Hindustan Times (Jalandhar)

Khattar’s vision 2030: 9.8 % GSDP, 18 lakh jobs, 24hour power supply

Aims to increase per capita income to ₹8,34,351, ensure 30% women in workforce

- HT Correspond­ent letterschd@hindustant­imes.com

CHANDIGARH: The Manohar Lal Khattar-led Haryana government on Tuesday released the ‘Haryana Vision 2030’, a document that aims to outline a roadmap for the state’s developmen­t path and ways to tread on it.

The document envisages increasing the gross state domestic product (GSDP) to 9.8%, creating an industrial cluster in each district, 18 lakh jobs, raising strength of skilled manpower to five lakh and providing 24 hour power supply, among others.

Releasing the document, Khattar said the goals have been divided into three categories: economic, environmen­tal and social. He was accompanie­d by state finance minister Captain Abhimanyu and United Nations’ resident coordinato­r Diego Palacios.

The economic indicators aim to increase the state’s per capita income to ₹8,34,351 and ensure participat­ion of 30% women in the workforce.

Similarly, the environmen­tal indicators include ambitious goals like attaining 100% open-defecation-free status, waste and garbage collection, proper sewerage facility ,20 e-waste and solid waste management plants, raising the share of renewable energy to 14.5 % of the total energy, blanket ban on stubble burning, setting up 400 climate smart villages, and check on the depleting water table.

In the domain of social indicators, the vision document envisages to put an end to malnutriti­on among children, ensure housing for all, bring down maternal mortality rate to 70 per 1 lakh live births, reduce neo-natal mortality rate to 12 per 1,000 live births, and under-five mortality rate to 25 per 1,000 live births.

Besides, it aims at attaining 100 % net enrolment ratio at pre-primary level, 97 % at primary level, and 95 % at secondary level.

Furthermor­e, the government also aims to bring down the dropout rate to zero and reduce crime against women in the state.

Meanwhile, the chief minister asked administra­tive secretarie­s of all department­s to prepare plans for their respective department­s keeping in view the united Nation’s sustainabl­e developmen­t goals (SDGs), to achieve the targets laid down in the vision document in a phased manner.

He added that seven working groups were formed to brainstorm the details of the vision document and the groups held 60 sessions to frame the document.

THE CM ASKED ALL DEPARTMENT­S TO PREPARE PLANS IN VIEW OF UN’S SUSTAINABL­E DEVELOPMEN­T GOALS

 ?? HT PHOTO ?? Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar released the Haryana Vision 2030 document in Chandigarh on Tuesday.
HT PHOTO Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar released the Haryana Vision 2030 document in Chandigarh on Tuesday.

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