Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan met Union Home and Co-operative Minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Monday and discussed in detail about the Co-operative policy and anti-Naxal operations of the State.

Chief Minister Chouhan informed that the Co-Operative Policy has been prepared in the State after extensive consultations with the Policy and Planning Commission as well as experts of the co-operatives and other fields. Through the policy, efforts will be made to create employment opportunities in new areas through co-operatives in different sectors, boost the income of the people and organise them. CM Chouhan presented the draft of Co-operative policy to Amit Shah. The Chief Minister said that this policy would be duly implemented as soon as the model code of conduct currently in force due to elections of the local bodies is over. CM Chouhan requested Shah to attend the Co-Operative convention to be organised in Bhopal and issue the Co-operative policy of the State.

Chief Minister Chouhan apprised Union Home Minister Shah about the successes achieved in anti-Naxal operations of Hawk Force in three districts of Madhya Pradesh namely Balaghat, Mandla and Dindori. CM Chouhan said that four additional battalions of central security forces are needed to give more impetus to the anti-Naxal operations in the State. CM Chouhan also urged for providing assistance for strengthening police stations and police posts in Balaghat and Mandla.