CHHATTISGARH

The Chhattisgarh government announced various sops for promoting electric vehicles which include waiver of road tax and registration fee.

Also, the State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) will be reimbursed for manufacture of electric vehicles. Electricity tariff for charging stations will be waived.

An official Communication said the state has set a target of procuring four lakh electric vehicles by 2026-27.

There will be 100percent road tax exemption on all electric vehicles purchased during the first two years from the date of commencement of this policy. Road tax exemption on all-electric vehicles purchased in the next two years and one year will be 50 percent and 25 percent respectively, the communication said.

To develop the manufacturing enterprise, the government will give a grant of 25 percent of the cost of plant and machinery.

The government is also going to allot 500-1,000 acres of land to develop an electric vehicle park to woo the manufacturers.

The participation of the people of Chhattisgarh will be encouraged along with promoting the establishment of electric vehicle supply and charging .

The government has declared the support price of Kodo-Kutki as Rs 3,000 per quintal. The government will give an incentive at the rate of Rs 9,000 per acre to the farmers for cultivating Kodo-Kutki crop, an official Communication said on Friday. The government has also provisioned Rs 10,000 per acre for the farmers who take Kodo-Kutki crop, instead of paddy. Chhattisgarh is the only state in the country to take a decision like this.

The main focus of the Millet Mission will be in the districts of the most Malnutrition-affected Bastar region. These are produced naturally in these districts.

But over time and due to non-availability of good quality seeds and lack of technical guidance, farmers turned away from the production of millets.

Now the Millet Mission will not only promote production of millets in tribal areas but will financially empower the farmers. It will also contribute towards eradicating malnutrition in these areas.

Under the Millet Mission, the area and production of different types of millets like Kodo, Kutki and Ragi will be increased in the tribal areas, various products will be prepared and consistent efforts will be made to increase the consumption of millets in the state. The demand for nutritious millets is now increasing significantly in the country and abroad.

An official communiqu said an alert over elephant activity within a 10-km radius was sent to the villagerss registered mobile numbers. When the elephant trackers record any elephant movement inputs on the App, the app sends alerts on the mobile phones of the villagers.

The wildlife wing and the forest management information system (FMIS) collectively developed this App.

This application uses AI based on information provided by Elephant Trackers (Hathi Mitra Dal). With the exception of “Munaadi,” performed by elephant trackers, this App sends notifications to everyone in the affected villages.

Bastar’s Naina Dhakad Singh became the first woman to conquer Mt Everest- the worlds’ highest mountain and Mt Lhotse-fourth highest peak, in Chhattisgarh.

Bastar District Administration andNMDCIron And Steel Plant has provided assistance to Naina.

Ahead ofAssembly electionsinChhattisgarh, chief minister Bhupesh Baghel has fulfilled yet another promise, the Congress partys 2018-19 ‘Janghoshna Patr’ had made, by transferring the Unemployment allowance amounting to Rs 16 crore directly in the bank accounts of 66,265 unemployed youths of the state.

Encouraging the youths through a virtual event organised to transfer the amount, the chief minister said that the has prepared an action plan aimed at EMPLOYMENT for all. The chief minister hoped that the amount transferred to them will help them in their preparations for the various competitive examinations.

Appreciating theskill development,technical educationand employment department for taking up the challenge to complete the action plan within a month, the chief minister expected that the hurdles of reservation bills will be removed soon and subsequently the door will open for new recruitments.

The chief minister interacted virtually with the beneficiaries of the unemployment allowance scheme across the state. Hitesh from Surguja told the chief minister that the Rs 2500 he received online will help in further studies. Megha Khandekar told the chief minister that he will make better use of this amount

The Chhattisgarh government had promised to give Rs 2500 each to the eligible unemployed educated youths of the state from April 1 and set certain criteria for the same. Those who have passed the 12th standard and are unemployed will be entitled to a monthly allowance of Rs 2500, provided their familys annual income is less than Rs 2.5 lakh.

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday said the ongoing socio-economic survey in Chhattisgarh will also audit Central schemes regarding toilet construction, Ujjwala and water tap connection under the Jal Jeewan Mission.

Baghel told the media that the Union Government only talks about data of its schemes and it is never surveyed whether the schemes are a success or a failure.

The Centre had provided LPG connections to households but it never collects data whether they are able to refill the cylinders or not. Similar is the case with construction of toilets which he said “are reported to be a great failure”.

The ongoing socio-economic survey will help the government to identify the new beneficiaries as many have been added after the data currently used from the 2011 census, Baghel said.

There are indications thatsecurity forcesmay launch a targeted operation within a month to take the fight deep into so-called Maoist strongholds and hunt downguerrilla, the sources said.

Multiple sources in the confirmed that both the state and Centre agreed on an operation to neutralize Maoist military commander Hidma, said to be the mastermind of the recent massacre and most major attacks on forces over the past decade.

The southern half of Bastar division is a hotbed of Maoist activity as the insurgents use this corridor to move in and out of Maharashtra, Telangana and Odisha.

Guerrilla squads are mobilised from other regions for major attacks, who cross borders, carry out their task and escape into their own territory and into other areas where they wait out the pursuit.

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel of Chhattisgarh has launched the Kaushalya Matritva Yojana. On this occasion cheques of Rs 5,000 each were also given to five Women beneficiaries for safe motherhood at a state-level conference.

Under this scheme, on the birth of a second girl child Rs 5000 financial assistance will be given to women.

Kanya Vivah Yojana Coffee Table Book, brochures of schemes related to women Empowerment, and Sakhi One Stop Center Telephone Directory were also released by the Chief Minister.

This scheme was also started to address the issues of women lagging behind men in economic participation.

Initiatives like Mahila Madai were also started earlier by the and it helped the women of the state prepare various items at gauthans.

Chhattisgarhs women will produce electricity and manufacture paint from cow dung. It will create EMPLOYMENT opportunities and boost the income of women. The state is developing Gauthans into rural industrial parks.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday flagged off the states first mobile millet caf, Millet on Wheels, at Kharsia in Raigarh district.

He cut a cake made of ragi to formally open the caf.

Appreciating the initiative, he said it would help to increase awareness on the need to consume , an official Communication said.

The Raigarh District Administration has started the Millet on Wheels. It will be run by the Anubhav womens group.

The outlet will serve dishes made of ragi, kodo and kutki. The cuisines are ragi cheela, dosa, millets paratha, idli, millets manchurian, pizza, kodo ki biryani and cookies.

Chhattisgarh is promoting the production and consumption of millets. The government also procures kodo, kutki and ragi at support price.

To encourage the local film , theChhattisgarhgovernment has announced a subsidy of Rs 1.65 crore on vernacularChhattisgarhifilms being made in the state up to Rs 5 crore and 25 % subsidy for films made in Hindi or other languages.

The notification of Chhattisgarh Film Policy 2021 by the State Government has been welcomed by local artists.

As per government officials, after the implementation of the new film policy, the art culture of Chhattisgarh will get a wider audience. With the new policy in place, local artists will get EMPLOYMENT and their income will increase as well. This will benefit the locals, including thousands of artists, technicians and producer-directors associated with the film industry.

Rs 50 lakh will be given on production of series. If the shooting of the film is more than 75 % for the web platform in Chhattisgarh, then it will be provided a subsidy of Rs 1 crore. Under the new policy, an assistance of Rs 25 lakh will be given by the government to the artists and technicians of the state in film production.

According to sources, the new film policy of Chhattisgarh has been made after studying the policy of five states: Telangana, Madhya Pradesh,Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Jharkhand.
States planning and culture ministerAmarjeet Bhagatsaid that the new film policy will boost the morale of local artists and expand the scope of commercial cinema for the films of Chhattisgarh. Every year, around 12 Chhattisgarhi films are made in the state, but due to lack of theaters in villages, they do not get the audience.