MADHYA PRADESH

Social organisations, administrative officers and public representatives are giving a new dimension to the scheme. Eligible sisters should get the maximum benefit of the scheme, so that the work of transfer of funds for the scheme is done without any hindrance from the scheduled date of June 10 and the sisters start receiving funds, for this many innovations were also done in the districts. In the review meeting held on Wednesday late night, the public representatives and collectors apprised about the innovations made for the implementation of the scheme.

The cost of takingnew electricity connection, electrification in colonies and shifting of connection among other Services are all set to go up by around 70 per cent following a proposal byMadhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission, upsettingindustriesurging to rollback the proposed hike.

The proposed hike in the middle of thepandemichas alarmed industries with many associations writing to the commission for withdrawing the proposed hike in service charges.

As per the proposal by the Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission, the cost of taking new electricity connection for HT consumers is hiked to Rs 1,260 per kilo volt ampere from earlier Rs 750 per kilo volt ampere.

MP Transco has succeeded in installing & energizing state’s first 50 MVAR capacity bus reactor at its 220 KV substation Pandhurna (Chhindwara). Madhya Pradesh’s Energy Minister Mr. Pradyuman Singh Tomar congratulated all the related personnel of MP Transco for this achievement and said that inter-state power transmission will be facilitated after the energization of this reactor established at a cost of about Rs 08 crore 67 lakh.

He told that for the first time in Madhya Pradesh, a reactor of 50 M VAR capacity has been energized on a 220 KV bus. With this, where grid discipline can be easily followed, inter-state power exchange from Maharashtra can be controlled through 220 KV V line between Padhunna and Kalameshwar substation of Maharashtra.

To save the Madhya Pradesh Power Transmission Company from paying possible penalty due to reactive power feed and to solve the problem of high voltage in the area, Sanjeev Srivastava, Superintending Engineer of MP Power Transmission Company, designed and developed this reactor, which was used for the first time in the state. Important efforts were made in preparing the tender process including technical parameters, due to which this innovation became possible.

Feedback (surveys) are also being taken for qualitative improvement in the districts’ established care centres and provide better Health facilities to the patients. In this, the utilization of beds, medical, medicines, food facilities, etc. is also being assessed. According to the feedback from the districts’ Covid Care Centre, it was found better in Harda, Indore, Katni, Agar-Malwa for providing medical facilities and better in providing food facility in Hoshangabad, Indore, Rajgarh, Seoni, and Dindori.

The Central Irrigation and Energy Bureau has selected the state of Madhya Pradesh as excellent state for the work done in the irrigation sector. Nomination was filed on the basis of successful implementation of Mohanpura and Kundalia project of Madhya Pradesh for Bureau CBIP Award. Madhya Pradesh has earned first position in the efficient use of Resources“>Water Resources.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan took continuous decisions for the expansion of irrigation area and approved and implemented many irrigation schemes. With the vision and special efforts of Chief Minister Chouhan, the irrigated area of the state has increased from 8 lakh hectare to 45 lakh hectare in the last 15 years.

Due to the strong will power of Chief Minister Chouhan, water has been supplied to the fields through the pressure pipe system in Madhya Pradesh using new technology in the last 3 years. Madhya Pradesh has been recognized as the first state to have irrigated more than double the area with the same water as compared to the canal system by irrigating through pipe system.

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Chief ministerShivraj Singh Chouhansaid that the Growth rate of the state at 19.7 percent has been the highest in the country at current prices. Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture has contributed the most to this growth.

CM said,Burhanpurhas made a special place in the production of spices, where turmeric, ginger, coriander, onion are being produced in large quantities. Burhanpur is also a leader in banana, sugarcane and . The economic Empowerment of the farmer will be possible through diversification of crops.

Chouhan further said that remarkable achievement has been made in the field of agriculture in the state in which the expansion of Irrigation facilities has played an important role. With the increase in the area under irrigation, production has greatly increased.

Madhya Pradeshis first in the country in the production of wheat. Burhanpur district is considered to be a cash Cropping district. There is a need to encourage the cultivation of fruits, flowers and medicines here.

He further said that the country has been known for centuries in the world in the production of spices. Spices have been going from India to many countries of the world, in which the southern states have been ahead.

The age-old tradition of ‘Halma’ in tribal dominated Jhabua to help the distress and save the Environment in only getting bigger as in last week of this month, the yearly two-day-long event may see participation of around 25,000 people ofBhiltribes from three states to dig contour trenches around Hathipava hill to conserve water in the monsoon. The President of India Draupadi Murmu is likely to visit the district to support the cause.

Halma is stated to be an age-old tradition of Bhil tribes, but it was revived and extended to big scale around one-and-a-half decade ago to fightand Climate-change”>Climate Change problems, Rajaram Katara from Shivganga Abhiyan said, adding that this year, the event will be organized on February 25-26 that is likely to be attend by around 25,000 people from Jhabua, Alirajpur and tribal-dominated areas of neighboring Gujarat andRajasthan.

As per the tradition, thousands of people will participate on their own with no monetary expectation and will dig contour trenches around Hathipava hill to help save water during monsoon, he said, adding that so far, Halma has helped in digging hundreds of ponds and developing dozens of Mata nu Van (forest area cared and protected like a mother).

A decline in arrivals of soyabean by around 25 per cent in spot markets since the beginning of the new season and lower meal production as farmers held back supplies in anticipation of higher prices has dampened exports of soyabean meal.
The disparity in prices in the international market from rival countries has hit orders from traditional buyers dampening exports of soyabean meal.

Lower availability in the domestic market and high disparity in prices in the international market has affected export deals, exporters claiming an extremely sluggish response from buyers for Indian origin soyabean meal.

An exporter of soyabean meal from Indore wishing anonymity said, When prices are not competitive and so high, why would anyone place an order for an Indian meal. Other countries are offering at lower prices but we cannot afford to sell at those rates because local rates are very high.

In Madhya Pradesh, soyabean production was estimated at 52 lakh ton as against 41.7 lakh ton last year, as per SOPAs estimate. In India, soyabean output is pegged at 119 lakh ton, up 14 per cent from the previous year.

In spot markets soyabean arrivals since the beginning of the new oil year until January were recorded lower by 25 per cent to 48 lakh ton while production of meal declined by 40 per cent to around 22 lakh ton.

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