Governor gives directions to officers on development issues
LUCKNOW: Departing from established norms, governor Anandeben Patel on Thursday went to Lok Bhawan to watch a presentation along with chief minister Yogi Adityanath on aspirational districts. She gave necessary directives to officers to improve implementation of various government schemes.
It was not for the first time that the governor, who has also been the chief minister of Gujarat, demonstrated her proactive role in the functioning of government. She had earlier called all the ministers to Raj Bhawan for an introductory meeting. She had also given them a lesson or two in governance on Teacher’s Day (September 5, 2019) besides holding review meetings with officers during her tours to districts and inspecting police stations etc. But it was for the first time that governor went to the Lok Bhawan to participate in such a meeting.
Patel’s visit to Lok Bhawan comes a day after that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. PM had made observations that instead of preparing plans for five years, the governments should work for five generations. The governor along with chief minister had attended the programme at Lok Bhawan on Wednesday where the CM had referred to aspirational districts.
Patel on Thursday said that she would soon visit all the 8 aspirational districts in coming days adding that she planned to stay in each aspirational district for at least two days to review its performance in the backdrop of given indicators. She gave necessary directives for finalisation of her programme to the districts.
Patel used the occasion to stress upon the need of monitoring the dropout rate in schools and students dropping out should be brought back to schools. She said a survey for giving admissions should be conducted under ‘school chalo abhiyan’ before beginning of academic session. She said that text books, school bags, shoes and socks should be distributed to students well in time.
Yogi informed the governor there was a significant improvement in enrolments of students in schools.