Kalam cites Modi scheme as model to reach out to rural masses
Kalam cites Modi scheme as model to reach out to rural masses
Author: PTI
Publication: IBNLive.com
Date: December 1, 2011
URL: http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/kalam-cites-modi-scheme-as-model-to-reach-out-to-rural-masses/921086.html
Former President A P J Abdul Kalam today said
factors like lack of transparency are coming in the way of development reaching
villages and cited as a model a programme being implemented by Gujarat government
to ensure that the rural sector reaps the benefits of growth. Under the programme
implemented by the Narendra Modi administration, approximately 1 lakh government
officials, from the Chief Minister to taluka-level staff, agricultural scientists
and other stakeholders spend a month during April and May in rural areas demonstrating
the best of technologies to farmers. "Such initiatives indicate a strong
administrative will to ensure development reaches the rural sector. Krushi
Mahotsav tours all 18,600 villages of the state, providing information and
counselling on soil health, organic farming, technology and inputs, irrigation,
etc., besides infusing a new spirit of change and mass mobilisation,"
he said, delivering the UPSC lecture on 'Governance and Public Service'. In
addition, the Gujarat government has also instituted an e-governance system
linking the panchayat level, district HQs, and the state govt leading to transparency
and speed in the decision making process, he said. Kalam mentioned the names
of C Subramanian, M S Swaminathan and B Sivaraman, architects of the Green
Revolution, space scientist Vikram Sarabhai, Delhi Metro chief E Sreedharan
and several other visionaries to drive home his point that creative leadership
can do a world of good to the country's development. Lauding former Prime
Ministers P V Narasimha Rao and Atal Bihari Vajpayee for their "excellent
leadership", he said both these leaders had the courage to take difficult
decisions boldly even though their consequences had great national and international
significance.