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Time of India
18-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
CM inaugurates new bank branch in Sukma's Jagargunda
Raipur: The people of the Jagargunda area in Sukma district, long affected by Maoism, will now have access to banking facilities. Chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Sunday virtually inaugurated a branch of Indian Overseas Bank in Jagargunda, Sukma, from his official residence. This new branch is set to benefit approximately 14,000 villagers residing in the surrounding 12 villages, officials said. CM Sai described the occasion as a historic day for the region's residents, noting the area's long struggle with Maoism. He attributed the opening of the bank branch to this progress, which will now facilitate the delivery of welfare scheme benefits to the local population. The CM highlighted the state govt's strategy focused on security, development, and trust-building, along with the continuous efforts of security forces and the strong resolve of both the central and state govts. He recalled Prime Minister Narendra Modi's guarantee to provide banking facilities in all gram panchayats. In line with this, he mentioned the launch of 1460 Atal Panchayat Digital Seva Kendras on April 24, National Panchayat Day, covering 10 gram panchayats in each development block, where villagers have already begun to avail themselves of banking services. He assured that these facilities would be extended to all gram panchayats within the next year. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Trading CFD dengan Teknologi dan Kecepatan Lebih Baik IC Markets Pelajari Undo Finance Minister O P Choudhary reminisced about his time as the collector in Dantewada when the area was heavily affected by Maoists, making travel to the interior a matter of consideration. He pointed out that in 2001, a branch of Gramin Bank was located in the same building, which faced an attempted looting by Maoists. He expressed satisfaction that a bank branch was now opening in the same location, enabling villagers to receive benefits from schemes like tendu patta bonus and Kisan Samman Nidhi directly in their villages.
Time of India
18-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Chhattisgarh CM Sai inaugurates bank branch in Maoist-hit Jagargunda, marking new era of development in Sukma
RAIPUR: The people of Jagargunda area in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, long affected by Maoism, will now have access to banking facilities. Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Sunday virtually inaugurated a branch of Indian Overseas Bank in Jagargunda, Sukma, from his official residence. This new branch is set to benefit approximately 14,000 villagers residing in the surrounding 12 villages. Chief Minister Sai described the occasion as a historic day for the region's residents, noting the area's long struggle with Maoism. He stated that in the past one and a half years, their "double engine" government has successfully worked towards establishing peace in the Bastar region. He attributed the opening of the bank branch to this progress, which will now facilitate the delivery of welfare scheme benefits to the local population. The Chief Minister highlighted the state government's strategy focused on security, development, and trust-building, along with the continuous efforts of security forces and the strong resolve of both the central and state governments. He said these efforts are enabling villages in the Bastar region to rapidly overcome the Maoist problem and integrate into the mainstream of development. He recalled Prime Minister Narendra Modi's guarantee to provide banking facilities in all gram panchayats. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Perdagangkan CFD Emas dengan Broker Tepercaya IC Markets Mendaftar Undo In line with this, he mentioned the launch of 1460 Atal Panchayat Digital Seva Kendras on April 24, National Panchayat Day, covering 10 gram panchayats in each development block, where villagers have already begun to avail banking services. He assured that these facilities would be extended to all gram panchayats within the next year. Finance Minister O P Choudhary reminisced about his time as the Collector in Dantewada, when the area was heavily affected by Maoists, making travel to the interior a matter of consideration. He pointed out that in 2001, a branch of Gramin Bank was located in the same building, which faced an attempted looting by Maoists. He expressed satisfaction that a bank branch was now opening in the same location, enabling villagers to receive benefits from schemes like tendu patta bonus and Kisan Samman Nidhi directly in their villages. Deputy Chief Minister Arun Sao joined the inauguration programme virtually.
Time of India
09-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
11k village panchayats will get banking facilities in a yr: CM
Raipur: Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai announced that more than 11,000 village panchayats in the state will have banking facilities within the next one year. He made the announcement while addressing a public grievances redressal camp in Patna village of Surajpur district as part of the ' Sushasan Tihar ' (good governance festival) on Thursday. CM Sai noted that on National Panchayat Day, April 24, state launched Atal Digital Seva Kendras (Common Service Centers) in 1,460 gram panchayats in the first phase. These centers offer digital services including banking, fund transfers, and official document generation. The second phase will cover 5,000 more panchayats. CM emphasized that his govt is committed to eliminating corruption through systemic reforms. "We are shutting down all avenues of corruption," he said. Now, land mutation (naamantaran) is completed on the same day as the online registry—an overhaul from the previous system where people had to wait for also said that simplified procedures for intra-family land transfers. "Property can now be transferred to family members with just a Rs 500 fee under the new framework for family donations and relinquishment of rights," he said.
The Hindu
03-05-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Tripura signs MoU with the IIM to provide advanced training to Panchayat officials
Tripura government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute Of Management–Shillong (IIM–Shillong) to provide advanced training to Panchayat officials of the State. The signing ceremony took place in the presence of Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha during the National Panchayat Day celebrations here on Saturday. Mr. Saha acknowledged the dedicated efforts of Panchayats in delivering effective rural governance which has been recognised through national awards. He highlighted Tripura's success in various parameters including in the winning of seven National Panchayat Awards last year. He further underlined that Tripura has set an example for the rest of the country in terms of empowering the three-tier Panchayat system. He said the Panchayat department of the State government is committed to implementing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of Viksit Bharat aimed at developing rural India. As part of the National Panchayat Day celebrations, the Chief Minister inaugurated a new smart office and video conference office, declared all Panchayats in the State as disability-friendly, introduced a newsletter called 'Gram Srijan' and unveiled the annual report of the Panchayat Department. He also presented certificates of appreciation to various Panchayats and Panchayat officials for their exceptional work in areas such as climate protection, self-reliance, e-governance and special initiatives.
Time of India
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Pahalgam terrorists will be tracked to ends of the earth, given punishment beyond their imagination: PM Modi
Following the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 28 people, Prime Minister Modi vowed to hunt down the perpetrators and their backers, promising severe punishment. Speaking at a rally in Bihar, he assured the nation that India would not be deterred by terrorism and that justice would be served. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads New Delhi: A day after the Cabinet Committee on Security decided to take harsh steps against Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Wednesday that the perpetrators of the gruesome killings in Pahalgam and their handlers will be pursued 'till the ends of the earth' and punished with a severity beyond their prime minister spoke for the first time on the April 22 terror attack, at a rally in Madhubani, Bihar, where he inaugurated and laid foundation stones for a host of projects on National Panchayat Day . He began his speech with a request to all present to observe a few moments of silence as a tribute to the 28 people killed by terrorists and pray for their souls.'Friends, today from the soil of Bihar, I say to the whole world: India will identify, track and punish every terrorist and their backers. We will pursue them to the ends of the earth. India's spirit will never be broken by terrorism. Terrorism will not go unpunished. Every effort will be made to ensure that justice is done. The entire nation is firm in this resolve. Everyone who believes in humanity is with us,' Modi the rest of his speech was in Hindi, he chose to speak the above lines in English to send across a message to the world leaders of India's anger and thanked the heads of various countries who have stood by India at this chose to make these remarks in Bihar where Assembly elections are due in October. One of those killed at Pahalgam was Manish Ranjan, an IB official hailing from was equally scathing in Hindi on the killing of innocent tourists at Pahalgam.'The nation is in agony over the cruelty with which terrorists killed innocent countrymen on April 22 at Pahalgam in J&K. Every citizen is in sorrow. The whole country is standing by the affected families. The government is making every effort to ensure speedy recovery of the injured. In this terror attack, somebody lost a son, a brother, or a life-partner. Among them, somebody spoke Bangla, Kannada or Marathi. Somebody was Oriya, somebody Gujarati, somebody a son of Bihar. From Kargil to Kanyakumari, our pain and outrage is the same over the death of all of them,' Modi said this was not a mere attack on some tourists and will not be taken lightly.'This attack was not just on unarmed tourists. The enemies of this country have committed the audacity of attacking the soul of India. I want to say in very clear words that those terrorists who perpetrated this attack, and those who hatched this conspiracy, will get punishment that will be beyond their imagination. Punishment will definitely be given. The time has come to put to end the remnants of the base of terrorists,' the prime minister the anger of the people over this heinous act, Modi underlined that the will-power of 140 crore Indians will break the back of the sponsors of words were reminiscent of the tough stance India has taken in the recent past. In 2016, India had launched a surgical strike in retaliation to the deadly attack at an Indian army camp in Uri in which 19 Indian soldiers were killed. In 2019, Modi had ordered the Balakot air strike on Pakistan after the Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were the Pahalgam attack , India has already initiated tough measures, including putting the Indus Waters Treaty on hold, shutting down the Attari border, expelling Pakistan's defence advisers based in Delhi, and cutting down the strength of Pakistan high commission from the already curtailed 55 to 30.
