Anandiben Patel completes 60-days as Gujarat CM

Gandhinagar, 22 July, 2014

Following is the piece of article by the Gujarat government on completion of 60 days of Anandiben Patel’s rule as Chief Minister of the state:

Gujarat’s first woman Chief Minister Smt. Anandiben Patel has successfully completed 60-days of Good Governance and Hard Works in the office, today. She had assumed the office of Chief Minister on May 22, 2014.

While carving out the growth path of Vibrant Gujarat during this two month’s long tenure, the Chief Minister has exhibited her prowess as an efficient administrator and the guardian of state’s interests by starting the construction works of building gates on the main-dam of Gujarat’s lifeline Sardar Sarovar Project on the same day when the permission for it was granted. At the same time, she has created a unique image of herself as a daughter of farmer first and than the Chief Minister, by making a direct contact with over two lakh sons-of-soil (farmers) during the Krushi Melas. The Chief Minister has also made communication with over 1.25 lakh women of the state by attending various women’s programmes. Smt. Patel had also made direct meeting with over one-lakh children in various parts of the state through School Enrolment Abhiyaan.

The Chief Minister has given a new mode to the entire administrative work culture with an aim to achieve the objectives of the Vibrant Gujarat. And for solving the people’s problems a bridge of direct communication has been made.
The Chief Minister, who herself was once a school teacher, has given an inspiring guidance to over one-lakh teachers for qualitative changes in education through a direct contact with them using SATCOM.

To fulfill the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pledge to make ‘Gujarat Malnutrition Free’ state, Smt. Patel has adopted a new approach for her public functions where she should be welcomed with a basket of fruits than traditional flower bouquets as later she can donate those fruits to the Children of Anaganwadis to give them nutritive foods.

With an initiative to empower the women, in the first Mahila Krushi Sammelan of the state, the first woman Chief Minister had adopted an approach of giving direct partnership in administration and development to the women power. Besides this, the Chief Minister had taken few firm steps that empowering the rural women by giving them leadership in milk producing societies and water committees.

A range of schemes aimed at women empowerment have been proposed in the recent state budget wherein milk cooperatives are encouraged, land allotments for building such cooperatives, distribution of milking machines to women animal caregivers and bicycles to the I.T.I girl students and not to mention the 33 per cent reservation of the women in all police cadres. Alongside including every girl and mother of up to 21 years of age in women protection committee under Mukhyamantri Amrutam (MA) Yojana, Smt. Patel has dynamically performed her roles at taluka-district levels for women’s safety.

She also encouraged a campaign for providing toilet facility in every house so that the dignity of women can be preserved. Smt. Patel made her most to make the Vibrant Gujarat concept more dynamic and thus, fruitfully organized meetings with more than 18 foreign delegations and envoys.

By celebrating national festivals at taluka levels, the Chief Minister has adopted a novice approach of people participation by encompassing hundreds of thousands of citizens from across big villages. She also has given satisfied redressal to the total of 8438 grievances reported to the state, district, taluka and village levels.

Smt. Patel initiated a women empowerment fortnight starting from 1st to 15th August and alongside presented a novice thought of gender budgeting. The Chief Minister has really become a source of inspiration by organizing a Rakhi mela wherein rakhis handmade by poor girls would be put up for sale.

Under the leadership of Smt. Patel, the website, knowyourcollege.in has also been launched to help students choose their favoured courses in line with their skills and interests.

Thus, the Chief Minister has constantly been serving for the public good and simultaneously encouraged women by her outstanding approaches and far-sightedness values.