CHHATTISGARH

Chhattisgarhchief ministerBhupesh Baghel met with Prime MinisterNarendra Modiin Delhi and urged him to release the states revenue share pending with the Centre in the form of Rs 1375 crore GST and Rs 4170 crore coal levy.
The chief minister also urged the Prime Minister to direct the SECL for an agreement with the states nodal agency for an uninterrupted supply of coal tolocal industrial unitsand to not cancel the passenger trains running through the state unless an alternative is there.

Informing Modi about theMillet Missionbeing run in the state, Baghel told PM that Chhattisgarh produces in abundance, in response to which the Prime Minister appreciated it and told the chief minister to open a Millet Caf in the state capital Raipur. The support price of Kodo Kutki has been declared Rs 3000 per quintal in the state and the country’s first millet bank has been started here where 22 types of millets are produced.
Baghel also requested the Prime Minister for the Centres assistance to improve various civic amenities in the state.

Chhattisgarhs tableau depicting the flagship Godhan Nyay Scheme was on Tuesday selected by the Empowered Committee of the Union Defense Ministry for the Republic Day Parade.

The tableau passed through a two-month selection process and was finally picked to roll out in the Republic Day parade, Commissioner Public Relations Dipanshu Kabra said in a communiqu.

Only 12 of the total 28 States in the country made an entry to roll out in the parade. The Chhattisgarh tableau is one among them, Kabra said.

The tableau, focused on Godhan Nyay Scheme, is all about combining traditional knowledge with a scientific Attitude and strengthening the rural economy by providing alternate livelihood , Kabra said.

At the front of the tableau rural Women are seen collecting cow dung and taking it to the Gauthan. The women are in traditional clothes and jewelries of the region. One of them is seen taking dung-made products to sell in the market.

There are flower pots around them which show the greenery in the Gauthans in form of cultivation of vegetables and flowers.

At the rear portion the Gauthans are being developed as rural industrial park and women take advantage of Entrepreneurship development with modern machines.

In the mid portion, the tableau to shows Environment conservation, Organic Farming, Nutrition, EMPLOYMENT and Growth in income.

Chhattisgarhhas initiated the process for transforming the fair price shops across the state into sustainable and profitable model shops instead of letting them run on a commission basis.

If everything goes right, the fair price shops will start selling FMCG, grocery goods, Banking, postal and mobile recharging Services from fiscal 2023-24.

Chhattisgarhs food secretaryTopeshwar Vermatold TOI that the has plans to implement the model fair price shop programme from the financial year 2023-24.

As many as 13655 ration shops are being operated across the state under the Public Distribution System and these shops only deal with rice,gramand salt. Once these shops are converted into model shops, they will be able to sell all kinds of grocery goods.
There are 72,58,241 ration card holders in the state and over 2.62 crore people are linked with these ration cards. In this way, a major chunk of consumers will be connected to the model ration shops.

Chief ministerBhupesh Baghel inaugurated ambitious project ChhattisgarhInclusive Rural and Accelerated Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Growth (CHIRAAG), with an aim to transform lives of people of Bastar region that will focus on lightening up the tribal belt.
Inaugurated in Bastar, CHIRAAG will cover issues related to farmers income, availability of nutritious food for villagers, needs of youth, Environment and proper management of https://exam.pscnotes.com/natural-Resources“>Natural Resources in the region.

CM called it as one of the biggest projects towards transforming the lives of tribals.
Launching project CHIRAAG worth Rs 1,735 crore, chief minister Bhupesh Baghel said that the Central government has ignored the needs of Chhattisgarh farmers and did injustice to them by not providing proper support in paddy procurement process as well as sufficient supply of Fertilizers like diammonium phosphate.

Chhattisgarh has yet managed the crisis by the grace of mahtari (motherland) and cows and we launched ‘Godhan Nyay Yojana, with the help of which, we produced 12 lakh quintals of vermicompost from the cow dung. Hence, we met the requirement without any dearth of DAP fertilizer for agricultural production as state can use the compost made of dung.

CHIRAAG project will be implemented in 14 districts of state, our main objective will focus on ensuring income generating avenues for farmers in tribal belt and introduce advanced and technical agricultural ideas based on climatic conditions of the place, to add value to agricultural product for better gains, provide nutritious food and intelligent utilization and management of natural resources.

The monograph was prepared by Mukund Radio of Raipur and has a rare collection down the memory lane.

The collection was initiated by the Radio founder, the late Mukund Rao Mohdiwale, in 1952. Baghel called the monograph “appreciable work”.

The government-constituted committeethat was formed to study the aspects of liquor ban in Chhattisgarh, held its second meeting recently. The legislators said that since the sudden ban may disturb social fabric and increase smuggling, the state is looking for an alternative for habitual alcoholics.

The government is mulling to reduce the number of liquor shops and reduce the operation timing. It will also be taken care that the of alcohol does not adversely affect the culture of the tribals.

The committee will study the impact of liquor ban on state’s financial structure on the economy, on social sphere, challenges in implementing prohibition and situations impacting the law and order of the states.