MADHYA PRADESH

2% of 9.75 lakh screened tribal people have sickle cell trait

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Less than two percent of 9.75 lakh screened residents are found with sickle cell disease in two tribal districts- Alirajpur and Jhabua under state hemoglobinopathy mission.

The records from National Health Mission-MP showed that only 18725 (1.91%) residents cumulatively from Alirajpur and Jhabua were found with sickle cell traits.

The numbers are even less in case of those found suffering from sickle cell disease in those two tribal districts. Only 1997 persons (0.20%) were found suffering from sickle cell disease in Alirajpur and Jhabua among those screened, showed records.

These two districts are among the pilot projects in the first phase of a mission established in June last year in the state for screening of prevalence of sickle cell anemia in the Population. The project for screening began in February this year.
The target was to screen 8.26 lakh population (7.69 lakh children below 18 years and 0.56 lakh pregnant Women) from 12 blocks of two districts in the mission in six months, showed records.

In the project, the health authorities have taken help from Jan Abhiyan Parishad members, NGOs working in the area, volunteers, and staffers for carrying out door-to-door awareness and screening activities.

Madhya Pradesh adds 220 new colleges last year

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In a span of one year, as many as 220 colleges increased in Madhya Pradesh and overall enrollment of students also increased by 1,10,455.

As per the recent report of All India Survey of Higher Education (AISHE) for academic year 2019-20, there are as many as 2411 higher educational institutions (HEIs) in Madhya Pradesh. In the previous session, the AISHE report states 2191 colleges.

The recent report states a total of 1501236 enrollment whereas 1390781 candidates were enrolled in previous session.

In academic session 2018-19, an Average of 734 enrolment per college and 24 colleges per lakh students which changed to an average of 771 enrolment per college in session 2019-20 and 27 colleges per lakh students.

As many as 89 per cent Universities of Madhya Pradesh responded to the AISHE in the academic session 2019-20 which is three per cent more than previous session which was 86 per cent response.

107 Van Dhan Kendras Established

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To increase the income of the tribal brothers of Madhya Pradesh, unique action plans are being implemented as per the instructions of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Well-planned efforts are being made for the economic and skill up-gradation of forest dwellers engaged in the collection, storage, processing and Marketing of non-nationalized minor forest produce.

Forest Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah informed that minimum support price of 32 minor forest produce species has been declared in the interest of forest dwellers. For the purchase of forest produce, 179 procurement centres and 47 godowns of minor forest produce have been built by the name of Apni Dukan.

Pradhan Mantri Van Dhan Vikas Yojana is proving to be a boon for the forest dwellers community. The Forest Minister said that in the first phase of this scheme, 107 Van Dhan Kendra clusters have been established in 19 district unions of the state. There are 15 self-help groups in each cluster. Each self-help group will consist of 20 beneficiaries.

At these centres, the primary processing, packaging and marketing of locally available forest produce, agricultural and horticultural produce, etc. will be done by the beneficiaries.

About 350 types of medicines are being manufactured and sold by the Minor Forest Produce Processing and Research Centre in the name of Vindhya Herbals brand. Apart from this, at present 27 Sanjeevani Ayurvedic Centres have been established in different districts of the state.

CM transfers insurance claims of Rs 7618 cr in farmers accounts

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Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that we have performed a miracle of depositing Rs one lakh 76 thousand crore in the accounts of farmers in 22 months. This is a government of the farmers, no stone will be left unturned in the welfare of farmers. By laying a Network of Irrigation schemes in the state, the is working incessantly to make crops flourish in every dry field of the state. Chouhan was addressing the state level crop damage claim distribution programme held at Betul. He transferred an amount of Rs 7618 crore in 49 lakh claims of Kharif 2020 and Rabi 2020-21 to the account of farmers with a single click.

Chouhan inaugurated the programme by performing kanya pujan and lighting a lamp. Union Minister for Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar took part virtually from New Delhi. State’s Farmers’ Welfare and AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT Minister Kamal Patel, MP Durgadas Uike and other public representatives were present in the programme.

The Chief Minister also visited the exhibition of Agriculture, Horticulture, Public Health Engineering, Energy, AYUSH, Women and Child Development and Self Help Groups. The Chief Minister inaugurated the development works worth Rs 381 crore of Betul and also performed bhoomi-pujan. All the districts of the state participated virtually in the programme. The programme was telecast live on DD MP, regional channels, AIR as well as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

Chouhan said that today is a historic day for the state. Under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, the largest amount of Rs 7618 crore has been distributed in the country with a single click today. Earlier also, Rs 2876 crore were deposited in the accounts of farmers following crop failure. So far, an assistance of Rs 10,494 crore has been released by the state government to the farmers.

IIM-I inks MoU with district admn for overall growth & progress of Harda

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Indian Institute Of Management, Indore (IIM-I) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Harda District Administration to contribute to overall development as a model district.

IIM-I is determined to contribute to nation-building and this association with Harda district administration is yet another step by the institute to improve the districts economy, market, and lifestyle.

This collaboration will also help in increasing export of bamboo under the One District One Product (ODOP) initiative. IIM-I has already contributed inODOPinitiative at five districts ofUttar Pradeshand they plan to design Marketing and branding strategy for the local market in Harda too.

Their focus will be on rejuvenating tourism in the area by boosting village tourism, eco-tourism, camping, and natural treks. Furthermore, IIM-I also plans to promote farmer producer organisations and other government schemes in the area.

MP: Kamlapati, first state-of-the-art railway station built on PPP mode

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November 15 will mark a significant day in the HISTORY of Indian Railways. Rani KamalapatiRailway Station(formerlyHabibganj RAILWAY Station) inBhopal, redeveloped on a PPP model, is set to become India’s first railway station to deliver the never-seen-before facilities in the country, officials say. This station revamped on the lines of world-famous Heidelberg Railway Station of Germany, will have airport-like facilities for passengers.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the ‘Rani Kamalapati Railway Station’ revamped at an estimated cost of Rs 100 crore (first phase-station work) on November 15. Rs 350 crore have been earmarked for commercial renovation.

The revamped station boasts of a huge parking area that can accommodate 300 cars, 850 two-wheelers, rickshaws, taxis and even buses.

Efforts to improve condition of girl child in MP

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Efforts are on to improve the condition of girls in the state. The central and state governments are making efforts to ensure that the girl child moves forward with confidence without any fear. Many schemes are being run keeping in mind their betterment and bright future. Through this, there is an improvement in the sex ratio by curbing female feticide.

The economic condition is also being improved by giving benefits related to Education, Health Services and Scholarship. Now sons and daughters are equal for families. They are also trying to provide golden opportunities to the girl child.

The is running schemes like Ladli Laxmi Yojana, Beti Bachao Abhiyan, Lado Abhiyan, Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao, Shaurya Dal for the all-round development of daughters. With the passage of time, now the positive results of these schemes are being seen. There is a change in the Attitude of the Society towards daughters. The sex ratio is getting better. The condition of girl child education is also improving now than before. The decrease in the cases of child marriage is a setback on many problems.

There is a positive change in the sex ratio figures in the state. According to NFHS-4, the sex ratio in the state was 927, which has increased to 956 in NFHS-5. The situation is changing especially in areas with low sex ratio like Gwalior, Chambal and Bundelkhand. In these areas, once a festival was celebrated on the birth of a son, now drums resonate on the birth of daughters.

According to NFHS-4, the Percentage of child marriage in the state was 32.3, which has come down to 23.1 in NFHS-5. This situation shows improvement as girls getting married at an early age remain illiterate. There is a bad effect on their body and health, so differently.

MP tops in jabs to expecting women, 39,000 fully inoculated

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Not only in administering the first dose of vaccine to the largest Percentage of Population, Madhya Pradesh is also at top when it comes to administering Vaccines to pregnant Women.

Overall around 11.9 lakh first doses have been administered to pregnant women in the entire country and 3.01 lakh first doses have been administered in Madhya Pradesh alone. Even when it comes to administering the second dose of vaccine to pregnant women, maximum doses have been administered in Madhya Pradesh.

Sources within the Health department said that a total of around 1.2 lakh second doses of vaccines have been administered to pregnant women so far in the entire country and in Madhya Pradesh alone 39,328 second doses have been administered to pregnant women. After Madhya Pradesh it is Nadu where 2.08 lakh first doses of vaccine have been administered and then it is Odisha where 1.33 lakh first dose vaccine doses have been administered.

Cabinet approves hike in honorarium for dist panchayat presidents to 1L/m

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Statecabinetheaded by chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan decided to increase the honorarium of district and janpad panchayat presidents and vice-presidents. Now the district panchayat presidents will get an honorarium of Rs 1 lakh per month.

Briefing the media after the cabinet meeting, Home minister Narottam Mishra said, Honorarium and vehicle allowance of the district panchayat president has been increased to Rs 1 lakh monthly while honorarium for the district panchayat vice-presidents has been increased to Rs 42,000 monthly.

It was also approved to increase the honorarium of janpad panchayat president to Rs 19,500 monthly and that of janpad panchayat vice-president to Rs 13,500 per month. Along with this, the maximum annual honorarium of panch and up-sarpanch will be Rs 1,800 monthly. Approval was also given to the Madhya Pradesh Capacity Building Policy-2023 for thecapacity buildingof government employees and officials.

A release said that this policy has been prepared by incorporating the concept and characteristics of Mission Karmayogi implemented by the Government of India. For this, a new budget head Mission Karmayogi will be created with 1% of the budget available in the salary head of each department. Along with this, a new budget for Mission Karmayogi will be made in the Academy of Administration of Rs 10 crore.