MADHYA PRADESH

Both the Institutes will jointly organise seminars, workshops, conferences, faculty and student exchange. The ceremony was conducted at Aiims Bhopal and was attended by Prof. Sarman Singh, Director AIIMS Bhopal, Prof. Siva Umapathy, Director IISER Bhopal, Dean of both the Institutes and the Faculty Members. Prof. Singh and Prof. Umapathy look forward to the collaboration to perform translational research that will benefit the patient care in Madhya Pradesh.

The MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) will pave way to form a translational research cluster with other research Institutes in Madhya Pradesh. Prof. Arneet Arora, Head of Forensic Medicine and Dr Biswas, Dean Research expressed how the interdisciplinary research between the two Institutes has progressed over years and will lead to important discoveries. The MoU will further help accelerate this process of discovery.

The , after reporting huge loss ofgarliccrops, is emphasizing on setting up micro Food Processing units to minimize wastage, along with helping the farmers get right price of their agricultural produce and generating more EMPLOYMENT.

Around 10,000 farmers of Indore had sown garlic crops in around 15,000 hectare areas but failed to get desired return of the same as it was also a case across the state.

The state government is emphasizing on different steps to minimize the crop damage and loss to the farmers by adopting aforesaid steps.Under PMFMEscheme, we urging progressive farmers of the district to install micro food processing units while they are also being educated about grading of the yield to get the price along with storing it in cold storage as there is subsidy on it as well.

The companys procurement through GeM has crossed Rs 1,500 Crore in the first six months of the current fiscal, as against Rs.389 Crore in the entire 2020-21. Major procurements through GeM portal include Steel, Cement, Cables, various sub-assemblies, etc.

The company was also ranked No. 1 among top 20 PSUs for procurements from this portal during the first quarter of current year. Significantly, BHEL is not only procuring goods and Services through GeM, but is also registered as a Seller for various products on the platform and is receiving orders from the same.

By driving procurements through GeM, the company is ensuring transparency and compliance with various GoI directives like General Financial Rules, CVC guidelines, Public Procurement Policy – , MSE, Startups, etc, thereby increasing ease and efficiency of procurement.

These steps are also aimed at the nations efforts towards an AtmaNirbhar Bharat. Notably, the company is streamlining its procurement processes using data analytics, and ensuring substantial cost Savings by scaling up procurement through GeM.

State and district level 51 laboratories of Public Health Engineering Department have been granted recognition certificates by the Accreditation Board (NABL). Among the states that have received recognition of various water testing laboratories in the country, Madhya Pradesh is on the top and Maharashtra state is second in getting the recognition certificates of 30 laboratories.

The quality of water being supplied to the common citizen is tested from time to time. For this, one state level and 55 district level (in which upgraded Khurai, Mauganj, Sardarpur and Parasia) laboratories are run by the PHE department in the state. Apart from this, 100 subdivision level laboratories are also operating.

Omkareshwar Floating Solar Project, the India’s largest and one of the world’s biggest projects 600 MW, under which Letter of Award distributed to the Developers selected for the project of 278 MW capacity in the first phase by Principal Secretary of New and the Department and Chairperson of Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited, Sanjay Dubey and CEO of Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited. and the Managing Director of MP Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd., Karmveer Sharma during the program organized at Urja Bhawan, Bhopal.

The 600 MW Omkareshwar Floating Solar project at reservoir of Narmada river is being constructed in two phases. Omkareshwar Floating Solar Project will be Madhya Pradesh’s first, Country’s largest and one of the World’s largest floating solar projects. Till now, solar projects were developed on land, but innovative steps have been taken by the State Government and RUMSL to give concrete shape to the concept of developing solar projects on water too, to save precious land.

The floating solar project is being implemented under the ‘Ultra Mega Renewable Energy Power Parks Scheme (UMREPP)’ of MNRE. The entire 600 MW of power generated from Omkareshwar Floating Solar Project will be procured by the State Discoms (through MPPMCL). Hence, this project will also help the State to comply with the RPO target.

Lectures, seminars, workshops, panel discussions, webinars and training programmes on public policy, Governance and administration will be organized in collaboration with institutions through the MoU. Along with this, their mutual expertise in TEACHING, research and other areas will also be beneficial. Better utilization of human Resources will be ensured.

Availability of clean water in sufficient quantity is a key component of Jal Jeevan Mission. Swachh Jal Se Suraksha (SJSS) campaign was launched by the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti for the availability of safe and clean water. Madhya Pradesh has been included in the leading state in the report of the campaign.

Congratulating for this achievement, CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the Madhya Pradesh government is working pacingly on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s resolution to provide pure water to every household. The achievement of Swachh Jal Se Suraksha campaign is another strong example of the public-participation model of development of Madhya Pradesh. CM Chouhan said that the government and citizens are moving ahead on the path of progress shoulder to shoulder in Madhya Pradesh.

Minister of State for Public Health Engineering Brijendra Singh Yadav has congratulated the officers and employees of the department, citizens and all the Women who ensured their effective participation by getting testing training on this achievement.

The water quality monitoring and inspection activities of the States/UTs for the period from October 2, 2022 to March 31, 2023 were evaluated in a nationwide campaign by the Ministry of Jal Shakti. A report has been issued after assessing the performance of the States/ Union Territories in the campaign.

The campaign aims at widespread public participation at village, district and state level for water quality testing and creating awareness about water quality. The campaign includes testing of PWS sources in all villages for chemical parameters and bacteriological parameters (post monsoon), household water quality testing in villages, water quality testing in schools and anganwadi centres, remedial work done for contaminated samples, training of women to conduct water quality testing using FTK/H2S kit at village level etc.

Water quality testing was done in 51 thousand 129 (99.44 percent) villages for chemical parameters and 50 thousand 932 (99.06 percent) villages for bacteriological parameters (post monsoon) in Madhya Pradesh during the campaign. A total of 94 thousand 294 (95.2 percent) drinking water samples were tested in schools and 58 thousand 464 (95.62 percent) in anganwadi centres. Women in 42 thousand 595 villages were trained to conduct water quality testing using Field Testing Kits (FTK). Also, out of 11 thousand 606 contaminated samples reported, remedial action has been taken for 11 thousand 505 (99.13 percent).

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Madhya PradeshIndustrial Development Corporation (MPIDC) has received proposals from textile and garment units of Bhilwara inRajasthan, a move seen further fueling positive sentiment in the states textile sector.
Bhilwara in Rajasthan is amongst the top 10 textile cities of India housing leading textile and garment companies. Recently, Indore and nearby areas have seen many takers of land from the textile Industry of southern states and Rajasthan amid lucrative land rates and investment promotion assistance.

Singh expected an investment of close to Rs 1,000 crore from textile units of Bhilwara from the recently received proposals. MPIDC is expecting more investment proposals to pour in from investors of Rajasthan followed by other states.

In last two years, the textile and garment industries from different parts of the country have invested Rs 15,000 crore in Madhya Pradesh, housing more than 25 mega and large-scale textile companies.

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The daily reporting is being done as part of a drive to track developments related to cadaveric donations. In the daily reporting, at least 10 private hospitals registered with SOTTO are submitting details of patients in their intensive care unit, suspected brain cell death and brain stem cell death.

The SOTTO officials are carrying out awareness activities and other measures to increase cadaveric organ donation in the district as well asMadhya Pradesh. SOTTO, MP HISTORY goes back to 2015 when it began the cadaveric organ donation in the state.

In this series, the Chief Minister Rural Street-Vendors Scheme which was started in Madhya Pradesh to facilitate the lives of street vendors have brought positive results. Under the scheme, small street vendors of rural areas have also been provided interest-free loan of Rs 10,000 to upgrade their work. The has given the credit guarantee. Also, the loan process has been exempted from stamp duty. Chief Minister Chouhan informed that WORKING CAPITAL of Rs 10,000 per beneficiary has been provided to about 5.50 lakh urban and rural street vendors in the state.

Chouhan said that this scheme is being reviewed in Collectors-Commissioners Conference every month. Instructions have been issued to district authorities to ensure that no eligible person remains deprived of the benefits of the scheme in both urban and rural areas. Instructions have been given to conduct campaigns in every district to provide benefits to the beneficiaries and give results. Last month, about 13 lakh applications were received under the Chief Minister Rural Street-Vendor Loan Scheme. Ever since the portal has ben activated, this number has been constantly increasing.