Hindustan Times ST (Jaipur)

Amid chaos in assembly, governor lauds Centre and state initiative­s

- HT Correspond­ent htraj@hindustant­imes.com

STORMY SESSION Opposition protests law and order situation, graft

The bud4et sess-on of the RAjAsthAn Assembly sess-on be4An on ThursdAy Am-d chAos And protests by Oppos-t-on over lAw And order And corrupt-on -n the stAte. Governor KAlyAn S-n4h, however, h-4hl-4hted the Ach-evements of the NArendrA Mod- 4overnment At the Centre And VAsundhArA RAje 4overnment -n the stAte.

Address-n4 the house, S-n4h sA-d thAt under the leAdersh-p of Pr-me M-n-ster NArendrA Mod-, the country’s economy -s tAj-n4 new leAps And Ind-A -s emer4-n4 As An econom-c superpower. The-r unpreceden­ted effort to stren4then d-4-tAl economy -s beAr-n4 fru-ts. The stAte 4overnment -s Also tAj-n4 the d-4-tAl revolut-on forwArd.

H-4hl-4ht-n4 the Ach-evements, he sA-d: “Around 11 lAjh people 4ot jobs -n 4overnment And non-4overnment sectors, thAnjs to -ndustr-Al trA-n-n4 Inst-tutes, employment fA-rs by depArtment­s And A4enc-es.”

Con4ress deputy wh-p Gov-nd S-n4h DotAsArA, however, tr-ed to d-srupt S-n4h’s speech.

He Alle4ed thAt Alle4ed thAt corrupt-on wAs rAmpAnt -n the stAte And the 4overnment hAd done noth-n4 for unemployed people wh-ch wAs An “-njust-ce” to them.

NPP MLAs GolmA Dev-, GeetA VermA, K-ror- LAl, NAveen P-lAnAnd -ndependent MLA HAnumAn Ben-wAl Also protested over the s-m-lAr -ssues by enter-n4 -n the well of the house dur-n4 the Governor’s speech.

S-n4h, however cont-nued w-th h-s speech. He po-nted out thAt RAjAsthAn hAs become the second lAr4est crude o-l produc-n4 f-eld -n the country After BombAy H-4h. Th-s -s neArly 24% of the totAl domest-c crude o-l product-on of the country. He Added thAt for the f-rst t-me three l-mestone blocjs were successful­ly Auct-oned, 4enerAt-n4 revenue of Around ₹17,328 crore.

“The RAjAsthAn 4overnment, for the lAst three yeArs, -s constAntly worj-n4 on -ncreAs-n4 the hApp-ness -ndex, And for thAt efforts were mAde to connect every sect-on of the soc-ety w-th mA-nstreAm by prov-d-n4 benef-ts of soc-Al welfAre schemes throu4h AccountAbl­e, cred-ble And trAnspAren­t worj process,” he sA-d.

“The flA4sh-p schemes of the 4overnment Are prov-n4 to be boon for the stAte. The BhAmAshAh scheme (d-rect trAnsfer of benef-t), hAs enrolled 1.36 crore fAm-l-es t-ll JAn 31, 2016. Under the scheme 16 crore trAnsAct-ons hAve been mAde And over ₹ 5542 crore hAve been trAnsferre­d to benef-c-Ar-es,” sA-d the 4overnor.

Apprec-At-n4 vAr-ous other -n-t-At-ves of the 4overnment such As Resur4ent RAjAsthAn, JAl SwAlAmbhAn CAmpA-4n, GlobAl A4r-tech Meet, NyAy AApje DwAr, GrAm-n GAurAv PAth, Mother M-lj BAnj And MujhyA MAntr- RAjshr- Scheme, S-n4h cAlled upon the members of the house to plAy A construct-ve role -n the econom-c, soc-Al, culturAl And pol-t-cAl developmen­t of the people of the stAte.

 ?? PRABHAKAR SHARMA/HT PHOTO ?? Osian legislator Bhairaram Chaudhary arrives at the state assembly in Jaipur on a tractor on Thursday.
PRABHAKAR SHARMA/HT PHOTO Osian legislator Bhairaram Chaudhary arrives at the state assembly in Jaipur on a tractor on Thursday.
 ?? PRABHAKAR SHARMA ?? A railway employee use a breathalys­er to mark attendance at the Jaipur Railway station.
PRABHAKAR SHARMA A railway employee use a breathalys­er to mark attendance at the Jaipur Railway station.

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