MADHYA PRADESH

It is a matter of great pride for our Indore that “Daanpatra” of Indore has been awarded the Certificate of Commitment for Social Work by “World Book of Records” (Switzerland). The “Daanpatra” team was honored with this award by the National Secretary of “World Book of Records” Sanjay Panjwani ji, other members of “World Book of Records” were also present on the occasion.

Daanpatra” is an online free platform, with the help of which unused items like clothes, toys, books, shoes, utensils, electronic items, furniture and other items are collected and delivered to needy families by making them usable. This platform was started on March 10, 2018, due to which help has been provided to approximately 11 lakh needy families by doing service work and more than 1 lakh Indore residents have joined this platform, more than 7,000 volunteers have joined this platform. those who cooperate by giving their time, people from Indore as well as abroad are donating goods because of the transparency of the “Daanpatra”.

Through “Daanpatra” any person can donate goods sitting at Home on just a phone call or by making a request in the “Daanpatra” app .On receiving the request, the members of the “Daanpatra” team go home and collect the goods and then it is recycled and sent to the needy families. Along with this, his photo, video is uploaded by visiting the Social Media pages of “Daanpatra” so that whoever has donated the goods can see to which needy family his goods has reached.

The gazette notification issued by theMadhya Pradeshgovernment declaring promulgation ofPESA Actin schedule areas provides for constitution of a “” for a village in the schedule area and more than 50% voters of a cluster of hamlets may propose constitution of a seperate “gramsabha” to the District Administration.

Every “gram sabha” will act as an autonomous body and it will have an office in the area under the jurisdiction of the “gram sabha”.

Every “gram sabha” will have a president, who will be elected either unanimously or by a majority vote. He will remain on the post till the next “gram sabha” meeting. He may be elected again but his tenure during the entire term of “gram sabha” will not be more than a year. The secretary ofgram panchayatwill be ex-officio secretary of all “gram sabhas” constituted under that “gram panchayat.”

The State Cabinet here on Tuesday accorded administrative approval to 23 new group water supply schemes and one revised group water supply scheme proposed by Madhya Pradesh Jal Nigam Limited for implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission. The total cost of the above 23 new schemes is Rs. 17 thousand 971 crore 95 lakh.

To make Mukhya Mantri Udyam Kranti Yojana more effective and comprehensive, the Cabinet decided to reduce the minimum project limit from one lakh to 50 thousand rupees. Under the scheme, now interest subsidy will be paid to the beneficiary on quarterly basis instead of annual. Projects will be accepted in the scheme even if the manufacturing unit is more than Rs 50 lakh or the service / retail business unit is more than Rs 25 lakh, in which in the event of approval of the case by the bank, the benefit of 3 percent interest subsidy received by the beneficiary on a maximum of 50 lakhs or 25 lakhs of loan amount and reimbursement of loan guarantee fee should also be done on pro-rata basis. The entire loan given by the bank should be collateral free.

Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that Education, security, Health, self-reliance, prosperity and respect of Women and girls are his governments priority in Madhya Pradesh. He was speaking at the Ladli Laxmi festival organised at the Minto Hall here in the state capital.

The work of economic Empowerment of the girl child, giving them vocational training and giving guarantee against bank loans they avail will be done by the . Their tuition fees will also be arranged for higher education. An amount of Rs25,000 will also be given to the Ladli Laxmis when they take admission in college. All possible cooperation will be provided for their development in areas such as music and painting, Chouhan said.

Chouhan said that daughters without parents or found deserted will also be given the benefits of the scheme and Ladli Laxmi Day will be celebrated as a festival not only at the state level but also at districts, blocks and gram panchayats. Madhya Pradeshs Ladli Laxmi Yojana should become a role model in the entire world, the chief minister said. He transferred a Scholarship amount of Rs5.99 crore into the bank accounts of 21,550 girls during the event through a single click.

The Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is the most ambitious project under the Bharat Mala Project connecting the countrys capital Delhi to the countrys commercial capital Mumbai. An amount of Rs 90,000 crore is being spent by the Government of India on the construction of this route with a length of about 1350 km. Target has been set to complete this project by January 2023. This National Highway will pass through 5 states of the country viz. Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra.

After the success ofKheloIndia Youth Games, the Sports department will organise Khelo MP Youth Games 2023 in September. Reviewing the preparations, sports ministerYashodhara Raje Scindiasaid that as per the wish of CMShivraj Singh Chouhan, the event will be organised in all 52 districts of the state.

In all, 24 games including athletics, basketball, badminton, boxing, football, hockey, judo, kabaddi, kho-kho, malkhamb, shooting, swimming, weightlifting, wrestling, table-tennis, , taekwondo, will be held at district, divisional and state level in three phases.

Mandatoryhallmarkingof gold jewellery and artefacts has come into force in eight districts ofMadhya Pradeshin the first phase implementation. Though just around 20% jewellers in these districts have taken the hallmarking certificates, prompting theassociation of jewellersto demand better and hallmarking centres in every districts.

Gold hallmarking, a certification of purity of the yellow Metal, has come into force from June 16 inIndore, Bhopal, Dewas,Jabalpur, Rewa, Satna,GwaliorandRatlam, in the first phase.

According to the association, the eight districts where hallmarking is implemented has around 7,000 jewellers. Jewellers with an annual turnover of upto Rs40 lakh will be exempted from mandatory hall marking.

Governor Mangubhai Patel has said that special attention should be paid to the efforts to prevent pollution. Neglecting the Environment for economic interests should not be tolerated. Along with this, the areas and institutions prone to pollution should be closely monitored. It is essential to understand that a secure, prosperous environment is more important than economic prosperity for a secure future.

In view of this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has started a global Mission Life campaign with collective participation for environmental challenges. Governor Patel was presiding over the 12th General Assembly of Environmental Planning and Coordination Organization (EPCO) at Sandipani Auditorium of Raj Bhavan.

Patel said that for environmental consciousness in the Society, emphasis is must on coordinated efforts for public awareness, encouragement and control regarding energy, saving water, reducing garbage, E-Waste, stopping single use plastic, adopting sustainable food systems and healthy lifestyle. With the participation of children in schools, plantation and environmental protection work will have to be done.

Governor Patel said that targets should be fixed for environmental protection activities. Create a project to achieve goals. Efforts should be made by preparing an annual action plan for the goals of the project. By working in the same way, 100 percent plantation can be done in all universities, colleges and schools.