Deliberations at Niti Aayog meeting in direction of strengthening cooperative federalism: Tripura CM Saha

New Delhi [India], July 27 : Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha attended the Niti Aayog meeting in New Delhi on Saturday and said that the deliberations and decisions of this Governing Council meeting would go a long way towards strengthening the cooperative federalism of the country.
During the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, Saha informed the Governing Council regarding various matters and steps taken by the state government for the development of the state.
Saha said that the state has launched LAKSHYA 2047, a vision document to transform the state of Tripura into a fully developed state."For this purpose, we have taken several transformative steps, including enhancing connectivity by making Tripura the gateway to the NE region through the Prime Minister's HIRA Plus Model, enhancement of capital expenditure to bring about ease of doing business as well as ease of living, e-office introduction up to Gramme panchayat level, and introduction of BMS (Beneficiary Management System) to facilitate DBT for state-run welfare schemes," said Saha.
He further said that the government of Tripura has established the Good Governance Department and SIT (State Institution for Transformation) as per the mandate of NITI Aayog.
Speaking about the industry and investment Sector, Saha said, "We are focusing on reducing the dependency of the workforce on agriculture by 50%, increasing trade and commerce through Bangladesh and other states of India up to Rs 1 lakh crores. Enhancing Tourism contribution to GSDP up to 15% by 2047".
He said that in the Infrastructure, Communication, and Logistics Sector, the government's vision is achieve 80% agricultural land area under irrigation and provide 4 lane road connectivity to all important destinations.
"In the Environment, Forestryand Climate Change sectors, we would like to increase the value of forest produce by five times, improving the composition of very dense forests to 40%, resulting in an increase of GSDP of up to 25% , 2.5-times increase in water bodies in forest areas and enhancing the agar-wood economy to Rs. 10,000 said Saha.
Saha said that in the governance sector, the state government is emphasising making Tripura a digital society.
He further informed that actions have been taken on all the issues discussed in the 8th General Council Meeting of NITI Aayog including Promotion of Industrial investment by introducing "Tripura Industrial Investment Promotion Incentive Scheme" , ensuring 'Ease of Doing Business' through online single window portal, namely, "SWAGATPORTAL."
Saha also told the meeting that for the promotion of tourism, many steps were taken.
"For Promoting skill Development, 19 Industrial Training Institutes based on input from industries through PM Vishwakarma and Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gramin Kaushal Yojana (DDUGKY) set up", said Chief Minister.
He further informed that the state government has taken several steps towards women empowerment, such as 33% reservations for women in state government jobs, collateral-free loans for women start-ups, a reduction in stamp duty in property registration, no tuition fee for girl students in government degree colleges, 4.71 lakh rural women mobilised into self-help groups, and there are presently 83,424 'Lakhpati Didis' in the rural areas of the state.
He said that in the urban local bodies, 'Pink toilets' have been introduced for the women and the girl children.
The Chief Minister informed that under the Jal Jeevan Mission, 82% households covered with clean drinking water, and 471 Innovative schemes were introduced in the difficult terrains.
Speaking about the health sector, Chief Minister said that the number of MBBS seats are doubled, and 'Agartala Government Dental College' & Agartala Government Nursing College have been set up.
"The government has started 9 Super-specialty facilities, including a first-time Kidney transplant facility, Nearly 15 Lakh beneficiaries availed Ayushman Bharat Cards. More than 4 lakh individuals availed of CM-JAY Cards. 25 Janaushadhi Kendras established and additionally, 8 Jan- Janaushadhi Kendras proposed", he said.
On the Education sector, he said that for the unsuccessful candidates of the State Board, the 'BachharBachao' scheme, the CM-Sath scheme, 'Super-30' scheme 'NIPUN', 'Tinkering Labs', 'ICT in Schools' and Vocational education were introduced in schools.
"For the power sector, the Tripura Power Distribution Strengthening and Generation Efficiency Project' is being implemented, Under PM-JANMAN, the electrification of 3618 households in the Reang community has already been completed, and under the Bru settlement programme, 4512 households have already been electrified", said Saha.
He said that in Land and Property Sector, Tripura already had cadastral maps and online property records (Khatian) for all plots. With the introduction of 'Swamitva' exercise in pilot mode, it has started in 2 districts.
"I am sure that under the able leadership and guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we will be able to realise the vision of 'Viksit Bharat' and 'Ek Tripura Shrestha Tripura.' I am confident that the deliberations and the decisions of this Governing Council meeting would go a long way to strengthen cooperative federalism in our country", he added.