Raipur, 1 November 2021: Chief Minister Shri Bhupesh Baghel today launched the online dashboard of Mukhyamantri Slum Health Scheme and gift pack of ‘Zoran’, a smart food version of Chhattisgarh’s traditional cuisine prepared by women self-help groups, on the occasion of State Foundation Day. This pack of delicacies includes Bajra ki Barfi, Darbha Coffee, Ragi Cookies, Bajra and Bastar Cashew Cookies, Millet Pedia, Papchi, Typhari etc.
From the online dashboard of Mukhyamantri Slum Health Scheme, citizens will be able to take advance appointment for free treatment from the comfort of their homes. Also, you will be able to see when the mobile medical unit vehicle is going to arrive in their area. With this dashboard, now the treatment will be easier. The drug prescription and test report of the patients will also be available online on this dashboard. To take advantage of this scheme, citizens will have to register on the online dashboard.
It is noteworthy that on the special initiative of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, a year ago on 1st November 2020, Mukhyamantri Slum Health Scheme was launched with the aim of providing free and better health facilities to the citizens of the slum areas of the state. Under this scheme, treatment facilities are being provided to the needy people in their locality through 60 mobile medical units in 14 municipal areas. In just one year, through Mukhyamantri Slum Health Scheme, more than 11 lakh citizens have been given free treatment and health benefits have been given to them. In a year 16 thousand 700 camps have been organized by the Mobile Medical Unit.
Urban Administration Department Secretary Smt. Alarmelmangai D informed on the occasion that with the objective of making Mukhyamantri Slum Health Scheme more accessible to the citizens, a dashboard of Slum Health Scheme is being launched. In relation to the Joran gift pack, he told that there is a tradition in Chhattisgarh to give food to a daughter in a jhanpi as a gift at the time of marriage, after which the gift pack has been named ‘Joran’. He said that under the Urban Livelihood Mission, a smart food version of Chhattisgarh’s traditional cuisine ‘Joran’ gift pack has been prepared by the women self-help groups working in Raipur, in which pure ghee, jaggery prepared by self-help groups in millets, gothans. , Bastar Coffee, Recipes prepared from Darbha Cashew etc. have been included. On the occasion of festivals, people will be able to use this gift pack to give gifts to each other. The value chain and market are also being developed as an integrated model of Millet Mission, he added. For this, efforts are being made to make available the Zoran product on platforms like Amazon etc. with good branding in the market. He said that the products made from millet have been termed as nutritious and smart food by the scientists.
