HM reviews operations, administrative efficiency
NEW DELHI, Dec 25: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said the CRPF has done a commendable job in tackling Naxalism and restoring peace and stability in the Northeastern States and Jammu and Kashmir.
Shah also said that the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is playing an important role in ensuring internal security and peace in the country, according to an official Statement.
The Home Minister said this while visiting the CRPF headquarters where he met senior officers of the force, including its Director General Anish Dayal Singh, it said.
During the visit, Shah had a comprehensive review of the operations and administrative efficiency of the world’s largest paramilitary force.
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The CRPF has done a commendable job in tackling Naxalism and restoring peace and stability in the Northeastern States and Jammu and Kashmir, he said.
The CRPF chief apprised the Home Minister about the various welfare schemes being implemented for the families of martyred jawans of the force, including compassionate appointments in the CRPF.
Shah emphasised the importance of promoting Hindi in the daily functioning of the force to strengthen linguistic unity.
Along with emphasising the use of more and more ‘Shri Ann’ (Millets) for better health of the soldiers, the Home Minister also called upon the soldiers to extract the benefits of Ayurveda and participate in ‘Prakriti Parikshan Abhiyan’ to get health insights as per individual’s Prakriti, fostering wellbeing and better health.
The visit of the Home Minister underlines the Government’s recognition of the CRPF’s commitment to national security and its multifaceted contribution to nation-building, the Statement said.
Several senior officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs, including Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan, were present at the meeting.
Meanwhile, Shah launched 10,000 new multi-purpose Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS) on Wednesday and asserted that the Government will achieve its target of establishing 2 lakh such societies before the five-year timeline.
Addressing the launch event, Shah said prosperity through cooperation cannot be achieved unless cooperatives function effectively at the panchayat level.
“We have kept a target of setting up 2 lakh PACS in five years. I want to tell you that we will establish 2 lakh PACS before five years. In three months, we established 10,000 new PACS,” the Minister said.
The initiative will be rolled out in two phases, with NABARD establishing 32,750 new M-PACS in the first phase, while NDDB will set up 56,500 dairy cooperatives and NFDB 6,000 fishery cooperatives.
In the second phase, NABARD will create 45,000 M-PACS, NDDB will establish 46,000 dairy cooperatives and NFDB 5,500 fishery cooperatives. State Governments will form about 25,000 new cooperatives, he added.
Shah also released Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for the liquidation of defunct PACS, which will enable the setting up of new societies in 15,000 villages.
Under current norms, a second PACS cannot be established in villages where one already exists unless declared defunct.
The Minister distributed registration certificates, micro ATMs and RuPay Kisan Credit Cards to the newly established cooperative societies.
Shah also highlighted the importance of digitalisation in the sector, noting that the Government has already computerised existing PACS and integrated them with 32 different initiatives.
However, he stressed that technology alone is not enough.
“We have computerised, given software and started different schemes. However, cooperatives cannot operate, if there is no trained manpower,” he said, urging societies to utilise the new training module.
So far, 11,695 PACS have registered under new model laws, he added.
The Minister also recalled the contribution made to the cooperative sector on the 100th birth anniversary of late former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
He added that the 97th Amendment to the Constitution was brought during Vajpayee’s regime to give a push to the cooperative sector.
Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying and Panchayati Raj Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Minister of State for Cooperation Krishan Pal Gurjar, and senior Government officials were present at the event. (PTI)
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