CHHATTISGARH

Taking part in the oath taking ceremony of the Chhattisgarh Tourism Board (CTB), Baghel said Lord Ram spent the maximum period of his 14 years in exile in the state.

Keeping this in view, the government has decided to beautify the Kaushalya temple at Chandrakhuri in Raipur district. The mythological Sheorinarayan is also being developed as a heritage site. Similarly, a 10 sq km area in Sirpur houses the ancient Buddha Vihar which includes Buddha age idols and ruins. This place was of international importance. The world also wants to understand the primitive tribes in the state, and so their places of habitation should be developed as a tourist spot.

He was participating in a consultation meeting on the issue. Central government experts as well as WHO and UNICEF representatives were present.

The experts underlined that not only the government but social and voluntary organizations need to work in coordination to bring public awareness regardingr drug addiction.

Experts said that it is necessary to keep the new generation, especially the youth, away from drugs. There is a need to run a massive campaign at the government and private level for drug eradication.

Five quality testing laboratories have been set up inChhattisgarhunder the states indigenous brand Chhattisgarh Herbals to ensure good quality standards of the products.
These laboratories have been established at the forest circle level in Raipur, Ambikapur, Jagdalpur,Kanker, andBilaspur. An official release said that these laboratories will be operated by Chhattisgarh State Minor Forest Produce (Trading and Development) Co-operativeFederation Limited.

According to the prescribed protocol, testing of 65 minor forest produce, and 59 medicinal, 46 edible, seven cosmetics, and 22 other products will be done in the laboratory. The testing will include all the district unions andVan Dhan Vikas Kendrasfalling under the respective forest circle.
Members of nearly 8,011 self-help groups (SHG) are engaged in the work of processing minor forest produce across the state. Products worth 6.38 crores were sold in the year 2021-22.

He was holding a discussion with officials of Auckland University, New Zealand. The team led by him had detailed discussion with experts on the challenges facing in making the state tobacco free and towards controlling tobacco products.

He said the world will observe World No Tobacco Day on May 31. Continuous efforts are being made to spread awareness about the harmful effects of tobacco consumption on Health.

The new order will be effective from the current Kharif season 2021.

According to the Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture-development”>AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT, Farmers Welfare and Bio Technology Department, an online registration has to be done from June 1 to September 30 to get the governments assistance in the form of input subsidy.

An input subsidy of Rs 9,000 per acre is provided to promote agricultural production.

Landholder farmers of all categories and all forest title holders will be eligible to get the benefits but they must be producers of crops and their farm land must not be idle, the new order said.

Under the scheme, the farmers registered on portal will be paid by Direct Bank Transfer (DBT) through the nodal banks.

Swarna Prashan’ was administered to children at the Government Ayurveda College Hospital in Raipur to boost their immunity.

On every Pushya Nakshatra Hindu calendar day, children in the age group zero to 16 years are given ‘Swarna Prashan’ at the hospital.

The drive is conducted from 9 am to 3 pm in the pediatrics department.

This year 831 children were administered the medicine on January 9. 1,124 on February 4, another 1,137 on March 3 and 1,290 on March 29.

Children will be further be given ‘Swarna Prashan’ on Pushya Nakshatra dates on May 24, June 20, July 18, August 14, September 10, October 7, November 4, December 1 and December 29.

ChhattisgarhGoods and Services Tax (CGST),RaipurCommissionerate has collected a total of Rs 9,612 croreGSTrevenue in the financial year 2020-21 registering a Growth of 2% as compared from GST revenue of Rs 9,422 crore in the financial year 2019-20.

Overall GST collection for the state of Chhattisgarh stood at Rs 24,293 crore in the financial year 2020-21 as compared to Rs 24,100 crore for financial year 2019-20 registering growth of 1%. This includes the GST revenue collected by the State GST Department.

In comparison to above the all India domestic GST (Excluding import IGST) revenue growth has shown a downfall of 8.5%. In FY 2020-21 the collection is Rs 8.64 lakhs crore as compared to Rs.9.44 lakhs crore in 2019-20. In the above all India scenario Chhattisgarh has shown a positive growth of 2%.

Chhattisgarh has become a pioneer state in installation of solar pump installation, beating major developed states across the country.

Under Saur Sujala Yojana, water supply arrangements for Irrigation have been made for more than one lakh farmers of Chhattisgarh.

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday felicitated the 100,000th beneficiary of this scheme, Surendra Nag, at the Republic Day function held in Jagdalpur.

CREDA had installed the 100,000th solar pump on the agricultural land of Nag in Bastar district under Saur Sujala Yojana. Baghel underlined the success of the scheme by presenting a cutout of the solar pump to Nag.

CREDA is operating Saur Sujala Yojana to enhance the irrigation capacity and to expand the irrigated farming area in the non-electrified areas of the state.

Solar pumps of three and five horse-power capacity are being installed in the agricultural farms.

Besides, solar pumps are also being installed in Gauthans, pastures and registered cowsheds under the ambitious Narva, Garva, Ghurva, Bari programme.

Around 100,000 hectares of agricultural land is being irrigated by solar pumps under the scheme in the state.

Installation of solar pumps has not only increased the agricultural production, but has also improved the ground water table in the state. This scheme is helping in strengthening the rural economy and in raising people’s standard of living.