Missions on health and population, social security and agriculture and animal husbandry among others would be reconstituted.
Claiming to have achieve desired success in the first year of his rule, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot today said power, water, public distribution system and better law and order would be his government's top priorities in the coming years.
"The state is heading for self-reliance in power generation, six more power plants of 4,780 MW would be set up in the state by the beginning of 12th Five Year Plan," Gehlot told a select group of print media persons here today.
Two power plants of 330 MW each would come up with Kaeshoraipatan gas project in Bundi district and second phase of Dholpur gas project at Dholpur, he said.
Five missions christened as Rajiv Gandhi Mission on health and population, social security, agriculture and animal husbandry, education and literacy, water resources and conservation would be reconstituted, and experts and advisors would be invited to run them, Gehlot said.
On oil refinery at Barmer, Gehlot said if there would be any viability of oil production to meet the refinery's needs, the state government would provide all desired concessions to interested private companies.
Critical and super thermal power stations in Banswara, Kota and Suratgarh would be set up by private companies, he said.
Gehlot said economic recession period did affect the revenue generation goals of the state, and the government had to buy power to meet crop cultivation targets to the tune of Rs1,400 crores.
Besides, the Congress did its best to unite people of different castes, specially Meena and Gurjars, and diluted bitterness among other other castes too, Gehlot said adding it was purely generated by the previous BJP government for political mileage.
Expressing his serious concern on depleting levels of water, the Rajasthan CM said his government would bring "water reforms" asking builders and colonisers to ensure water harvesting structures to save rain water.
The state government was in constant touch with the Centre and the World Bank to bring major changes under water reforms on potable water and irrigation, he said.
On prevailing corruption in bureaucracy, Gehlot remarked it had flared up in the previous Raje regime where top to bottom employees and officers were indulged in wrong practices, and it was the part of the BJP policy to collect money by that way.
To finish corruption, the Congress government has taken a strong measure to contain it from village level in the existing National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), he said, adding the district collectors have been directed that the emphasis should be given on permanent structure construction and temporary works be avoided.
On his ministers' performance, Gehlot said, "Every one has done an excellent job. I am satisfied. Portfolios of four new ministers would be announced soon as the governor is out of the state for a few days".
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