Overview
- The DISHA meeting, which Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired on Saturday, June 27, directed the Gandhinagar district administration to start immediate surveys that identify habitations lacking basic civic amenities.
- Officials were told to map households without household LPG connections, toilets, drinking water, irrigation and electricity so that benefits from central schemes can be targeted to remaining uncovered residents.
- Shah ordered a landholding-farmer survey and instructed authorities to provide at least two livestock animals per eligible farmer to diversify incomes and boost rural resilience.
- In response to delayed rains in parts of Gujarat, he asked the district to prepare an immediate contingency plan and to survey non-irrigated and rain-fed areas to assess vulnerabilities and mitigation needs.
- He also directed mission-mode drives to issue Ayushman Bharat (PM-JAY) cards to residents aged 70 and over, to set up cluster schools and link local libraries, to clarify road-scheme village eligibility, and asked districts to compile reports for follow-up implementation using forthcoming Census and DISHA oversight.