June 2019

MADHYA PRADESH   World-class football academy in Madhya Pradesh soon   A state-of-the-art football academy with world-class trainers and infrastructure is all set to come up in chief minister Kamal Nath’s constituency of Chhindwara.   The main objective behind launching the academy is to provide better facilities for players of the game, which is the most-played … Read more

MADHYA PRADESH   Education department plans kindergarten in government schools for World Bank project   In a bid to improve the quality of education in Madhya Pradesh, the state education department has sent proposals to the World Bank as part of its project — Strengthening Teacher-learning and Results for States (STARS) — to fund various educational programmes in … Read more

MADHYA PRADESH Gun license applicants in MP need to plant trees and take a selfie   In Madhya Pradesh, in a unique kind of initiative, the tree will now have to be planted for the license of arms.   It has now been started from Gwalior, but it can be implemented in other districts as … Read more

MADHYA PRADESH   Madhya Pradesh to reconsider land titles of tribals The state government will reconsider all 3.5 lakh applications of tribal families for land titles. The Forest Rights Act was implemented by the then UPA government. Under this, 6. 25 lakh applications seeking recognition of forest dwelling rights, were submitted during the BJP’s rule … Read more

MADHYA PRADESH   MP govt to build 300 ‘smart gaushalas’, invites NRIs, foreign companies   The Madhya Pradesh government has invited private players to build 300 ‘smart gaushalas’ in the state under its ‘Project Gaushala’. Chief minister Kamal Nath has decided to approach non-resident Indians (NRIs) to fund of the ambitious project for which the government has also offered … Read more

MADHYA PRADESH   Agriculture and job scheme in focus   The cash-strapped Madhya Pradesh’s budget for the financial year 2019-2020 is likely to be worth Rs 2,30,000 crore.   The budget will be presented during the state assembly’s monsoon session which will commence from July 8. In 2018-19, the budget presented by the then BJP government … Read more

MADHYA PRADESH   Shri Singaji Thermal Power Station produces costliest power in MP   A single thermal power station — Shri Singaji Thermal Power Station(SSTPS) — eats up the biggest share of the overall fixed charges borne by discoms and produces the costliest power. Despite being expensive, the two newly built units have developed technical snags … Read more

MADHYA PRADESH   Bio-medical waste mngt system at 13 places   The Pollution Control Board has made an arrangement at 13 places for bio-medical waste management in the state. GPS have been installed in 820 vehicles transporting medical waste at these places.   The bio-medical waste has been divided in 4 categories. For treatment of … Read more

MADHYA PRADESH   Madhya Pradesh slips in Niti Ayog health index   Madhya Pradesh, which has been tottering on health parameters, has slipped by a notch to 18th rank on the annual report of Niti Ayog Health Index released.   A drop of 7.8% in birth registration and TB treatment success rate is cited as the main … Read more

MADHYA PRADESH   Gujarat-Madhya Pradesh face off over Narmada water It seems Narmada water is all set to become a flash-point yet again between Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, as the latter has stopped generating power from the riverbed power house (RBPH) at Sardar Sarowar dam, thus denying Madhya Pradesh almost 700 MW of energy every day.   MP … Read more