MoU signed for sale of mushrooms between women self-help group and Ganesh Gupta, Deepangi Agro group in front of Chief Minister in more than 70 thousand acres of land through cellar
Raipur, 04 January 2021. Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel inspected the Gothan built in the village cellar under Bilha development block in Bilaspur district today and said in the chaupal organized on the occasion that the dream of village self-reliance is being realized by the Gothans. 70 thousand acres of land in about 7 thousand villages have been secured through Gothans. This land is providing employment at the local level to the villagers, women and youth. At the same time, the rural economy is also strengthening. In Chaupal, an MoU was also signed between Chief Minister’s Jagriti Women’s Self-Help Group and Ganesh Gupta, Deepangi Agro Group for selling and selling mushrooms. Chief Minister Mr. Baghel planted a banyan plant in Gauthan and the Home Minister planted a peepal plant. On this occasion, Minister in-charge of Home and District Mr. Tamradhwaj Sahu, Parliamentary Secretary Mrs. Rashmi Singh, MLA Mr. Shailesh Pandey and other people’s representatives and villagers were present.
Chief Minister Shri Bhupesh Baghel said that land has been reserved for the Gothans in the seven thousand villages of the state without any dispute. Earlier there was a huge debate to remove the encroachment. But now the Gothans being made in the villages of the state are becoming the means of livelihood of the villagers. Varmi compost, greens, poultry, goat rearing, duck rearing and other employment activities are being conducted in the Gouthans. Due to which people of the village are connecting with employment. He said that people were not understanding the concept of Gothan during the beginning of construction of Gouthan. Work is being done by preparing a coordinated action plan for rural development through Narva, Garuva, Ghuruva and Bari. Now the people of the village are making sure of their income by selling cow dung besides paddy, those who have cow, they are also increasing the income by selling cow dung and those who do not have cow, They are also collecting cow dung and selling cow dung to the Gauthans to increase income. Villagers, farmers have started getting additional income from Gothans.
Chief Minister Mr. Baghel said that till now 32 lakh quintal of cow dung has been purchased in Gouthans and Rs 64 crore has been paid to the dung vendors. The Chief Minister said that through the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana, the number of farmers in the state is continuously increasing. Before Kisan Nyay Yojana, about 15 lakh farmers were registered in the state. Now with the commencement of Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyaya Yojana, the number of farmers has reached close to 21 lakh 50 thousand. The number of farmers has increased by one and a half times. The Chief Minister requested women self-help groups and rural women to plant more and more green vegetables in Bari. He said that if we eat green vegetables, our children and women will be healthy, Due to which Chhattisgarh will be healthy. Addressing the program, Home Minister Mr. Tamradhwaj Sahu said that the thinking of Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel is all-round development of the villagers. He has started rural uplift schemes like Narva, Garuva, Ghuaruva and Bari, Kisan Nyaya Yojana to strengthen the rural economy.
The Chief Minister first encouraged and interacted with women self-help groups in Sailor Gauthan after inspecting the activities conducted in Vermi stitch, Nadeep stitch, mushroom production, poultry, duck farming, fisheries and other benefits from these economic activities. Took information regarding The villagers welcomed the Chief Minister Mr. Baghel by reaching out to Gowthan, wearing khumari and offering a plow. Villagers welcomed marigold flowers during this tour.
