by Administrator
14. September 2009 12:30
CM Parkash Singh Badal inaugurates the Vikas Bhawan in Sector 62, Mohali on Sunday.To generate revenue and to make village panchayats self-sustaining and financially viable,Punjab government is exploring the option of renting out shops on panchayat land where commercial activity is viable.
CM Parkash Singh Badal said this on Sunday while addressing at the inauguration ceremony of Vikas Bhawan in Sector 62, Mohali.
Pointing out that the newly-constructed complex would house all offices of the department located at various places in Chandigarh and Mohali, Badal said this would help officers increase efficiency in day-to-day functioning, and save people time, energy and money.
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He also called upon farmers, especially small and marginal ones, to cut wasteful expenditure on buying costly agricultural machinery and tractors by taking loans at high rate of interest which is unproductive and unviable.
Instead of taking loans, he advised farmers to make optimum use of agro-centres scheme aimed at providing all agricultural implements and equipment, including laser levellers and zero-tilling machines, at nominal rent. He urged the cooperative societies to come forward to run these centres as government was giving 30% subsidy on the purchase of equipment and machinery besides raising 70% amount through loans on easy interest.
Speaking on the occasion, rural development and panchayats minister Ranjit Singh Brahmpura said that Vikas Bhawan and State Institute of Rural Development would prove to be a milestone for the overall progress of the rural sector in Punjab.