self-dependence. Chief Minister was addressing the virtual programme held from his residence office to launch Roka-Chheka Abhiyan. This campaign was virtually inaugurated today at hands of Chief Minister with the objective to save kharif crops from stray cattle. He said that under Roka-Chheka campaign, meetings should be held in villages and shepherds should be entrusted with the responsibility to gather cattle in gauthans.
On the occasion, Chief Minister said that State Government is providing the financial resources for the management of gauthans. In the programme, Chief Minister announced financial aid of Rs 24 crore 41 lakh 50 thousand for gauthans. Chief Minister has sanctioned a total of Rs 23 crore 28 lakh as financial aid for maintenance of 5820 active Gauthans of the state, at the rate of Rs 40 thousand per Gauthan, and Rs one crore 13 lakh 50 thousand to 1135 self-supporting Gauthans of the state, at the rate of 10 thousand rupees per Gauthan. In the self-supporting Gauthans of the state, self-help groups are producing vermin-compost and super compost from the cow dung procured. They are earning steady income from production of vermi compost, super compost and other economic activities. Chief Minister congratulated the committees of self-supporting Gauthans and the villagers, for their achievement. Chief Minister interacted with the members of women self-help groups and appreciated their work.