Chandigarh, December 30- Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal today said that Haryana is top in the five parameters of self-reliance. He said that we have set our targets in the direction of achieving the goal of making India a five trillion economy as visualised by Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi. While realizing the dream of Atmanirbhar Haryana and Atmanirbhar India, we will increase the economy of the state and the country.

Sh. Manohar Lal was speaking at a programme organized by a national Hindi daily in Gurugram on Thursday. While addressing the gathering he said that five parameters have been set for self-reliance including strengthening the economy, improving infrastructure, improving systems, demography and attracting investments. Among these, Haryana is in a much better position than other states of the country in terms of economy. Even our economy is better than the national capital Delhi while the income of Delhi state is good but they have spoiled their economy by starting to distribute it free. On the contrary, in Haryana we are making our citizens responsible.

For this, family ID of every family is being made under the Parivar Pehchan Patra. Explaining the various schemes of the government, they were given the facility to choose their suitable scheme from them and loan facility from the bank accordingly. He said that entrepreneurs should also give priority in employment to poor families having annual income of Rs. 1 lakh in their units.

The Chief Minister said that attention is being paid to infrastructure improvement in the state and development works are being done equally in the entire state.

Referring to the improvement in the system, he said that the state government is doing many things in the direction of Ease of Doing Business and Ease of Living. For this the procedures have been simplified. In the last seven years, at the national level, Haryana has received more than 150 awards for various achievements. More than 100 of these awards have been given for IT based services. The Chief Minister said that it is our endeavour that people should be given benefits of government services and schemes at their doorstep.

Regarding the demography, the Chief Minister said that the youth power of our state is emerging in different fields. Be it sports or education, our youth are setting records in all fields. He said that there is no shortage of employment in the state and agreements have been signed with more than 50 industries to upgrade their skills and make them skilled to make them employable. In these industries, youth will not only be given skill training but they will also get employment there. He also informed that the State Government has made a rule to give 75 percent share to the people of Haryana in employment in private institutions.

The Chief Minister said that we are promoting MSMEs and startups. About 1500 startups have been given support in the state and 4,000 applications are currently under process. He said that these figures is more than the neighboring states of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh etc. He said that efforts are being made to connect the youth with employment in Haryana and a target has been set to provide five lakh jobs every year in all government, non-government, industries etc. He said that we have set a target to increase exports from the state to Rs. 2 lakh crore.

At present, exports worth about Rs. 85,000 crore are being made from Haryana. Apart from this, the state government has also set a target of bringing investment of Rs. 1 lakh crore from outside in Haryana. He said that the investment summit was organized in Gurugram, after which an investment of about Rs. 1 lakh crore has already been done. In this way, by inviting investment and increasing exports, we will enhance the economy of the state and the country.

On this occasion, Public Safety Advisor to Chief Minister, Sh. Anil Rao, Media Advisor, Sh. Amit Arya, Media Coordinator, Sh. Mukesh Vashisht, Police Commissioner, Sh. K K Rao, Deputy Commissioner, Sh. Dr. Yash Garg, office bearers of various industrial associations, senior doctors and many dignitaries were present.