MADHYA PRADESH

Madhya Pradesh government is continuously borrowing funds. So far, the government, which is burdened with a debt of more than Rs 3 lakh crore, has once again taken a loan. This time the government has borrowed Rs 2,000 crore. Notably, this is the third time in the last 13 days that the government has taken a loan.

Actually this loan has been taken at the rate of 7.88 percent interest. The government will repay this loan by the year 2023. The Shivraj government had earlier taken the loan on October 14 and October 20. Both the times the government had taken a loan of Rs 1,000 crore. But this time Rs 2,000 crore has been taken. In this way, the government has taken a loan of 4000 crores within the last 2 weeks.

According to the information, the Madhya Pradesh government is going through a period of severe economic crisis. The has got a debt of more than Rs 3 lakh 29 thousand crore whereas the total annual budget of the state government is also not so much. This means that now the government has taken more loans than the total budget of the state. Due to huge debt, the Shivraj government of the state has to pay a huge amount every year as interest.

According to the information, under the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, the state government can take loans up to 4 percent of the state’s GDP. The government has the eligibility to take a loan of more than 40 thousand crore rupees, but so far the government has taken a loan of only eight thousand crores.

Number of suicides committed by self-employed persons saw an increase of more than 37% in 2020 when there was a lockdown induced by Covid-19, says data released by National Crime Records Bureau.

Among other persons, the number of suicides committed by daily wagers also increased by 24.7% during the year. Likewise, the number of suicides committed by salaried persons from government and private sector also saw an increase from the previous year.

As per the accidental deaths and suicides data released by the NCRB for 2020 a total of 1,254 self-employed persons committed suicide in the year. The number was only 911 last year. It saw an increase of more than 37% in the Covid-19 year.

After the complaints of patients about the lack of high skills in government hospitals and medical institutions among Nursing staff and to alienate the suffering of patients, now preparations are being made by the for improving the quality of the nursing staff of the hospitals. In this , a Center of Excellence of Nursing and Midwifery Education will be established to make the nursing staff skilled in the work of nursing from primary level Health facility to super specialty hospital.

This first center of the country will be located in Bhopal. If the officials of the Medical Education Department are to be believed, then there is no such dedicated institution in the country, in which skill training is given to the nursing staff after completing their studies.

This center will be constructed in Bhopal at a cost of about Rs 25 crore. For a long time, efforts were being made for this center by the Medical Education Minister Vishwas Sarang.

As many as 495 industries, including large and Micro, Small and Medium enterprises (MSME) have proposed to invest Rs5,707 crore in the state so far in 2021-22 fiscal.

The department has allotted 832 hectare to industries so far this year. These industries have proposed to give EMPLOYMENT to 25,186 people in FY 2021-22. Several large and medium textile units have taken up land in the Indore region for setting up integrated facilities.
In Indore region, around 50 textile and garment industries have booked land by paying 25% of the total premium amount to set up factories by pumping Investment of Rs1,560 crore, according to the regional office of MPIDC.

The rise of digital media has significantly disrupted the media . The shift is towards integrated newsrooms, mobile journalism, podcasts, Social Media feeds, OTT platforms, search engine optimization and so on.

The communications and media industry are undergoing a drastic change with every media channel quickly turning towards becoming digital. The shifting media landscape makes it absolutely necessary for a complete overhaul in media Education.

Chouhan transferred crop compensation amount of Rs 41 crore 85 lakh to 4261 farmers from the CM’s residence office with a single click. The area of affected crops was 3690 hectares. Out of this, the area of affected banana crop is 3470 hectares and that of other crops is 219 hectares. There are 3960 banana crop producer farmers and other crop producer farmers are 301.

It is notable that the banana of Burhanpur is exported to numerous countries of the world. The has given financial relief to the banana producing farmers, relieving them from the crisis of crop getting damaged. Banana production has also been selected in Burhanpur district under “One District – One Product”. Along with the states of the country, the banana of Burhanpur is also exported to other countries.

Chief Minister said that the compensation rate for banana crop has been doubled. According to this important amendment, now the relief amount will be increased from Rs 15 thousand to Rs 30 thousand per hectare if the farmer suffers 25 to 33 percent damage to his banana crops. Similarly, in case of 33 to 50 percent damage, the relief amount will be increased from Rs 27 thousand to Rs. 54 thousand per hectare. If the damage is more than 50 percent, then the relief amount will be Rs. 2 lakh per hectare instead of one lakh.

The task force constituted to suggest measures to reduce maternal and child mortality rate in the state handed over its final report to chief minister.

The report includes suggestions for elimination of Malnutrition in children, elimination of physical and resource constraints for better results in the field of mother-child welfare, dietary supplements for infants, routine immunisation, prevention of diseases, expansion of Blood Bank facilities, referral arrangements for newborns and transportation facilities.

The maternal mortality rate in Madhya Pradesh is declining at the rate of 5.8 percent. The national Average is 7.5. Similarly, the mortality rate of newborn babies in Madhya Pradesh is decreasing at the rate of 0.6%. The national average rate is 3.8 percent. According to these indices, Madhya Pradesh will be able to achieve theSustainable Development Goalsexpected in 2030 in the coming 33 years, so the pace of this work will be increased further. The task force has identified 5 key areas to achieve the targets in the area of maternal and child Health.

Madhya Pradesh has bagged the top spot in the country with its improved performance towardsAnemia-FreeIndia for the year 2020-21 with 64.1% value.
In the 2019-20 index, too, MP was placed at the top in the country. CM has expressed satisfaction at the achievement.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan virtually participated in the mass marriage ceremony of Mukhya Mantri Kanya Vivah Yojana at village Gudbhela in Sehore district. While blessing 415 couples, he wished that the couples tying the sacred bond of marriage may lead a happy, joyful and blissful life and increase the honour and prestige of both the clans and families.

Chief Minister Chouhan said that the marriage of a daughter should not be a burden on any family in the Society, therefore, in the year 2006, the Mukhya Mantri Kanya Vivah-Nikah Yojana was launched. Various schemes are run by the to provide opportunities for progress to the daughters.

In Ladli Laxmi Yojana, along with all possible help for studies, encouragement and cooperation is being extended to the daughters at every step. Giving reservation to Women in Panchayat and urban bodies Elections and rebate in stamp duty in registration of immovable property is an important step towards women Empowerment. Ladli Bahna Yojana will boost the self-esteem and self-reliance of women. The state government will leave no stone unturned for the welfare of mothers, sisters and daughters.

Health Minister Prabhuram Chaudhary said that through Samvad Setu, the facility has been given to talk to the relatives of Covid patients through video calls. He said that now the families of the patients will be able to take care of their respective patient through video calling themselves with the help of this new Communication bridge. Health Minister Chaudhary also made patients talk to their families through Samvad Setu.