MADHYA PRADESH

Smokeless tobaccois a major cause of concern as 50% of the oral cancers are linked to it, warned experts.

needs to develop specific policies to control tobacco epidemic. A consultation-cum-orientation program on smokeless tobacco and other issues was organized by Madhya Pradesh Voluntary Health Association with the support of International Union Against Tuberculosis & Lung Diseases recently.

Madhya Pradesh was the first state which prohibited the manufacture and sale of Gutkha in the year 2012. He cited that Clause 2.3.4 of the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulation prohibits the use of tobacco and nicotine as ingredients in any food product.

According to Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS-2016-17).In Madhya Pradesh 28.1% of all adults (38.7% of men and 16.8% of Women) (15 years and above) use smokeless tobacco. Gutka and Khaini are the most commonly used form of SLT products.

The Centre, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh governments have reached a consensus on the project, said Silawat. He, however, said linking the project to UP Assembly polls slated to be held next year was not be appropriate as the inauguration was only aimed to address water needs of the two states.

Silawat further said since there were no more pending issues between the two states, the link project work will resume from November.

The Ken-Betwa project was mooted in 2005 to meet the water needs of the parched Bundelkhand region, which is spread across MP and UP borders. The scheme though has been embroiled in several issues for the last 16 years.

After lengthy negotiations on several issues, including water-sharing ratio, the two states and the Centre had signed the MoU on March 22 this year. As part of the project, surplus water of river Ken in MP will be transferred to river Betwa in UP for irrigating 3.64 lakh hectares in Bundelkhand. The projects involved construction of a 77 metre-tall and 2 km-wide Dhaudhan dam and a 230 km canal.

Along with this, the rules of land use have also been changed. Making this process easy for the common man, it has also been ensured that they do not have to take the trouble of frequently visiting offices.

Online land allotment system has also been simplified for the convenience of investors. Apart from this, the process of registration of contractors for works and Services has also been simplified.

To simplify this process for contractors for works and services, the government has included this process under Guarantee Act to simplify the process of registration of contractors for works and services in Madhya Pradesh.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that his schemes for Women Empowerment including Ladli Bahna Yojana will usher in a new era in the next five years by overcoming injustice, illiteracy and POVERTY.

Chouhan was interacting with women and a large number of villagers who attended the Ladli Bahna Sammelan and residential land rights letter distribution programme in Bamhori kasba village of Raisen district on Wednesday. The Chief Minister also gifted development works worth Rs 328 crore 4 lakh 20 thousand to the people of Silvani and Udaipura assembly constituencies.

The Chief Minister said that the farmers should also be happy as the government will pay the interest amount of Rs 2100 crores of farmers on coming June 13. Apart from Rs 2,900 crore for crop Insurance, a Kisan Samman Nidhi of Rs 2,000 each will also be deposited in the accounts of the farmers.

The Chief Minister assured the sisters that he would continue to work for the honour of daughters, sisters and mothers till his last breath. He said that Ladli Bahna Yojana is a social revolution and heralds a new era of Women Empowerment. Schemes prepared by him like Ladli Laxmi, Mukhyamantri Kanya-Vivah have made daughters a boon from earlier a curse in the Society, while to local bodies and reservation in government Services have ensured adequate participation of half the Population in development along with power.

Ever since the beginning of the pandemic, about 500 metric tons of corona biomedical waste has been generated inBhopalsince March 2020. It was around half of the total biomedical waste generated in Bhopal from hospitals in normal times.

Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board(MPPCB) conducted a day to day monitoring of the biomedical waste generated from corona patients in hospitals and ensured its disposal, as per the directives of the central pollution control board issued in July 2020.

Pollution control board officials informed there are five facilities in satellite towns and cities adjoining Bhopal that collect, incinerate and treat the bio medical waste. Hospitals in Bhopal have tied up with one or the other facility for collection and disposal of its bio-medical waste.

On the launch of Nari Samman Yojana 1,02,406 registrations were done, Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) Chief Kamal Nath inaugurated it from Chhindwara on on Wednesday, scheme was launched simultaneously in all the districts. Under the scheme, Rs 1500 per month would be provided to Women when the Congress would come to power and every month gas cylinder would cost only Rs 500 only.

Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee President and former Chief Minister Kamal Nath inaugurated the Nari Samman Yojana from Parasia in Chhindwara. On the same day, senior leaders of the party launched the scheme in every district of the entire state. Although it was the day of the launch of the scheme, but on the very first day the women power of Madhya Pradesh accepted the Nari Samman Yojana whole heartedly.

Predico (AI), lab of Predico Global Research Private Limited Company was launched on Sunday. The launch ceremony of the lab was organized in the company’s office at Nandgiri Tower, Khedapati Road, in the presence of prominent social worker and senior journalist Dr. Keshav Pandey.

Chief Guest Keshav Pandey said that as artificial intelligence is considered the most advanced form of computer science, revolutionary change is about to come from AI in the modern era. He added that AI will develop the ability to think and make decisions in a machine. Pandey further said that being India’s such first lab, Predico AI Lab will give a new identity to Gwalior in the national as well as international levels. He also said that the lab will write a new HISTORY in the field of Eye.

The Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan jointly inaugurated the first drone school in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.

The Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan jointly inaugurated the first drone school in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.

This drone school is one among the five Drone Schools planned to be opened in several cities of Madhya Pradesh.

The other four cities are Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, and Satna.

This drone school of Gwalior won’t only pave the way for the youth of Madhya Pradesh to move forward by connecting them with technology, but it’ll also increase EMPLOYMENT opportunities.

This school will be a milestone in the progress and progress of Madhya Pradesh alongside Gwalior.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has said that the central government will provide full support for the expansion of health facilities in Madhya Pradesh. In a discussion held at the Chief Ministers residence this morning, Union Minister Harsh Vardhan assured the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan that he will leave no stone unturned in the support extended by the Government of India in the expansion of health facilities in Madhya Pradesh.

Chouhan told Harsh Vardhan that 75 percent contribution from the central government should be given to the Cancer Institute of Jabalpur in the state. Currently this contribution is 60 percent, which should be increased.

The Chief Minister requested for an increase in the amount of central grant for the Cancer Institute of Jabalpur. Along with this, the Chief Minister urged for formal approval and cooperation for starting 3 new medical colleges in Damoh, Seoni and Chhatarpur in Madhya Pradesh. Chief Minister Chouhan told Harsh Vardhan that he had taken the initiative for opening new medical colleges several times in his previous tenures. After 1964, new colleges were not opened for a long time. The series started with the new medical college at Sagar. A provision has been made to start nine new medical colleges in the current budget.

Chief Minister Chouhan also discussed about better health facilities to the Bhopal gas victims with the Union Minister and requested for additional facilities. He also urged the center’s cooperation in the systematic operation of the hospital being run for the gas victims.

Chouhan informed the Union Health Minister that the plan is to administer the first dose of Covid to all eligible citizens in the next 35 vaccination days in Madhya Pradesh. About 81 lakh first doses will be required for this. So far, the state has received a total of 28 lakh doses of Covishield and 3.84 lakh doses of Covaxin. So far 15 vaccine doses have been applied so far. Around 8 to 10 lakh vaccine doses are required per week from the following week, so that the vaccination work can be completed by the first week of June within the stipulated time. The Union Health Minister said that dosages will be provided to Madhya Pradesh as per requirement.

Under the scheme, an amount of Rs one thousand per month will be transferred to the accounts of Women belonging to poor and middle class families.

The Chief Minister said that he wants to make life easier for his sisters. Along with the earlier schemes, now the Ladli Behna Yojana will improve the lives of women. With the amount received under the scheme, women will be able to arrange milk, fruits and vegetables for their children. He said that many of our public welfare schemes that were stopped by the previous government, have been restarted. The Chief Minister said that what has not happened anywhere has happened in Madhya Pradesh and your brother Shivraj will do what no one has done.