CHHATTISGARH

Welfare schemes halt migration: CM

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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday said that Migration has been stopped in the state due to the governments welfare schemes.

Interacting with villagers of Bagarpali in the Khallari assembly constituency of Mahasamund district, he said people across the state say they do not need to move out of the state foremployment.

Quoting migrants at Janjgir, Jashpur, Saraipali and Bagarpali, he said the welfare schemes have helped to improve economic prosperity among the people. It is a good sign.

A committee has been announced to study the social changes due to implementation of the schemes, he said.

On Rural Industrial Parks (RIP), Baghel said the government will set them up in each block for which government land and Rs 2 crore have been approved.

Approach roads and electricity will be made available at half rate. The aim is to financially empower the rural residents.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday called for rapid construction of dyke walls in the fractured areas of rivers and rivulets for recharging ground water level.

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The structures constructed under the Narva Development Scheme will make water available for Irrigation and for in forest areas, he said.

Baghel was holding a review meeting of the Forest and Climate-change”>Climate Change Department here. He called for plantation of mulberry to increase Kosa (cocoon) production, an official Communication said.

He said construction of water conservation structures are being undertaken under ‘Narva Development Scheme.

Similarly, bamboo plantation in forests should be undertaken using high-quality Tissue Culture Plants, he said.

The Chief Minister said that with developments of gauthans across the state, there is need for green fodder for the whole year. Sections of forests can be developed for fodder by imparting training to forest dwellers and Women self-help groups.

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel released the guidelines and brochure for the Chief Minister’s Tree Plantation Promotion Scheme, for planting commercial timber and medicinal plants.

Environment Day inspires to enhance harmony: CM

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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said the World Environment Day (June 5) inspires to enhance the harmony between humans and nature.

In a message to the people of the state, Baghel said an uncontrolled exploitation of nature was causing a crisis for the environment as well as life.

Now the time has come that in order to save our existence, we should think seriously and work more towards saving the environment. Otherwise it will be difficult for the coming generations to get clean air, an official Communication quoting him as saying.

It is a matter of pride that in the last four-and-a-half years, Chhattisgarh has made itself known as the cleanest state in the country. It is the first state toconstitute Harit Chhattisgarh, he said.

The government has taken several steps to save forests, and farmers are being encouraged to plant trees. Plantation on a large scale has been taken up on the banks of rivers, in forests and Gauthans.

Governor-cum-chancellor of universities Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar called upon the TEACHING to help build the Society.

Inaugurating a seminar on the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020 at Raj Bhavan, he said, The country is taking a new turn and we should be in a state of readiness for accepting the challenges in coming days so thatBihardoes not lag behind other states in terms of development.
The governor said teachers are the guides of society and they play a pivotal role in shaping up the future of the new generation. Reminding people that the society too have respect for the teaching fraternity, he called them to take up their job with all sincerity considering it as moral responsibility.

Chhattisgarh has won 11 National Panchayat Awards 2021 in various categories for the three-tier Panchayat announced by the Panchayati Raj Ministry in the Indian government.

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Raipur won four Awards, Surguja two, and one each award went to the Kondagaon district panchayat as well as the districts of Gariyaband, Kabirdham, Balod and Bijapur.

Under the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar (DDUPSP), Kondagaon District Panchayat won in General category. Gariyaband (Gariyaband district) and Tilda (Raipur district) won in Intermediate/Block level.

Three villages of the state won under general category — Sargawa (Ambikapur) and Riri (Lundra) in Surguja district and Mahud (Balod district).

The Gram Panchayat Development Plan Award (GPDPA) has been given to Baihar (Arang) in Raipur district while the Child Friendly Gram Panchayat Award (CFGPA) award went to Nawagaon village of Abhanpur in Raipur district.

The Chhattisgarh government is committed to the welfare of the labourers from the unorganized sector.

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An official statement said the pioneer Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Bhoomiheen Krishi Mazdoor Nyay Yojana has been started to provide financial assistance to lakhs of landless agricultural labourers.

Under the scheme, an annual assistance of Rs 7,000 is given to the beneficiaries.

Registration of labourers is done in the e-Shramik portal for providing various assistance including skill enhancement and EMPLOYMENT to unorganized workers.

Nearly 82.40 lakhworkers have been registered in the portal. Chhattisgarh is in the 6th position in thecountry in terms of registration on the e-portal.

The retirement age of workers in industries and factories has been increased by two years from 58 to 60 years.

The Chhattisgarh State Migrant Workers Policy 2020 has been made effective to protect the interests of migrant workers. About 82.40 lakh workers in the unorganized sector have been registered in the e-Shram Portal.

Many schemes are run in Chhattisgarh for the welfare of labourers and their families. Through these schemes, these families get better opportunities for skill upgradation, healthcare and Education. The Mukhyamantri Nirman Shramik Mrityu Evam Divyang Sahayata Yojana, Mukhyamantri Nirman Shramik Nishulk Card Yojana, Mukhyamantri Noni Sashaktikaran Sahayata Yojana and Mukhyamantri Shramik Sian Sahayata Yojana are run by the government.

Chhattisgarhs total fertility rate (TFR) or the average number of children a woman gives birth in her lifetime has come down from 2.2 to 1.8, an important factor in population stability, states the National Family Health Survey-5 (2019-21) (NFHS-5).

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The report states that there has also been an increase in the Contraceptive Prevalence Rate, which has increased from 57 percent (2015-16) to 67 percent now.

But there is drop in sex ratio of the total Population (females per 1,000 males), with Average 1,015 as compared to 1,019 of NHFS-4.

The average total females per 1,000 males born in the state is 960, compared to 977 in the last survey. The drop is higher in urban areas (933) as compared to rural (967).

The state has also performed better in terms of marriage of girls below the age of 18 years. In NFHS-5, the rate is 12 percent as compared to NFHS-4 rate of 21 percent, a decrease of 9 percent.

There was also a decrease in the neonatal and infant mortality rate.

The neonatal mortality rate (1-28 days old infants) has come down from 42 to 32 for 1,000 live births while the infant mortality rate (infants from 1 month to one year) has fallen from 54 to 44 per 1,000 live births.

The mortality rate of infants below 5 years has slid from 64 to 50, a decrease of 14 points.

Apart from it, institutional deliveries in the state have reached 80 percent. It was 70 percent in NFHS-4. Similarly, complete immunization has increased from 76 percent to 79 percent in children.

The NFHS-5 data indicates that children under 5 years of age in urban areas are more likely to be obese or overweight than those in rural areas. The Percentage of obese children is 5.7 percent in urban and 3.6 percent in rural areas.

Biodiversity precious asset in Cgarh: VC

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The Vice Chancellor Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (IGKV), Dr Girish Chandel, on Monday said Chhattisgarh is rich in and its proper use can help make the state prosperous.

Prof Chandel was addressing the international Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture expo Agri Carnival-2022 organized by the Agriculture Department and the Chhattisgarh Biotech Promotion Society.

Saying Chhattisgarh has identified a rice variety which was cancer resistant, Prof Chandel stressed the need to increase its production so that it could be used in manufacturing medicine against the deadly disease.

Chhattisgarh: 21 lakh farmers received third installment of Rs 1,500 cr under govt’s flagship scheme

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A day after Congress hinted at the possibility of promising increase inminimum support price(MSP) for paddy in poll-boundUttar Pradesh,Chhattisgarhchief ministerBhupesh Baghelon Monday released Rs 1,500 crore to the states farmers underRajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay YojanaandGodhan Nyay Yojana.

This is the third instalment of states flagship scheme, Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana and Rs 10.81 crore as dividend to farmers, who sold cow dung to the state under the states unique Godhan Nyay Yojna under which the state procures cow dung from people at a price of Rs two per kilogram.
Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana was launched in the year 2020 with an objective of providing a fair price to the farmers for their produce, promoting the productivity ofKharif cropsand crop diversification, with a retrospective effect, its benefits from the Kharif Marketing year.
Hence in this year in 2021-22, an amount of around Rs 1,525 crore was paid to the farmers on May 22 as the first installment in their account. Second installment of Rs 1,522 was transferred on August 20 on the occasion of birth anniversary of late Rajiv Gandhi under the scheme.

National Animal of Chhattisgarh Close to Extinction

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The only female wild buffalo in the Sitanadi-Udanti Tiger Reserve Conservation Center in Chhattisgarh State has died.

Highlights:

The state animals of Chhattisgarh are on the verge of extinction, and fewer than 20 individuals of this species remain in the state.

There is only one female and three males in the conservation center, and there are no female wild buffaloes in reserve now.

The reserve is additionally contiguous to the Khariar Forest Division of Odisha State and acts as a Buffer for Sunabeda Wildlife sanctuary.