Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) meeting in Gandhinagar, reviewing the progress of several developmental projects in the district, which he represents as the Lok Sabha MP.
DISHA committees, set up by the Union Ministry of Rural Development, monitor the Central government schemes at district level.
The DISHA meeting was attended by MPs, MLAs, district officials, and representatives from various government departments.
During the meeting, the implementation of key government schemes, including Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, PM Suraksha Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyot Bima Yojana, Atal Pension Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana, Kisan Credit Card Yojana, and Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Card Yojana was reviewed.
The committee presented the status of these initiatives to the Union minister, who offered suggestions for improvement, according to an official release.
Shah made suggestions so that “benefits of the government schemes reach maximum people,” said the release.
He also suggested connecting the hospitals, schools, agri market, and factories in all the talukas of the district under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana to make transport easy. The Union minister instructed the officials to collect the data of the last five years of all the four talukas of the district, under Rural Self Employment Training Institute (RSETI), to check interlinking of lakes, and to get feedback on recovery under the PM-SVANidhi scheme from banks.
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Under the Ek Ped Maa ke Naam project, Shah directed the stakeholders to plant 500 trees in each village in cooperation with Anganwadis, cooperatives, vaccination centres etc. in July and August.
Earlier in the day, Shah also visited Gandhinagar-based Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET). INFLIBNET, an Inter University Centre of University Grants Commission, helps universities modernise their libraries and provides digital access to books, journals, and research papers from around the world for students, researchers, and readers.
Shah advocated to bring all the libraries in Gujarat to come on a common platform created by INFLIBNET. He also launched an application of Sastu Sahitya Vardhak Karyalay on the occasion.
Earlier in the morning, Shah, along with his family members, visited Jagannath temple in Ahmedabad on the occasion of annual Jagannath Rath Yatra and offered prayers.
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Shah is on a two-day visit to Gujarat and is scheduled to participate in public events in Godhra and Gandhinagar on Saturday.
