Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das today said the state government is making efforts to open libraries till the panchayat level.
Making the announcement at the release of 54 books published by Prabhat Prakashan here, Das said books take any country's culture and civilisation to the global level.
The libraries would have books on Jharkhand's martyrs, culture and tradition, he said adding people should purchase books as they open the windows of wisdom.
Das appealed to the social institutions to open libraries and the government would support in this regard.
He also urged publishers to reduce prices so that more people could purchase books.
Along with the electronic media, newspapers' role was increasing and similarly necessity of books have also increased. Besides Hindi and English, books should also be published in the regional languages of Jharkhand, he said.
State welfare minister Louis Marandi, education minister Neera Yadav and MLA Shiv Shankar Oraon were among others present on the occasion.
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Stating that due to the tenure of unstable governments in Jharkhand, policies could not framed, the chief minister said his government, running on overwhelming majority support, could frame policies in different sectors.
Agreeing that employment is large in the agriculture sector, Das said development of industries should also be initiated along with agriculture, to eradicate poverty and unemployment.
Calling upon everyone to participate in the development works, Das said the government's policy and intention were clear.
He said work was also on for timely disposal of files so that middlemen would not be encouraged.
The chief minister called for informing him against the corrupt officials and promised strong action would be taken against them.
He said Jharkhand would be extremism-free by 2017.
Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma, CM's Principal Secretary Sanjay Kumar, CM's secretary Sunil Kumar Burnwal, Director of Industries Ravi Kumar and other officials were present during the meeting.
