CHHATTISGARH

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday said the fourth installment of the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana will be released to farmers by March 25.

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He was addressing the general convention and oath-taking ceremony of Kosariya Marar (Patel) Samaj in village Karp in Kanker district.

He said development work was being undertaken in the district after foundation stone laying for 95 different works at a cost of Rs 143.92 crore.

He said schools and colleges including medical colleges have been opened. The first hostel for Other Backward Class (OBC) in the state was opened in Knaker having 50 seats for girls. Work was in progress for opening more such hostels in division headquarters and bigger districts.

New rural industrial policy soon in Cgarh

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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday pledged to formulate a new rural Industrial Policy soon to link Rural Industrial Parks (RIPAs) and to generate EMPLOYMENT to rural folk.

Baghel was addressing the online distribution against cow dung and dividend paid to cattle owners, Women groups and Gauthan committees.

Expressing happiness over the power units started for generation of electricity from cow dung, he said the power generated from these units should be connected to the power grid.

Three-tier Panchayat polls peaceful, 72.12% voting

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Seventy-two percent of the electorate voted on Thursday to elect three Zilla Panchayat and 27 Janpad members as well as fill posts of 152 Sarpanch and 330 Panch in Chhattisgarh.

The polling was by and large peaceful across the state.

State Election Commissioner Thakur Ram Singh said no untoward incident took place at any place. He patted the officers and employees for the successful conduct of the polls.

He said along with youth, elderly and differently-abled voters actively participated in the voting.

There were 4,37,282 voters for the three-tier Panchayat , out of which 3,04,450 exercised their franchise. The number of male voters was 1,55,039 and females 1,49,411.

Keeping the interest of fishermen on top priority, work is in progress on a fisheries policy in Chhattisgarh and will be announced soon, Agriculture Minister Ravindra Choubey said.

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The after giving the status of Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture to Fisheries had given exemption in electricity and other equipment, he said.

Within a year, 2,500 fishermen have derived the benefit of Kisan Credit Card, said Choubey.

He added that recently an agreement was signed to supply 100 tonnes of tilapia fish to England. In lines of several online food supply, the fish farmers can work to supply fresh fishes to customers directly.

Farmers can look at these opportunities. He assured to fulfil the demands of fishermen and handed over equipment to beneficiaries under government schemes.

The rankings released by the Union ministry of housing and urban affairs (MoHUA) on Saturday are based on a cleanliness survey done across the country after segregating cities and towns based on their Population.

Overall, 4,320 Urban Local Bodies, including cities, towns, municipalities, and cantonments, in various categories were assessed. Of them, two major categories were 372 cities/towns with population between 1-10 lakh, and 48 big cities with10 lakh or above population.

The Swachh Bharat Survey 2020 had four parameters Citizen Feedback (1,500 marks), Certification (1,500 marks), Direct Observation (1,500) and Service Level Progress (1,500).

However, this year, the assessment was done on three scales Citizen Feedback (1,800 marks), Service Level Progress (2,400 marks) and Certification (1,800 marks). Total marks up for grabs were 6,000. Meerut was the star performer, recording a big jump of 14 rungs from 41st rank last year to 27 this time with an aggregate score of 3,598, a substantial increase in comparison to last year.

On the other hand, the biggest drop in ranking among UP cities was recorded by Agra, which slipped from rank 16 last year to 24 this year. Agras net score also plunged to 3,715 from 4,391 last year. Prayagraj also lost six spots from rank 20 last year to 26th this time. Its net score in 2020 was 4,141, which came down to 3,613 this year. Varanasi, too, slipped three rungs from 27th rank last year to 30th this time, with its score dropping to 3,532 from 3,684 last year.

Chhattisgarh govt disburses Rs 1,522 crore to 21 lakh farmers under Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana

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The Chhattisgarh government has transferred Rs 1,522 crore to the bank accounts of about 21 lakh farmers under the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana (RGKNY). The transfer was made to coincide with the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

This was the second of the 4 installments of the scheme, under which the government will disburse a total of Rs 5600 crore.

Chief minister Bhupesh Baghel said that from the 2021 season, RGKNY has been expanded to include paddy as well as some other .

The scheme was implemented in the year 2020 to provide fair price to farmers, boost productivity of Kharif crops and encourage crop diversification.

An amount of Rs 3 crore 49 lakh was also transferred online to cattle rearers, Gauthan committees and Women self-help groups under the Godhan Nyay Yojana for cow dung purchased from them. About 45 per cent beneficiaries of this scheme are women.

The Chhattisgarh government is also starting Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Bhoomheen Krishi Mazdoor Nyay Yojana to provide financial help to landless agricultural laborers.

Under the scheme, Rs 6000 will be given annually to rural families who do not have agricultural land and are associated with MNREGA or agricultural wages.

Chhattisgarh CJ lauds efforts of Lok Adalats in state

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Chhattisgarhhigh court Chief JusticeRamesh Sinhacommended the joint efforts of everyone involved in the success of theLok Adalatsin Chhattisgarh. Sinha, who was a senior judge in Allahabad High Court before his appointment as Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh HC in March this year, also said that results were better than those expected in Uttar Pradesh.

The Chief Justice addressed the officers via videoconferencing about the upcomingNational Lok Adalat. The conference was attended by all district judges, Family Court judges, judicial officers of districts, collectors, superintendents of Police, officers of banks, Insurance companies, president of Bar Association and municipal commissioners among others.

Cabinet approves new tree plantation scheme

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The Chhattisgarh cabinet on Friday approved the commencement of the Mukhyamantri Vriksha Sampada Yojana.

Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Minister Ravindra Choubey said a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel decided that the objective of the new scheme of commercial treeplantation is to improve Environment and boost the income of farmers.

Choubey said a target has been set up to plant 15 crore saplings of clonal Eucalyptus, Tissue Culture teak and bamboo as well as the saplings of other economically beneficial species on nearly 1,80,000 acres over five years.

He said government, semi-government and autonomous institutions of the government, private educational institutions, private trusts, non-government institutions, panchayats and lease land holders who want to do plantation can take advantage of the scheme.

He added that to attract investors in Nava Raipur Atal Nagar, development fee has been revised. The Infrastructure Development fee will be brought down from Rs.500 per square metre to Rs.100 per square metre for a plot area of more than 50 acres.

Under a special scheme to renovate school buildings, Rs 780 crore will be spent, he said.

Cgarh bags award for Good Practice in CCTNS, ICJS

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Chhattisgarh on Friday bagged the second prize for good practices in Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS) and Inter & Operable Criminal System (ICJS).

The award was presented to Chhattisgarh in an online conference organized on December 16-17 by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), New Delhi.

In ICJS, the award was given for better implementation of forensic science at digital platform. Odisha was adjudged first and Madhya Pradesh clinched the third position.

In Chhattisgarh, the integration work in between CCTNS, Forensic, Court, Prosecution and Jail have been done at a digital platform through ICJS.

Forensic laboratory has also been established in the state with e-forensic Software application. The entire process in between case registration to the final report is uploaded online. This data is shared with the help of ICJS.

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel expressed delight over the Awards.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday called upon farmers to leave dependency on chemical fertilizer. Instead, he urged them to use vermicompost or super compost manures.

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He said Chhattisgarh was saved from a shortage of chemical fertilizer this Kharif season only because of vermicompost and super compost produced at the Gauthans. All this was because of blessings of Ma Kaushalya and Gau Mata.

These manures were a better alternative and keeping in view the possibility of shortage of chemical fertilizer like DAP in the future, the farmers should start using producing vermicompost and super compost, Baghel said.

Their use will also reduce the cost of farming, he added.

Chhattisgarh: Govt to allow private colleges in remote areas on PPP mode

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Chhattisgarhgovernment has decided to runprivate collegesin the backward and inaccessible areas on thePPPmodel based on a decision, recently taken in the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief MinisterBhupesh Baghel, with an objective to provide higher Education facilities in the backward and remote areas. Presently, none of the existing private colleges is operating under the arrangement provisioned in this scheme.

PPP model in Chhattisgarh is an innovative step for the state, as no such scheme has been implemented in the past. As per a government release, 12 private colleges in the state are being provided with 100% regular grant under the Madhya Pradesh Private Colleges and Institutions (Establishment and Regulation) Act. After the formation of Chhattisgarh state, 50 percent grant is being provided to four private colleges under the Chhattisgarh non-government colleges and institutions (Establishment and Regulation) Act, 2006, post the approval of the cabinet.