CHHATTISGARH

Chhattisgarh’s seven government healthcare institutions on Friday received certificate of appreciation, National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS), from the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

These certificates have been given to two of the district hospitals, two Primary Health Centers (PHCs) and three Urban Primary Health Centers in the state.

Similarly, the Kondagaon District Hospital got LaQshya certification for excellent facilities of maternity room and operation theatre for pregnant Women.

The National Quality Assurance Standards are broadly arranged under eight “Areas of Concern” Service Provision, Patient Rights, Inputs, Support Services, Clinical Care, Infection Control, Quality Management and Outcome.

These standards are ISQUA accredited and meet global benchmarks in terms of comprehensiveness, Objectivity, evidence and rigour of development.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.