CHHATTISGARH

The Chhattisgarh cabinet on Friday decided to extend the distribution of fortified rice in all the districts.

The aim is to eradicate Malnutrition and anaemia among Women and children.

As per a cabinet decision, fortified rice will be distributed to ration card holders from April 2023 through fair price shops.

The priority ration card holders will get fortified rice in place of normal rice provided now.

The distribution of fortified rice started in Kondagaon district in November 2020 to ensure food as well as nutritional security under PDS.

The fortified rice is also distributed in all the districts under the Mid-Day Meal and the Supplemental Nutrition Scheme.

It is also being distributed in 10 aspirational districts (Korba, Rajnandgaon, Mahasamund, Kanker, Narayanpur, Dantewada, Bijapur, Bastar, Kondagaon and Sukma) and two high burden districts (Kabirdham and Raigarh) under the .

The Chhattisgarh government has decided to purchase uniforms for school students from the Chhattisgarh State Handloom Development and Marketing Federation Ltd (CSHDMFL).

The School Education Department issued an order in this regard on Wednesday.

The uniforms will be distributed to students of government schools free of cost during the academic session 2022-23.

The decision will benefit the weavers associated with the Handloom Federation, a communiqu from the stated.

Over 450 prisoners have walked free in Chhattisgarh after a first of its kind initiative anywhere in the country according to authorities were set up in jails across the State on October 15.

These courts will be held every working Saturday and provide relief to undertrials, and in some cases convicted prisoners, by explaining their rights and legal Options such as plea bargaining and settlement.

There are over 20,000 prisoners lodged in various jails in Chhattisgarh, against a sanctioned capacity of 14,000, says Director General (Prisons) Sanjay Pillay. Of these, nearly 12,500 are undertrials.

ThePatnaHigh Court struck down the amended provisions ofBihar Municipal Actand ruled that the State Government took away the powers vested in municipal bodies for selection, appointment and transfer of their employees in violation of the principles of decentralisation of powers and participatory Democracy as envisaged by the constitutional provisions.

The amendments were made through passage of Bihar Municipality (Amendment) Act 2021, notified on March 31 last year, whereby the functional autonomy of municipal bodies in Bihar in selection, appointment and transfer of their employees was restricted and the same powers were vested directly in the state government.

Chief minister Bhupesh Baghel virtually launched the Shri Dhanwantri Generic Medical Store Scheme from his official residence.

Under this scheme, the chief minister inaugurated 84 Dhanwantri Generic Medical Stores in the state where medicines will be made available at low and affordable rates to consumers.

“Efforts are being made by the to bring costly Health Services to the underprivileged. Many schemes have been started for the same. Along these lines, Shree Dhanwantri Medical Store Scheme has been launched today. Generic medicines will be 50 to 71% cheaper at these medical stores,” said the chief minister.

The state abounds with stories of Ram, Laxman and Sita living in exile in the forests of Chhattisgarh. Stories and songs inspired by Lord Ram have been narrated and sung in communities here and passed on through generations.

Chhattisgarh Tourism Board (CTB) is using the auspicious occasion of Navratri to introduce their new tourism circuit that follows the path travelled by Lord Ram in the region of Chhattisgarh during his exile from Ayodhya: The Ram Van Gaman Path.

In the first phase of this project, the plan is to develop the nine spots that fall on the forested route that Lord Ram traversed. These sites include Sitamarhi- Harchowka, Ramgarh, Shivrinarayan, Turturiya, Chandkhuri, Rajim, Sihawa, Jagdalpur and Ramaram.

National Mission on Pilgrimage Rejuvenation & Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive:

This is a Central Sector Scheme

Initiated by: Ministry of Tourism 2014-15

Objective: Comprehensive development of identified pilgrimage and heritage destinations

Goals: development, such as entry points (road, rail and water transportation), last mile connection, ATM/Money exchange, area lighting and renewable resource lighting, emergency centers, etc.

So far, 13 projects have been successfully completed according to the PRASHAD scheme.

So far, the Services under Mitan scheme were restricted to only 14 municipal corporations area across the state.

The scheme prevents citizens from visiting , Tehsil and other government offices to get necessary certificates and official documents.

As of now, 1,13,234 citizens have dialed on the toll-free number 14545 to get processed the government documents.

Under the scheme, in private land and village panchayat land, commercial and non-commercial species of tree plantation will be promoted.

In Kharif year 2020-21, farmers have been given the option of plantation instead of paddy in their field. Those opting for the scheme will be given Rs 10,000 per acre for next three years as incentive.

Joint forest management committees will be given Rs 10,000 per acre as incentive after one year if plantation is done in revenue land. The right to cut the trees and its sales will be with the Committee.

In another major decision, the cabinet cleared a proposal to provide Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana assistance in four installments for Kharif season 2020. The farmers having registered for paddy sale and paddy-seed producer farmers will be covered.

Provision has been made for Kharif season 2021 under the scheme to promote agro-Forestry. In the first two years, the land holding farmer will be given Rs 9,000 per acre in four instalments as input .

Plants in Krishna Kunjs developed by the Chhattisgarh government in urban areas have, after just one year, taken the shape of lush green trees.

An official Communication on Tuesday said that 55,781 saplings have been planted in 169 urban bodies across the state, covering 224 acres of land. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel launched the green mission on the occasion of Krishna Janmashtami last year. The ambitious Krishna Kunj Yojana was launched with Baghel himself planting trees at Telibandha, Raipur.

Trees of cultural and religious significance have been planted

Get a jab of vaccination and take away tomatoes (Teeke ke badle Tamatar), says the of Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district in order to encourage maximum people get the preventive doses for coronavirus.

Almost like a barter system, the locals take their packet of tomatoes for free after getting vaccinated. Amid different sorts of reservation among rural and tribal Population against the effects of vaccination, this idea of distributing free tomatoes is attracting many people encouraging them to get the life saving jab.