Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been emphasising on all-round development of villages and agriculture for a strong economy.
To make a strong India and a strong economy, the prime minister is laying stress on all-round development of villages and agriculture, Das said here.
Speaking at the launch of Prime Minister's Jan Arogya Yojana -- Ayushman Bharat, Das said that for years the farmers have been demanding hike in minimum support price (MSP) but no government had paid heed to it.
"But the Modi government took the historic step by increasing 1.5 times the MSP rate," Das said.
He said that for the past 70 years, only vote bank politics have surrounded the tribals, dalits, and backward castes in the state but it was the Modi government which showed genuine concern about them and allocated more funds.
Lauding Modi for taking the name of tribal icon Birsa Munda during his Independence Day speech, Das said the prime minister announced setting up of Birsa Munda Memorial and Museum and Rs 25 crore has been approved for it.
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He said that inspired by Modi, Jharkhand had sent 26 farmers to Israel for training, who would train other farmers in the state. A fresh batch would also be sent to the Jewish state in October.
Das said a Global Summit on Agriculture and Food Processing will be held in Jharkhand in November in which farmers would get acquainted with new technology.
The chief minister said the state government has introduced a scheme wherein women are required to pay only Re 1 as registration fee for purchase of land or house. More than one lakh women have taken benefit of the scheme so far.
"The prime minister has increased the wages of Anganwadi Sevikas, Sahaikas and Sahiya (rural health workers) and their wages will increase from Rs 4,400 to 5,900, from Rs 3,000 to 4,250 and from Rs 100 to Rs 2,000, respectively, and will be implemented from October," Das said.
He said that Modi is committed to develop every backward district and 13 of Jharkhand's districts are among the 115 aspirational districts for which the Centre is giving Rs 33 crore for development.
He also said that Modis liking for Jharkhand could be seen as it was the seventh visit of the prime minister to the state in the last 3.5 years.
On medical colleges, he said that during the last four years, five new medical colleges were sanctioned for Jharkhand --- the foundation stones for two were laid Sunday for Koderma and Chaibasa -- and the number of MBBS seats too have increased from 350 to 1,200, he added.
Das said it was the Modi government which gifted an airport and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to Deoghar.
"The security forces are in the last phase of wiping out rooting and naxalism from the state," he said.
Since the Modi government intends to end corruption, the opposition is "scared" of the developmental works the Modi government, he said.
The opposition is unable to understand how to face the Modi governments developmental works which was why the entire corrupt opposition is setting up 'Mahagathbandhan' (grand alliance) and engaged in misinformation.
"The Modi regime is stain-free and there are no middlemen or corrupt people," Das said adding that Jharkhand government too has been spotless.