Chhattisgarh has made tremendous progress in health, infra: CM Raman Singh

Chhattisgarh has made tremendous progress in the areas of health and road-rail connectivity, Chief Minister Raman Singh said here today.

Singh was responding to Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant's recent remark that states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan are keeping India backward, especially on social indicators.

The chief minister also said there should be an analytical study about fast growth achieved by Chhattisgarh after its formation in 2000.

Chhattisgarh has made tremendous progress in health indicators like IMR (Infant Mortality Rate), MMR (Maternal Mortality Rate) and malnutrition as well as in road and rail connectivity, Singh told reporters here.

Earlier this week, Kant had said: "Eastern part of India, particularly states like Bihar, UP, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, is keeping India backward especially on social indicators. While we have have improved on ease of doing business, we have remained backward on human development index. We are still 131 out of 188 countries in HDI."