MADHYA PRADESH

Cabinet approves 108-feet tall statue of Adi Shankaracharya in Omkareshwar

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The Madhya Pradesh cabinet on Wednesday approved the construction of a 108-feet tall statue of the 8th century Indian philosopher Adi Shankaracharya, a museum dedicated to him and an International Advaita Vedanta Sansthan at Omkareshwar at a cost of Rs 2,141 crore.

Shankaracharya is known for consolidating the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta, a Hindu school of Philosophy. On November 5 last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a12-foot statue of Shankaracharya at the Kedarnath Temple in Uttarakhand.

The State Cabinet here on Wednesday gave approval regarding effective control over illegal mining, transportation and storage of Minerals. With regard to illegal mining, transportation and storage of minerals, Rule 53 of Madhya Pradesh Minor Mineral Rules, 1996 and Rule 20 of Madhya Pradesh Sand (Mining, Transport, Storage and Trade) Rules, 2019 have been repealed from these rules.

In the provisions made in illegal mining, transportation and storage of minerals, a provision has been made to impose a penalty of double the amount of the total punishment imposed along with forfeiture of 15 times the royalty and its equivalent amount to be taken as environmental compensation in illegal mining and storage of minerals and vehicles and machinery confiscated for not depositing the total penalty imposed in the case.

Madhya Pradesh to set up countrys first education centre for improving nurses skills

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Country’s first Education center will be set up in Madhya Pradesh for improving the skills of Nursing staff for government hospitals and private medical institutions. Preparations have been started for this, this center is to be constructed in Bhopal at a cost of 25 crores.

After the complaints of patients about the lack of high skills in government hospitals and medical institutions among nursing staff and to alienate the suffering of patients, now preparations are being made by the for improving the quality of the nursing staff of the hospitals. In this , a Center of Excellence of Nursing and Midwifery Education will be established to make the nursing staff skilled in the work of nursing from primary level Health facility to super specialty hospital.

This first center of the country will be located in Bhopal. If the officials of the Medical Education Department are to be believed, then there is no such dedicated institution in the country, in which skill training is given to the nursing staff after completing their studies.

MPPSC advertises 8% more posts in a year than previous 3.5yrs combined

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Madhya Pradesh Commission(Mppsc) has advertised around 8% more posts in last one year than the total number of advertisements published in the previous three and a half years, as per the records.

Between July of last year and today, thecommissionhas published 81 advertisements for 5,314 posts to recruit for various departments. In contrast, from December 2018 to June 2022, the commission only published 31 advertisements for 4,926 posts, records show.

Upon further analysis of the records, the commission has selected only 2,659 candidates in the past four and a half years. Out of these, 1,185 candidates were selected in the last year, while the remaining were selected in earlier periods.

A deeper examination of the records revealed that the 81 advertisements were related to various departments, including GAD, Home, Health, Ayush, higher Education, Handloom, Veterinary, and others.

25 pc advance claim of crop insurance to be given along with assistance: CM

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Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the damage caused to crops due to hailstorm will be fully compensated. In case of more than 50 percent loss in crops, farmers will be given the benefit of crop Insurance scheme along with compensation of Rs 30,000 per hectare.

Total 25 percent of the claim amount will be given in advance from the insurance company and the remaining 75 percent will be given on the finalization of the claim. Chief Minister Chouhan also announced that the loan of the affected farmers would be changed from short to medium term and the amount of interest for one year would be paid by the .

The Chief Minister said that wherever there has been damage due to hailstorm in the state, assistance will be given by conducting survey with full sensitivity. The Chief Minister also directed to provide assistance for damage to brick kilns, houses and cattle etc.

As per rules. Chouhan assured the farmers that they should not panic, the government is with the farmers with utmost sensitivity and all possible help will be given to them and the benefits of the schemes will also be given to them.

Indores Daanpatra gets place in World Book of Records

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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.

Madhya Pradesh: Gram sabhas in tribal areas get more powers

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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.”

Cabinet approves water supply scheme costing Rs 17,971 cr

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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.

Ladli Laxmi Yojana a role model for world: Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan

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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.

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari will perform bhoomi-pujan and dedicate National Highway projects worth about Rs 11,000 crore at the Brilliant Convention Center in Indore on September 16, 2021. Chouhan will chair the programme. Public Works Minister Gopal Bhargava and Minister of State for Public Works Suresh Dhakad will also be present.

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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.

Khelo MP in 52 dists this Sept

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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.