Ahilyabai was a great pioneer and builder of Hindu temples. She built hundreds of temples and Dharmashalas across India. Her greatest achievement was to rebuild the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in 1780, which was dedicated to Shiva; the presiding deity of the city of Varanasi, one of the holiest Hindu sites of pilgrimage, that had been plundered, desecrated, demolished and converted into Gyanvapi Mosque on the orders of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in 1696.
MADHYA PRADESH
Every household will get tap water: Chief Minister
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the has included the work of providing water from tap to every household in rural areas of the state under the Jal Jeevan Mission. In Rajgarh district also, works worth Rs. 1200 crore are being done in the mission expeditiously. By March 22, the work of 3 out of 5 schemes will be completed. Chief Minister Shri Chouhan was addressing the inauguration of development works and beneficiary conference programme at village Pipliya Kalan in Khilchipur tehsil of Rajgarh district.
Chief Minister Chouhan dedicated seven construction works worth Rs 29 crore 72 lakh 75 thousand. He also announced the construction of Higher Secondary School building at Pipliyan Kalan. MP Shri Rodmal Nagar was also present
Chouhan directed to get the work of Right Wing of Kundliyan Dam done at the earliest, so that Irrigation facility should be available in the entire area. He said that after the new survey of Pradhan Mantri Awas Plus Yojna in Rajgarh, one lakh new houses would be sanctioned in a phased manner.
Chief Minister Chouhan said that the state government is dedicated to the poor. Under the Mukhyamantri Bhu-Adhikar Awas Yojana, such joint families who are living in the same house will be made the owner of the residential land family-wise. Chief Minister Chouhan instructed to run a special campaign to give the card of Ayushman Bharat Yojana to every poor. He assured the farmers that the amount of last year’s crop Insurance would be received from next month. The Chief Minister directed the District Administration to ensure that every eligible farmer gets the benefit of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi and Mukhyamantri Kisan-Kalyan Yojana.
Chief Minister Chouhan also visited the exhibition of materials produced by livelihood group Khilchipur and Women self-help groups. Chief Minister Chouhan was honoured by offering a safa according to the tradition of Rajgarh. At the outset, the Chief Minister also performed pujan of Ladli Laxmi girls.
Om Sport signs MoU with MP Tourism Board
Madhya Pradesh is becoming a hub for shooting of films and web series. Famous filmmakers and directors of the country are choosing the heartland of the country for shooting after being influenced by the film tourism policy of Madhya Pradesh.
In this series, Om Sport has signed an MoU with Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board and Madhya Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation to shoot five films and two web series in the state. The production house will also invest Rs 50 crore in these projects over five years.
The MoU was signed by Vivek Shrotriya, Additional Managing Director of the Board in the presence of Sheo Shekhar Shukla, Principal Secretary, Tourism and Culture Department and Managing Director of Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board.
Bundelkhand set to witness dawn of development in 2022
The Ken-Betwa river linking project, the first of its kind, has set high expectations for a parched Bundelkhand region with experts and citizens touting it as a new dawn for the development of the region.
The project will provide water to the perennially-drought hit region, and bring in prosperity. Skill development, tourism, Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and allied industries are the centre of attention for the government.
The project worth Rs 44,605 crore will benefit Chhatarpur, Panna, Tikamgarh, Niwari, Damoh, Sagar, Datia, Shivpuri, Vidisha and Raisen districts of Madhya Pradesh. The project is expected to irrigate 10.62 lakh hectares of land, drinking water supply to about 62 lakh people, and generate 103 MW of hydropower and 27 MW of solar power. Another public-private PARTNERSHIP that would benefit Bundelkhand is the unearthing of diamonds in the region. The Bunder diamond project holds a promise to contribute more than Rs 28,000 crores to the government exchequer and economic activities of about Rs 40,000 crores in the region besides providing EMPLOYMENT opportunities to the locals.
Madhya Pradesh favourite destination in country due to ease of film shooting
Ease of shooting and support fromMadhya Pradeshtourism has made the state a preferred choice for film shooting in the country. Directors and producers felt it at an interactive session organized by Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board during the 53rd edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa. The fest was organized from November 20 to 28.
A discussion was held to install the equipment used in filming in the state. Session also discussed how film can be done by private Investment for the development of the film Industry in the state and its possibilities. Principal Secretary Shukla said that reserved land is available in the state to develop film infrastructure.
Give priority to local youth in employment: CM
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that special attention should be given on top priority to the EMPLOYMENT of local youth at the time of establishment of industries and expansion of work of old industrial units.
For promotion, the State Government is extending full assistance as per the provisions of the Industry Policy on setting up of new units in various sectors. He said that eligible children of tribals should be given employment opportunities in these units in tribal-dominated areas.
Abdul Jameel Latif Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) (MIT) and Madhya Pradesh government worked in collaboration to operate URJA help desks in 12 districts.
The work was collaborative efforts of researchers from world-class universities from the Police Research and Policy Unit.
The main objectives of the project were to improve confidence in policing for Women, and to create processes to support police efforts to tackle crimes against women.
In Madhya Pradesh, 12 districts Bhopal, Vidisha, Gwalior, Morena, Rewa, Panna, Jabalpur, Balaghat, Indore, Ratlam, Betul, and Seoni were selected on randomized control trial model and for research work, operation of energy desks started in total 180 police stations of these districts.
To institutionalize the URJA desk, construction of reception desk at an accessible place in the premises of the police station, development of standard operating procedures and fixation of work responsibilities of officers at each level, creation of documents in the day-to-day working of the desk, training at all levels of URJA Desk at District Headquarters.
5 countries ready to develop pisciculture in Madhya Pradesh
Madhya PradeshGovernment, in its bid to increase production, demand and create new markets along with branding and benefiting fishermen, has chalked out ‘Mukhyamantri Matsya Vikas Yojana’ while the state department on Saturday signed expression of interest (EOI) with as many as five countries for deeper collaboration of development of fisheries for mutual benefits.
MPs Balaghat district has ranked first in the field of fish production. Under Blue Revolution, now, our aim is to make Madhya Pradesh pioneer in high fish/seeds production, setting up feed mills, branding and promotion of freshwater fish along with benefiting fishermen by extending them benefits of the central and state-run schemes and helping them exploring new markets and getting right price of their fish the minister said.
As per the draft, objectives of the yet-to-be-implemented scheme are scaling up fishermen economically and socially by increasing fish/seeds production, strengthening Marketing to help farmers getting right price of the fish products, distributingKisan Credit Cardto fishermen at 0% interest rate, making easy availability of fresh fish (affordable Nutrition) in hygienic condition, conservation of endangered Mahashir (Tor tor) fish and developing a portal for reporting and monitoring of the departmental works.
Madhya Pradesh districts with huge outbound population slow in vaccination drive
With around 94% of eligible Population getting at least one dose ofCovid-19 vaccine,Madhya Pradeshis at the top of chart among the ten most-populated states of the country. However, the state missed its own deadline of vaccinating each and every eligible individual with at least the first jab by September 27.
Overall, around 4.78 crore people have taken the first dose against the estimated eligible population of around 5.5 crore. Around 70 lakh people are yet to be vaccinated. Officials attribute this to several factors, including vaccine hesitancy and inaccuracy of population projections.
On the causes behind around 70 lakh people yet to get any dose of vaccine, Suleman said, There could be three reasons: population projections may not be correct as they are more than the voter list. Dead, seriously ill or permanently migrated population in voter list and also temporary Migration and then it could be vaccine hesitancy.
Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore is going to carry out a study of beat policing in Indore to improve the current system. An escalation in the cases of beat police brutality and callousness towards civilians have been reported by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). The six-month study, to understand and analyse existing practices and recommend a framework for the improvement of the system and suggestion for technology intervention for improvement in beat policing, would be led by Professor Himanshu Rai, director of the IIM.The project is part of a larger memorandum of understanding signed between the IIM and Madhya Pradesh Police to strengthen the professionalism of the parties and to contribute to the development of a better security environment and orderliness at public places through a mutual academic-practitioner collaboration system.
According to the National Police Commission, 2020-2021, although a Sound beat system is the primary building block for successful policing, in many States in India it exists only on paper. The emerging challenges the police face and the introduction of community policing programmes in several areas have led to a realisation among police forces of the need to have a proper beat system to strengthen both professional policing as well as community policing.
The study will focus on multiple issues, including allocation of Resources, usefulness and impact of the beat system, operational issues and practical implications as well as analyse the existing organization structure, assignment of personnel to beats (territory and timings), understand how the beat personnel maintains records and patrolling/routing of beat personnel and coordination with the command centre, among others.