Uttarakhand will become the leading state of the country by 25, the Chief Minister gave instructions to the department heads to fulfill the development goals till 2025
To achieve the target set by the departments to make Uttarakhand the leading state of the country by 2025, the departments will be regularly reviewed to speed up the work done on the ground so far and the future action plan. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, while reviewing the works of the departments under Strong Uttarakhand @ 25 in the secretariat, directed the officers to pay special attention to the time limit for completing whatever works are being done in relation to the target for 2025. To be taken care of. The areas where there is a visible increase in the revenue of the state, those areas should be kept on priority. All the departments should bring the works to the ground with full enthusiasm with long term and short term action plans.
The Chief Minister said that the new financial year has started from April 01. Soon the action plan of all the departments till March 31, 2024, what efforts are being made by the departments for target and revenue increase will be reviewed. In order to increase the income of the hill districts of the state, special efforts are needed to improve the livelihood of the people in this area. He said that the work to be done under the action plan being prepared for increasing the livelihood of the people and increasing the revenue in the state, should be expedited sector-wise. For this, all the departments should work in coordination. All the departments should pay special attention to what important achievement we can achieve for the state by 2025.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that there are many possibilities to work in the field of tourism, agriculture, horticulture and industry in the state. Along with the short-term action plan in these areas, fast work should be done in the direction of what can be improved by 2030. From these sectors where employment opportunities will increase for the people in the state, the GDP of the state will also increase rapidly. He said that some new tourist and religious places should be developed in the Kumaon region so that the devotees coming on the Chardham Yatra can enjoy the natural beauty of Kumaon along with Garhwal. He also gave instructions to connect the entire Uttarakhand through various circuits from the point of view of tourism. There are many possibilities in the field of adventure tourism in the state, work should be done fast in the direction of developing new places of adventure tourism in Uttarakhand. Attention should also be paid towards further development of the tourist places where adventure activities are taking place.
In the meeting, the Chief Minister directed the officials that more efforts were needed to promote the local products of the state. Focus should be on branding and marketing of local products. Work on Apple and Kiwi mission should be expedited. Cultivation of aromatic plants should be promoted in hilly areas. In addition to degree courses in higher educational institutions in the state, attention should also be paid to conducting diploma courses related to skill development. In order to promote economic activities in the state, work towards simplification of policies was also emphasized. The Chief Minister said that arrangements should be made for training the youth of the state in areas where the demand for skilled human resources has increased globally.
In the detailed presentation given in the meeting, it was informed that works based on various activities will be done in the tourism sector in the state by 2030. Work is being done on a comprehensive action plan for the arrival of 01 crore tourists and devotees every year in Devbhoomi Uttarakhand. With this, 05 lakh people will get direct and indirect employment in the state. For this, along with developing new tourist and religious places in the state, special attention will be paid to the development of infrastructure facilities. Home stay will be promoted rapidly. To increase the productivity of apple by 2030, the government has set a target of making an additional investment of 1500 to 2000 crores, which is expected to increase the additional GDP of 2500 crores. With this, a target has been set to increase the income of about 30 thousand farmers by 10 times.
In the meeting, Chief Secretary Dr. S.S. Sandhu, Additional Chief Secretary Radha Raturi, Anand Bardhan, Secretary R Meenakshi Sundaram, Shailesh Bagauli, Dr. Pankaj Kumar Pandey, Vijay Kumar Yadav, S.N. Pandey, Director General UCOST Prof. Durgesh Pant, Senior Partner from McKenzie Amit Kher, Abhishek Bawel and other representatives were present.
