CHHATTISGARH

The Chhattisgarh government has received a record revenue of Rs 12,941 crores from mining activities in 2022-23, which is Rs 636 crore more than the previous fiscal.

Another Rs 3,336 crore was earned from mineral coal, Rs 392 crore from limestone and Rs 31 crore from bauxite, an official Communication on Sunday quoted him as saying.

Dantewada district was in first place with Rs 6,419 crore, Kobra followed with Rs 2,361 crore, then came Raigarh Rs 1,717 crore, Balod Rs 760 crore, Baloda Bazar Rs 315 crore, Kanker Rs 286 crore and Surguja Rs 286 crore.

The Minerals mined in the state are contributing to the development of , production of electricity and operation of industries, the statement said.

In the current season, nearly 4.76 lakh standard sacks of Tendu leaves have been collected from forests through primary forest produce — about a fourth of the total target.

Due to the closure of other livelihood Options amid a Covid-inducted lockdown, the forest dwellers are getting EMPLOYMENT by gathering forest produce. In the process, they are also contributing to Chhattisgarh’s economy in a major way.

The state has set an annual target of 16.71 lakh standard sacks of Tendu leaves in 2021. This provides work to over 12 lakh families. The value of Tendu patta has been hiked to Rs 4,000 per standard bag by the government.

Chhattisgarh has predicted more in the current season, with the sowing rate 5.77 percent more compared to the previous season.

The Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Department said rabi crops have been sown in 19.36 lakh hectares, which is 101 percent against a target of 19.25 lakh hectares.

In the previous year, the cultivation was in 18.30 lakh hectares. This year it is 5.77 percent more than last year, an official Communication said.

Pulses have been sown in 8.65 lakh hectares, accounting for 45 percent of the area proposed rabi crop cultivation.

The sowing has been done in pulses, oilseeds, sugarcane, vegetables and other crops. It includes wheat, maize, ragi and other coarse grains.

On Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghels instruction, Chhattisgarh State Road Development Corp Managing Director Bhoskar Vilas Sandipan and Chhattisgarh State Industrial Development Corp Managing Director Arun Prasad went to Mumbai and Hyderabad respectively to coordinate with the companies producing Remdesivir injection.

This has helped in keeping a continuous supply of the injections, the press release said. Sun Pharma provided 5,400 injections and Hetero Pharma 3,400. The supply will continue. The state got 9,100 Remdesivir injections.

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday said respect and honour to Women is part of the Chhattisgarh culture and that is why the state stood first in sex ratio across the country.

This is also the reason why women in the state were scaling new heights in all spheres, he added.

Baghel was addressing the people in the 27th episode of the radio programme Lokvaani aired from Akashvani on Chhattisgarh Sarkar – Naari Shakti Ke Sarokaar.

The Percentage of women members in the Chhattisgarh Assembly is more than any other House in the country, he said.

Also, there was a provision of 50 percent reservation for women in to Panchayati Raj institutions in the state, he said.

For daughters who want to become self-employed by joining Self-Help Groups through the Chhattisgarh State Rural Livelihood Mission, there is a Bihaan scheme, he said.

Hot food and ready-to-eat, take-Home rations were being provided to 171,000 pregnant women through ‘Mahtari Jatan Yojana’.

The Commerce and Industries Department of Chhattisgarh on Thursday issued a notification reserving 10 percent industrial lands in the state for the Other Backward Class (OBC).

The notification followed an announcement by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel in his Independence Day speech.

An amendment in the Industrial Policy 2019-24 has been done for the reservation.

Apart from reservation of land, the land premium rate has also been curtailed 10 percent for the OBCs.

The reservation would be given to industrial lands of the Industries Department and of the Chhattisgarh State Industrial Development Corp Ltd (CSIDC), the notification said.

The Primary Forest Produce under the Chhattisgarh State Minor Produce Cooperative Federation Ltd will procure the kodo, kutki and ragi (minor Millets) from farmers on support price across the state.

The Cabinet took the decision on February 25, 2021.

Chhattisgarh launched a Millet Mission on September 14, 2021 to make the state a millet hub in the country.

Principal Secretary (Forest and Climate-change”>Climate Change) Manoj Pingua said that earlier, the procurement was limited to Scheduled Areas, mainly tribal blocks.

Kabeerdham, Rajnandgaon and Balod districts are also producing kodo, kutki and ragi. But these areas do not fall under the tribal-dominated areas, he said.

To facilitate the tribal farmers in other districts, the extended benefit of procurement on government support price of the minor millets has been handed over to the Primary Forest Produce Cooperative Society, he added.