20.01.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH Anandiben Patel to be next Governor of Madhya Pradesh   Former Gujarat chief minister Anandiben Patel has been named the next Madhya Pradesh Governor.   She replaces Om Prakash Kohli, who has additional charge of the office of MP Governor along with the office of Gujarat Governor.   Patel succeeded Narendra Modi as … Read more

18.01.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH Govt doing its best to curb child mortality   State Government is putting in all possible efforts to reduce child mortality rate in the State. In the year 2017-18 till December, nearly 60,000 children have been freed from malnutrition. As many as 79,458 malnourished children have been treated in the year 2016-17 in … Read more

17.01.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH CM gets proposals for investments in state by five industrial groups   Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was called on by the representatives of five Industrial Groups at CM House who gave proposals for investment in the State.   Chouhan met the representatives of Trident Group, Suzlon Energy, Vacmet India Ltd, Ultratech Cement … Read more

14-15 .01.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH Mukhya mantri saksharta puraskar   The State Government has instituted ‘Mukhya Mantri Saksharta Puraskar’ to encourage the field teams working in the area of literacy. Five Gram Panchayats, three Blocks and one  district will be honoured with Mukhya Mantri Saksharta Puraskar for best work in the field of literacy under the Sakshar Bharat … Read more

13.01.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH Madhya Pradesh unlikely to meet under-5 mortality target   In the absence of well-defined data on infant mortality rate (IMR) and under 5 mortality rate ((U5MR) across districts, residences, social classes and genders, the IMR and U5MR continue to be the highest in Madhya Pradesh. Despite the continuing trends of decline, Madhya Pradesh is not likely to … Read more

12.01.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH Madhya Pradesh mulls new habitat for elephants The state government is considering to declare Sanjay National Park as an elephant habitat considering jumbos’ straying into Siddhi and Singrauli districts from other states.   The area adopted by elephants in MP has a rich vegetation, including bamboo shoots — their favourite food. In July 2017, a herd of elephants had … Read more