Gujarat authorities has eliminated greater than 5,533 “unlawful encroachments made by criminals” until December final 12 months, Governor Acharya Devvrat mentioned on Wednesday whereas addressing the Meeting firstly of the Finances session for 2025-26 throughout which he spoke about numerous achievements of the federal government.
“Unlawful encroachments have been eliminated within the border areas of Devbhoomi Dwarka, Kutch, Jamnagar, Porbandar, Gir Somnath, Jamnagar, in addition to within the districts of Ahmedabad, Surat and so on. Greater than 5,533 encroachments have been eliminated by December 2024 within the present (monetary) 12 months,” the Governor mentioned in his speech in Hindi.
Since 2022, the Gujarat authorities has been conducting a drive to take away encroachments from the coastal districts for posing “potential safety threats”.
In accordance with Devvrat, the state authorities gave out Rs 6.84 crore as compensation for human lives misplaced throughout this monsoon season, and Rs 5.58 crore as animal demise help, within the monsoon final 12 months.
The state additionally gave out Rs 19.38 lakh as money help, Rs 70.96 crore as family help and clothes help, Rs 12.51 lakh as help for kutcha homes, and Rs 8.94 crore as home help to the affected areas, he added.
Additional, beneath legislation and order, Gujarat has turn into the primary state within the nation to undertake block chain know-how in order that the main points of samples, evidences and instances may be saved digitally on the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) and tamper-proof digital copies of information may be obtained at any time, the governor mentioned.
The governor additionally praised Gujarat for changing into the “first state to undertake know-how for detection of crime by exhibiting an individual the pictures of crime scenes associated to the incident utilizing Mind Photos Classifier know-how”.
He additionally identified that the state has arrange regional emergency response centres (ERC) in Gandhinagar, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot and Gandhidham, apart from District Catastrophe Administration Centre (DEOC) on the district degree, “in an effort to take quick crucial motion throughout the potential time of pure and man-made disasters dangers” within the state. “As well as, a State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) has been set as much as facilitate coordination with numerous places of work on the state degree throughout disasters,” the governor said in his tackle.
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Within the space of Synthetic Intelligence and Superior Expertise, the governor said, an AI Middle of Excellence has been established at GIFT Metropolis, Gandhinagar, in collaboration with NASSCOM and Microsoft, aimed toward fostering AI-enabled options throughout numerous sectors to speed up socio-economic growth and governance.
Additional, the Science and Expertise Division has additionally established an AI Process Pressure to advertise AI adoption in key sectors resembling finance, healthcare, and agriculture.
“The federal government has prioritised the welfare of the frequent individuals, guaranteeing that they really expertise Gujarat’s progress. The brand new definition of ‘Neutral Management, Steady Growth’ has made a constructive affect on its residents. The federal government has upheld its accountability in a means that folks really feel it stands by them…,” the governor mentioned. “The individuals of Gujarat at all times stay on the coronary heart of the state authorities. Concern for the general public is at all times mirrored within the insurance policies and selections of the federal government… Within the management of the Chief Minister, as per the Prime Minister’s imaginative and prescient, the state authorities has centered on welfare and upliftment of “GYAN” i.e. Garib (poor), Yuva (youth), Annadata (farmer), and Narishakti (Ladies) in all its planning and programmes,” the governor said whereas addressing the Home.
He mentioned Gujarat has turn into “vacation spot of first selection” for nationwide and worldwide buyers resulting from components like proactive insurance policies, ease of doing enterprise, conducive setting for capital buyers, well-developed industrial infrastructure, and excessive requirements of dwelling.
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“Occasions just like the Vibrant Gujarat Summit of the federal government of Gujarat and inspiring industrial growth have a majority share in making the state a coverage pushed one. Sector-specific insurance policies enabled the state to turn into ‘Finest Alternative of Funding’ for nationwide and worldwide buyers… Gujarat has strengthened its picture as a prestigious coverage pushed state by implementing about 12 insurance policies within the final three years,” he said.
Whereas Dholera would be the first Greenfield Sensible Metropolis, Gujarat is the primary state to have applied a semiconductor coverage and likewise to announce a photo voltaic coverage in 2009 that paved a brand new means of growth of photo voltaic power for industrial use, mentioned Governor Devvrat.
