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A Model State
in the Middle
of the Country
CM’s Stress on Good
Governance & Infrastructure
Chief Minister Singh sums up his
Government's development
Mantra thus: “Our focus is on two
areas - good governance and
good infrastructure. If we can
provide these two, the rest will follow.” This is
where both the policy and political stability of the
State Government sets the development agenda
for Chhattisgarh. While good governance and
control on expenditure have ensured that the State
remains in the pink of fiscal health, Chief Minister
Singh's thrust on infrastructure development has
put Chhattisgarh on prominently on the country's
'Power Map'.
Chhattisgarh, India' 21st State, has truly caught up
with the spirit of the 21st Century in terms of
outlook. Quick to adopt modern methods, Chief
Minister Singh's Government has taken full
advantage of Information Technology to make its
governance efficient and transparent. In all
respects, Chhattisgarh can be described as a model
State for its other counterparts in the country to
emulate.
Overall Economic Growth
Highest GDP in 2009-10
Chhattisgarh, shrugging off the impact of Naxalism seen in some of its parts, has
nevertheless emerged as the State with the highest economic growth in the in last
financial year 2009-10. The State, which was carved out of Madhya Pradesh in
November 2000, posted a growth rate of 11.49 percent in constant prices to Rs
60,079 crore in 2009-10.
“A better work plan and strategy powered with the commitment of the state government
to deliver it to the people resulted in surpassing other states in terms of growth rate,”
Chief Minister Raman Singh said in a press interview recently. “The data of GDP growth
released underlined that the State was on a fast track of progress and prosperity,” he
added. In the process, Chattisgarh had even overtaken industrialized States like
Gujarat which emerged as the runner-up with a GDP growth rate of 10.53 percent.
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