Conversion of Indian Railways into Green Railways and Electricity in order to quickly reap the economic benefits of traction, the railways had planned 100 percent Electrification of broad gauge routes by December 2023 and this will help eliminate diesel traction.
West Central RAILWAY has become the first zone on Indian Railways whose entire route is lectrified. Electrification has been done for 3012 kms.
Aiims Bhopal and MP Pollution Control Board (MPPCB) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to undertake collaborative research work on the Health hazards of environmental pollutants.
This marks the first occasion in the country where a regulatory body like MPPCB has joined hands with a medical institute to generateevidence on the long-term impact of environmental factors on human well-being.
To start with, researchers at AIIMS Bhopal will undertake a field-based pilot study on the potential health implications of airborne fly ash particulates in the Population of Singrauli district, which has one of the poorest air quality indices in the country.
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This was expressed by the eminent experts of through an online Webinar organized ICAR-Indian Institute of Soybean Research.
As a part of serious of webinars planned by the institute before the commencement of the kharif season, the Indore base ICAR- Indian Institute of Soybean Research has today organized a webinar on Organic Farming with about 205 participants from Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan representing farmers, scientists and those involved in the dissemination of information i.e. extension workers belonging to the state agricultural departments, ATARIs, Krishi Vigyan Kendras, and NGOs. The webinar was delivered by the eminent experts from the eminent scientists from renowned ICAR institutions like Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal and ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal.
The State Cabinet held at under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan ratified the establishment of 730 PM Shri Schools in the state. Maximum 2 schools in each development block of the state (626 in 313 development blocks) and 104 schools in urban bodies of 52 districts, in this way maximum 730 schools have been marked as PM Shri Schools.
One of the identified schools will be run for primary Education (Class I to VIII) and one school for higher secondary education. The cost of PM Shri School will be borne by the Center and the State in the ratio of 60:40. As many as Rs. 277 crore 40 lakh will be spent on all 730 PM Shri Schools every year, out of which the states share will be Rs. 110 crore 96 lakh per year. This project is of 5 years and during this period the expenditure burden of Rs 554 crore 80 lakh will fall on the . After 5 years of the scheme, it will be fully operated by the state government.
It is noteworthy that PM Shri School will include quality of education, Equality and access to education facilities with overall compliance with the provisions of the National Education Policy-2020. These schools will be presented as examples for other schools.
The Cabinet granted administrative approval of Rs 714 crore 91 lakh for a new medical college with 100 MBBS seat admission capacity at Budhni in Sehore district, a 500 bed affiliated hospital, 60 seat admission capacity Nursing college for nursing courses and 60 seat admission capacity college for paramedical courses. Due to the long distance from the medical colleges located in Hoshangabad, Itarsi, Pipariya, Betul and surrounding areas to Bhopal, Jabalpur and Chhindwara, the people of the area will get medical facilities easily.
The Cabinet has sanctioned free government guarantee amount of Rs 29 thousand 400 crores for the period from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024, for the procurement of food grains, Public Distribution System and operation of other government schemes and for meeting the deficit under the support price decentralized scheme in the state. Apart from the amount available from the government guarantee, the finance of the remaining amount will be done from the food grain credit limit with higher rate of interest. Out of the free government guarantee, the Food Department has been given the right to reallocate between Madhya Pradesh State Civil Supplies Corporation and Madhya Pradesh State Marketing“>Cooperative Marketing Federation from time to time.
The Indian government has approved the renaming of three locations in Madhya Pradesh.
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Hoshangabad Nagar will be renamed “Narmadapuram,” Shivpuri will be renamed “Kundeshwar Dham,” and Babai will be renamed “Makhan Nagar,” according to the Indian government.
The MP government, led by Shivraj Singh Chouhan, proposes renaming the three locations in Madhya Pradesh in 2021.
The Ministry of Home Affairs gave their Consent to the rebranding (MHA).
Hoshangabad Nagar was renamed Narmadapuram after Hoshang Shah, the first fully anointed Sultan of the Malwa Sultanate of Central India.
Babai has been renamed in honour of Makhanlal Chaturvedi, a well-known journalist and poet.
Makhanlal Chaturvedi was born in Babai, Madhya Pradesh, and in 1992, the government dedicated a national university of journalism and Communication after him in Bhopal.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the Bills should be listed by the Department of Law and Legislative Affairs. Upload them on the portal. Simplify Acts, Rules and Policies. Chouhan was reviewing the Department of Law and Legislative Affairs on Tuesday. Departmental Minister Narottam Mishra, Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains and departmental officers were present.
Chief Minister Chouhan said that the updated Acts should be put on the portal. Repeal laws that are not needed. Study for amendments in Acts and Rules. Based on the long-term goals of the department, prepare the vision of the department for the financial year 2022-23 and implement it.
The Chief Minister said that the process of establishment of civil courts in Porsa and Chitrangi should be done expeditiously. Chief Minister Chouhan said that time bound decisions should be taken on mandatory review of laws and recommendations after stipulated intervals.
Chief Minister Chouhan said that an inter-departmental committee has been formed in the state as per the requirement of the Law Commission and the Government of India. Through this, the laws prevailing in the state are being reviewed.
Madhya Pradeshgovernment issued the notification to bring into force the Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act 1996 (PESA) that aims to empower panchayat bodies to effect development works and allocation of Resources.
Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan made the announcement and read out the notification before a gathering of tribals in Indore to mark the martyrdom day of freedom fighter Tantya Bhil. It came just before the panchayat polls were announced.
A fortnight ago, the Centre had asked four laggard states, MP included, to implement the Act.
seeks to enable panchayats and gram sabhas to implement a system of selfgovernance on several issues, such as customary resources, minor forest produce, minor Minerals, minor waterbodies, selection of beneficiaries, sanction of projects, and control of local institutions. The Act aims to empower local self-governments in Schedule V areas to help safeguard tribal traditions.
Smokeless tobacco is a major cause of concern as 50% of the oral cancers in India are linked to them. Madhya Pradesh government needs to develop specific policies to control tobacco epidemic.
This was said in a consultation on Smokeless tobacco and other issues organized by Madhya Pradesh Voluntary Health Association with the support of International Union Against Tuberculosis & Lung Diseases (The Union).
Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) in its report tabled in the state assembly for the year 2020-21 said that in the inspection carried out with the official of directorate of archaeology of the state, it found that unauthorised possession of people on seven of the heritage buildings continues to be there years after they were notified as protected monuments. They include three heritage buildings of Bhopal Sadar Manzil,Moti Mahaland Baradari (Chhatri) in Bhopal.
The report further said that those having unauthorised possession over these buildings include District Administration, local bodies, private companies and individuals. Such heritage buildings are not under the control of the directorate of archaeology even after being declared as protected monuments, said the report.
The report pointed out that section 3 of theMadhya Pradesh AMASR Act, 1964, provides that the may issue a public notice on its intention to declare a building or archaeological place or remnant a protected site two months before its actually done, anyone can lodge an objection over governments notification within 1 month after its published and after two months, the state government may declare the site a protected site after considering objections received over the proposal.
A push to agri processing, research and development ecosystem and upscaling Micro, Small and Medium enterprises (MSME) will helpMadhya Pradeshattract investments and industries in the state, said BThiagarajan, chairman, Confederation of Indian (CII) Western Region.
As Madhya Pradesh is preparing a new industrial and EV policy likely to be announced in April, Thiagarajan talking to TOI on the side lines of its MP annual session said, The conventional way of attracting investments by giving land wont work much for MP. The state should boost agri processing and position itself as a research, development and innovation destination.
CIIs western region chairman stressed on the need to generate a talent pool in the state given the rapid pace of manufacturing across the country to fill the skill gap.