Gurdaspur: Prime Minister Amarinder Singh assured farmers Monday that his government will soon implement the promised scheme to waive agricultural debt in about a month and urged them not to consider suicide or any other extreme step to escape Of their loan burden.
Speaking at Independence Day celebrations in Gurdaspur after deploying the national flag, the PM also announced the launch of a recruitment campaign for the government sector to fill all critical vacancies.
‘Rozgar Melas’ (Employment Fairs) would be carried out statewide to implement the promise of the job-finding survey, he said.
Singh, who previously took honor guard and enjoyed an exciting display of Gatka by school-aged children, promised to make Punjab a peaceful, healthy and prosperous state – “drug and debt free.”
It also announced an annual repair program of 2,500 rupees annually for all roadways. The program will be launched shortly with the placement and repair of 22,870 kilometers of such roads in the state, he said.
Each household in the state will have a cleanliness by December 31, Singh announced adding that Rs 2,100 crore had been set aside to secure the full facelift of the schools, in addition to providing the necessary infrastructure while other Rs 806 crore had been allocated For upgradations of health infrastructure.
Pointing out that his government has announced the waiver of crop loans of up to Rs 2 lakh for small farmers, in addition to extending debt relief to Rs 2 lakh provided to marginal farmers with a total debt of more than Rs 2 Lakh each, not to commit suicide or take any other extreme step to escape their debt burdens.
The debt relief plan will be implemented in about a month and the government will ensure that the farmers’ loans are paid, without needing any payment from them, he said.
Singh’s statement assumes importance as there are reports that struggling farmers in various parts of the state have ended their lives because of the debt burden.
The prime minister reiterated his determination to maintain order and law in the state at all costs, saying that his government was committed to zero tolerance for illegal activities, drugs, and armed gangs.
There has been a noticeable decrease in crime in the state in the last five months, he added.
Referring to the war on drugs, Singh said a Special Task Force (STF) formed for this purpose has been given a free hand, leading to registration of up to 6,018 cases under the NDPS Act so far.
A total of 6,933 people, including some police officers inciting such activities, had been detained and more than 97 kilograms of heroin recovered, in addition to other prohibited substances, he added.
In addition, supplies of Schedule-H / Prescription drugs, which were poorly used in the state to produce synthetic drugs, were down 50 percent in the past three months, he said.
Singh said that his government was committed to bringing justice to the innocent registered in false cases under the previous regime and that the judicial commission set up to investigate all these cases would soon submit its report.
A similar commission set up to investigate cases of sacrilege was also working to identify the culprits, whom his government would soon bring to the reserve, he added.
To boost industrialization in Punjab, Prime Minister said, his government had frozen electricity tariff at Rs 5 per unit for new and existing industries and a new industrial policy on the anvil would later promote the facility of doing business in the state.
He mentioned the steps taken to promote real estate, including the reduction of the stamp duty on the registration of urban properties from nine percent to six percent.
Referring to his government’s “Guardians of Governance” scheme, Singh said that this voluntary force of ex-military would ensure the honest and sincere implementation of all government schemes and programs to ensure that the benefits of these plans reach the deserving people.
He said that 1,000 ‘Guardians of the Interior’ would be recruited in a month.
Describing the steps being taken to empower women in the state, the minister said that the reserve for women in the Local Urban Bodies and Panchayats had increased to 50 percent, as well as other initiatives for the well-being of women. Girls and women.
