Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has released an amount of Rs one crore from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund to each district for the prevention of the Covid-19 pandemic.

An amount of Rs 52 crore released for 52 districts of the state, purchase of necessary equipment for Covid-19, provision of food and clothes in rehabilitation camps, operation of medical camps, supervision-operation of camps, of employees deployed in essential works. For safety, expenditure can be spent on purchasing materials and cleanliness etc.

An interdepartmental committee will be set up under the chairmanship of the District Collector in relation to the expenditure made available from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. This committee will be able to test, supervise and approve the expenditure incurred for the prevention of Covid-19. Rastogi informed that the expenditure related to the prevention of the Covid-19 epidemic is in the category of emergency expenditure.

MSME dept sees 190cr investment in proposed power loom cluster

Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) department is anticipating an of close to Rs 190 crore from investors in the proposed power loom cluster at Mohammadpura in Burhanpur district in Madhya Pradesh. A cluster for power loom Industry is proposed at Mohammadpura on 7.6 hectare under the Micro & Small Enterprises – Cluster Development Programme (MSE-CDP). The estimated cost of development of the proposed cluster is Rs 12.9 crore, according to the MSME department.
Burhanpur is a hub for looms with nearly 40,000 power loom units operating from homes, small rooms and in unorganised workshops in the city.

According to the MSME, the cluster is expected to generate EMPLOYMENT for close to 4,000 people.

Three textile clusters are proposed for Burhanpur of which other two are coming at Nimbola and Sukhpuri. The Micro, Small and Medium enterprises (MSME) department has identified 23 hectare and 63 hectare land for developing clusters at Nimbola and Sukhpuri respectively in Burhanpur

20% plots to be reserved for SC/ST category to set-up industry

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced that a huge and grand temple of Sant Ravidas would be built at Badtuma near Sagar at a cost of Rs. 100 crore. Couplets and teachings of Sant Ravidas will be engraved on the walls of the temple. The Personality and work of Sant Ravidas will also be displayed in the temple premises.

Chief Minister Chouhan said that the sisters and daughters are highly respected in the state. No distinction is made between men and Women. After Ladli Laxmi Yojana for daughters, now Ladli Bahna Yojana has been launched for sisters, in which one thousand rupees will be given to poor and middle class sisters. Food, Education, medicine, house, EMPLOYMENT are being ensured for everyone in the state. There is no caste distinction in the state, no one is big or small, everyone is equal, everyone has equal opportunity and everyone is respected equally.

Chouhan performed Bhumi Pujan of Shahgarh-Banda group water supply scheme costing Rs. 251 crore 25 lakh. He launched the Kalash Yatra by presenting Kalash to the sarpanchs. Chief Minister Chouhan also inaugurated and had a look at the exhibition focused on Sant Ravidas and “One District-One Product” at the venue.

The Chief Minister said that to ensure housing for all in the rural and urban areas of the state, residential leases are being given to the poor. Under the Mukhya Mantri Awasiya Bhu-Adhikar Yojana, 10,800 pattas have been given in Tikamgarh district and 12 thousand in Sagar district. Under the Ayushman Bharat scheme, the poor have the facility of treatment up to Rs 5 lakh in a year in private hospitals

A state-run agricultural university inMadhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur has developed new varieties of oats, wheat, rice and niger crop, which are suitable for production in other states as well, an official said.

The Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (JNKVV) has developed two varieties each of oats and wheat, one type of rice and three varieties of niger, which have been notified by the Centre as being suitable for production, the university’s vice-chancellor Dr P K Bisen said.
The Union Ministry of Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare had issued a gazette notification on January 3 in this regard.

Of the two new varieties of oats, JO 05-304 is suitable for production in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, while JO 10-506 can be produced in Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, eastern region of Uttar Pradesh, Assam and Manipur.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Bhopal for a day on November 15, 2021. Modi, will launch several tribal development and welfare programs during the Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas celebration on the occasion of birth anniversary of Amar Shaheed Bhagwan Birsa Munda.

The Prime Minister will also dedicate the newly developed (on PPP model) Rani Kamlapati RAILWAY Station. Honorable Governor of Madhya Pradesh and Chief Minister Shivraj singh Chouhan along with several ministers, state ministers, member of parliaments, also be present during the event.

He will launch the ‘Ration- Aapke Gram’ scheme by handing over the keys of the ration vehicle. The scheme provides PDS Ration to Janjatiya community at village level. A short film on the scheme ‘Ration- Aapke Gram’ will be screened.

CM opens Farmers Interest Waiver Scheme-2023

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that our government is the government of farmers. Under the Leadership of Prime Minister Shri Modi, works for the welfare of farmers are being done in the whole country. The old government cheated the farmers in the name of loan waiver and made them defaulters.

They announced loan waiver of farmers in 10 days and waived only 6 thousand crore loan out of 48 thousand crore loan in 15 months. This was a big fraud with the farmers. A bundle of debt was brought on the heads of the farmers and they became defaulters. This stopped them from getting crop loans. Our government will pay the interest amount of each such farmer, so that they do not remain defaulters and they can get the benefit of crop loan scheme at zero percent interest.

Chouhan formally inaugurated the Chief Minister Farmer Interest Waiver Scheme-2023 in Sagar today. With this, the work of filling the application forms of the scheme has started in all the 4536 farmers’ primary of the state. Chief Minister Chouhan also personally filled the loan waiver forms of some farmers including Pancham Lal Patel and gave them interest waiver certificates. Farmer Mr. Panchmalal Patel’s interest amount of Rs. 8782 and Mr. Jugendra Chirar’s interest amount of Rs. 40 thousand 303 was waived. The interest amount of Panchamlal of Rs. 8782 and that of Jugrendra Chirar of Rs. 40 thousand 303 Rs. was waived.

Chouhan said that the short-term crop loans of farmers whose crops were damaged were converted into medium-term crop loans. The government is also getting the interest amount of such farmers waived. This amount is approximately Rs 2123 crore.

Chouhan said that our government has put an amount of Rs 2 lakh 31 thousand 322 crore in the accounts of farmers in the last 3 years under various schemes. In this, 94 thousand 394 crore rupees for crop procurement, 47 thousand 188 crore rupees for electricity supply subsidy for Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture, 15 thousand 541 crore rupees for Chief Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi, 7 thousand 963 crore rupees for Chief Minister Kisan-Kalyan Yojana, 4 This includes Rs. 82 crore for crop compensation, Rs. 115 crore for subsidy on solar pumps and Rs. 4375 crore for agricultural Infrastructure development.

State is committed for all round development of cities

The is committed for the all-round development of the cities and providing basic facilities to the citizens. These are not just words, but continuous successful efforts are being made to implement it.

The all-round development of cities continues unabated under the able Leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the guidance of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. In the urban body Elections held this year, 1761 corporators are below 35 years of age. This enthusiasm of the youth will become the pivot of the development of the cities.

Shivraj government has adopted new thinking and innovation from an open platform. Asias biggest Gobar Dhan plant to make CNG from waste in Indore is the result of this thinking. Apart from CNG, 100 tonnes of organic manure will also be manufactured daily. This is a living example of putting the words of Prime Ministers Waste to Best mantra into action.

Urban Development and Housing Department implements various schemes and missions for Infrastructure development, drinking water, sanitation as well as conservation and promotion of lakes and ponds in cities. While the Deendayal Rasoi Yojana is being implemented in the urban bodies for the needy, schemes like AMRUT, Housing for All, Smart City, Swachh Bharat Mission, National Urban Livelihood Mission and PM Self Fund are implemented to change the direction and condition of the cities. Our government has approved an amount of Rs 121 crores for the construction and renovation of about 770 Sanjeevani clinics for public welfare.

Our department is proving its worth across the country. Indore leads for the 6th consecutive time in the National Cleanliness Survey. At the same time, our state is also number one in cleanliness. In the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban, our state has received second place award from the hands of the Prime Minister in the category of Best Performing State Award. This scheme has also received the best state award for convergence with other schemes and for conducting promotional activities.

PMAY Awards-2021: Madhya Pradesh has received awards in total 9 categories on the basis of excellent performance in 150 Days Challenge. In the Swachh Survekshan 2022, Bhopal has been ranked as the cleanest self-sustainable capital of the country with a five-star rating. The state has received 16 national awards in the Swachh Sarvekshan 2022. Madhya Pradesh has got the second position in the India Smart City Contest-2020.

Along with this, the state has received 11 out of 20 awards in various categories. Four cities of Madhya Pradesh Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar and Ujjain were awarded among the first 11 cities in the country in the Eat-Smart Cities Challenge. Madhya Pradesh ranks first in the whole country in the implementation of PM Self Fund Scheme. Loans have been distributed to 6 lakh 87 thousand 192 street vendors under the scheme. Out of these, 2 lakh 26 thousand street vendors are active in digital transactions. As a result, they have received Rs 3 crore 43 lakh as cashback. Indore has been given the most prestigious Award of Excellence by the Government of India for innovative financial management in urban transport.

An Investment of Rs 12 thousand 600 crore has been made in all the bodies of the state (from the year 2005 to 2020) for the supply of drinking water through various schemes. In the last 5 years, 13 lakh 88 thousand water connections have been given. Drinking water and sewerage schemes will be extended to all urban bodies in AMRUT 2.0. About Rs 12 thousand 858 crore 71 lakh will be invested in this in the next 5 years. In the last 5 years, 3 lakh sewage connections have been given.

MP’s first: 50MVA GIS power grid to be installed in Indore

As part of expansion of its transmission Network in and aroundIndore,Madhya Pradesh PowerTransmission Company Limited (MPPTCL) is going to set up a new gas insulated substation (GIS) in the city.

Being planned in place of an old power grid of Mahalakshmi Nagar area of the city, this new substation will have 50MVA capacity, and it will be the state’s first GIS grid to be used for high voltage transmission work.

The 50 MVA substation is part of MPPTCL’s efforts to reinforce the existing high-voltage transmission ring project around Indore and it will increase the bulk power available for the east part of the city and also for the upcoming Metro Rail project.

The discom had in the year 2018 installed a GIS grid at the Malwa Mill area, and the grid is extensively used for power distribution.

Village lights and pumps will run with solar energy under Surya Shakti drive

Surya Shakti Abhiyan has been launched in Madhya Pradesh for supply of electricity from to make villages self-reliant. Madhya Pradesh is the first state to launch such a unique campaign in the country.

This is an important step towards fulfilling the dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make the country self-reliant in the field of solar energy. Solar electricity will be used in village street lights, tap-water supply, offices and other works while promoting solar energy in village panchayats.

Under the Jal-Jeevan Mission, the target is to provide one crore household water connections in rural areas, which were only 15 lakh two years ago.

With this, the expenditure on electricity of village Panchayats, which was about 450 crores, is likely to increase to 2 thousand crores. With the help of solar energy, the expenditure of about Rs. 2000 crore on electricity bills in future in the village panchayats of the state can be reduced. This amount can be used for other development works of the village. Along with this, the benefit of Carbon Credit will also be available to the panchayats.

Madhya Pradesh: 8 lakh hectares of farm hit by floods

About 8 lakh hectares of rabi crop sowing area would be affected acrossMadhya Pradeshif Dams and canal systems are not repaired by October 15. A sum of Rs300 crore would be required for their repair, said sources.

The recentfloodhas severely affected around 660 minor Irrigation schemes, dams and canal systems of 38 medium and major projects in Sheopur,Shivpuri,Gwalior, Bhind, Morena, Ashoknagar,Gunaand Datia districts in the Gwalior-Chambal region.

An estimate of Rs 816 crore has been made for the repair and restoration of dams, canals and other water structures on a preliminary survey.