MADHYA PRADESH

The local area plan (LAP) ofIndorehas been selected by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for implementation under town planning schemes (TPS) for selected AMRUT cities, said Indore (IMC).

IMC officials said that Indore is the only city selected for the scheme in Madhya Pradesh. Indore is probably the only city till date, whose draft Local Area Plan (LAP) has been approved by the ministry under the scheme. The ministry is also going to showcase LAP project of Indore in ‘Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav’ to be held at Lucknow in monthend, said IMC commissioner Pratibha Pal.

Detailing about the local area plan, she said that the main objective of local area planning is to guide and facilitate redevelopment of already developed areas of the city in a systematic and organized manner. And it may also be considered as the tool to implement the development plan of the city. LAP has been prepared from urban planning and development point of view, and it has been guided by Indore Development Plan 2021 prepared under the provisions of Madhya Pradesh Town and Country Planning Act 1973, she said.

Thehome departmenthas sent the draft bill to the law department for clearance so that it can be placed before the cabinet.

The anti-gangster law will have provisions for two-to-10 years imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 25,000. If anyone attacks a public servant — you may have seen incidents of stones being hurled at government officials — the quantum of imprisonment will increase from two years to five years, and the fine will be hiked from Rs 25,000 to Rs 50,000.

Niti Aayogs One Nation One Card initiative is getting closer to become a reality in Bhopal. After floating an expression of interest earlier this year, city bus operator Bhopal city link limited (BCLL) is anticipating a rollout during the current fiscal.

Most transport operators in main cities already have smart cards to make payments. We are looking at integration of all into one. One card to pay for bus, metro and the same card can work nationally, said BCLL and Bhopalsmart citydevelopment corporation limited (BSCDCL) CEO, Gourav Benal.

This week, top five players have expressed their interest. Each made an hour-long presentation. BCLL would move ahead with the tendering and implementation stage, he added.

Happiness meter will now be used in Madhya Pradesh in order to develop and make the state happy. Preparations have been completed for the Happiness Index in Madhya Pradesh. Also, how have the state’s plans affected the people of the state and how much happiness is there in their lives will also be found out.

For this, now the Happiness Index is being prepared. The ‘s schemes will also be assessed through the index.

The Happiness Index of the state will be prepared by the end of the year. However, preparations are being made for this for 5 years. Total Rs 50 lakh has been spent but due to Corona, the work was stalled for two and a half years. However, now once again the preparation for Happiness Index has been completed by Anand Sansthan.

Madhyanchal Professional University has been conferred with this prestigious award out of a total of 578 nominations from premier universities and institutions. It is to be known that Madhyanchal Professional University is the leading group of technical Education quality education in Central India.

Madhyanchal Professional University Patel Group is the apex technical group of Central India. The University is a leader in the field of education for the last 21 years.

For academic excellence, the group conducts regular lectures, industrial visits, seminars, workshop conferences, teacher training. The highly educated and trained teachers of the group are known at the national level.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the disposal of 96.6 per cent cases at the state level is a remarkable achievement in the Mukhyamantri Jan-Seva Abhiyan which started from May 10. Various pending works of the common man should be completed by July 15.

This campaign was conducted as a spell of https://exam.pscnotes.com/good-Governance“>Good Governance. Along with the administrative staff, the ministers in charge of the districts should also continuously review the redressal of public grievances. Chief Minister Chouhan also congratulated the administrative staff and peoples representatives of 5 districts Ratlam, Dewas, Shajapur, Khargone and Indore for resolving maximum number of applications while doing excellent work in the campaign. Congratulating the rest of the districts for the smooth operation of the campaign, Chief Minister Chouhan directed them to regularly complete small tasks of the general public within the time-limit and to redress the complaints of the CM Helpline immediately.

Chouhan was reviewing after apprising himself about the redressal of cases under the Mukhyamantri Jan-Seva Abhiyan 2.0 which started from May 10 in Mantralaya. Cabinet members, Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains and other officers were present.

This time 35 lakh 79 thousand 423 farmers got themselves registered in Rabi procurement. Out of this, registration of 35 lakh 64 thousand 569 farmers was verified. 5735 procurement centers were set up for purchase. Out of these 5171 centers are active. Out of these, procurement is being done at 4657 centers for wheat and 514 centers for gram, lentils, and mustard. SMS was sent to 32 lakh 74 thousand 625 farmers for purchasing the crop.

So far 99 lakh 38 thousand 29 metric tonnes of wheat have been purchased from 13 lakh 12 thousand 605 farmers, one lakh 10 thousand 480 metric tons of gram from 41,850 farmers, and 17 metric tons of lentils from 37 farmers. Thus far, one crore of 48 thousand 526 metric tonnes of produce has been purchased at the support price, which is worth 20,191 crores. Out of this, a payment of Rs 15,476 crores have been made to the concerned farmers. Out of the purchased product, 92 lakh 64 thousand 858 metric tons have also been transported.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the welfare of farmers is the priority of the government. Several measures have been taken for the welfare of the farmers.

To increase the area under Irrigation in the state, many projects are being implemented and are under construction. Water is being delivered for irrigation to the farmers fields at higher places by laying pipelines.

The CM said that through the Hirwar Project of Shahdol district, irrigation facilities will be expanded in 7481 hectares of farmers’ land in 37 villages, which will change the lives of the farmers and make their fields prosperous.

Chouhan said that under the programme Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain, the rainwater harvesting campaign will be conducted in rural and urban areas across the country and its slogan will be collect rainwater wherever it falls, whenever it falls.

The Chief Minister said that encroachments on and around water structures should be removed and after that the work of repairing and renovating them should be undertaken. Small rivers and water sources should be revived with the participation of the community.

Chouhan said that an action plan for water conservation should be implemented on the basis of the nature of water sources and land available in the district. G.I.S. mapping of all water structures of the state should be done and their lists should be prepared district-wise.

Rise incyber-crime casesreported inBhopalcontinue unabated in the first two months of the year 2022. Sample this: In the past two months alone, more than 600 such cases have been reported to the cyber-crime branch of city Police and the number is going up with every passing day.

In 2021, a total of 3,600 cyber-crime complaints were received at the cyber-crime branch. Cyber-crimes against Women including sextortion, sharing morphed pictures on Social Media, vulgar comments and opening fake social media accounts increased by a whopping seven percent during the first two months this year alone.

In 2021, crime against women comprised 25% of the total cyber-crime complaints that police registered. The rise this year can be guaged from the fact that in the very first two months this year, the number has increased to 32%. Worse, 65% complaints are related to online financial fraud cases apart from three percent miscellaneous cases complaints .