july 2018

31.07.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH Govt schools prepare swachchh action plan   As per the concept of Swachchh Bharat, works have been started in Government schools by preparing an action plan under the Swachchh Vidyalaya Abhiyan in the State. Directives have been issued by the State Education Centre to all the District Collectors in this regard. As per the action plan all the works will be completed till October 2, 2019.   It has been said in the directives that separate toilets should be constructed and maintained for girls and boys in all the Government schools. Regular cleaning of toilets should be ensured. ... Read more

29-30.07.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   MP bags 4 awards for innovation in urban development   Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday conferred four national awards on Madhya Pradesh for innovations in the Urban Development sector on the first day of the two-day national workshop organised at Lucknow.   This award was given to Madhya Pradesh for Public Bike Sharing and B-Nest Incubation Centre in Bhopal’s Smart City Project and for smart classroom and Waste to Energy plant of NDMC of Jabalpur Smart City. In addition, Government of India granted ... Read more

28.07.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   Govt to spend rs 3 cr on public libraries   The Government libraries are being run by the School Education Department in 36 districts of the State. Apart from this, Maulana Azad Central Library and Swami Vivekanand Library are also being run at Bhopal. An amount of about Rs 3 crore is being spent this year to strengthen these Government libraries.   Under the National Library Mission Scheme of the Union Ministry for Culture, amount of Rs 18.50 lakh for upgradation of the District Library Khandwa, about Rs 22 lakh for the Ahilya Central Library of Indore ... Read more

27.07.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   Tiger day sees rise in numbers in mp   The International Tiger Day has brought happiness this year in Madhya Pradesh. Figures in the first phase of the All India Tiger Assessment 2018 indicate towards a handsome increase in the number of tigers.   In the assessment of the first phase of the year 2014, the presence of 308 tigers was found in the state’s 717 forest beat. Against this, there is evidence of the presence of tigers has been found in 1432 beats in four cycles held from February 5 to March 26 in year 2018. ... Read more

26.07.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   Sixty projects under smart city completed   As many as 60 projects worth Rs 1610 crore in seven cities of the state selected under Smart City Project have been completed. At present 139 projects worth Rs 2498 crore are in progress. Urban Development and Housing Minister Maya Singh has instructed to complete all the projects within the time limit and ensure quality standards.   Area-based development and Pan-city schemes are being implemented in selected cities of the country. Seven cities of the state, Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Gwalior, Ujjain, Sagar and Satna have been selected in the form ... Read more

25.07.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH     Campaign to free cataract backlog in rural areas   Under this campaign people of above 40 age group, will be primarily examined and identified for their cataract surgeries in various government and NGO hospitals. This campaign would be undertaken from August to October 2018. In view to undertake this campaign Optometrists, ANM and ASHA workers would be deployed. Day to day progress of this campaign will be monitored at state Health directorate.   optometrists will very soon get the primary investigation equipments of blood pressure, Glucose and Eye Pressure. Sinha told that there are two main ... Read more

24.07.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   Gadkari inaugurates NH Projects worth Rs 5485 Crores in Madhya Pradesh   Shri Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation inaugurated/ laid the foundation for National Highways projects worth Rs 5485 Crores in Madhya Pradesh   At an event in Guna this afternoon he laid the foundation stone for 5 NH projects of total length 226 km, worth Rs 3583 Crore.   INTERNATIONAL   India extends $200 million credit lines to Rwanda   India has extended $200 million lines of credit to Rwanda as Prime Minister Narendra Modi ... Read more

22-23.07.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   Divyangs too to get laptops, tricycles under cm’s scheme   Disabled students will also be provided laptops and tricycles under the Chief Minister’s Disabled Education Incentive Scheme. Disabled students of Class IX who have passed with minimum 50 per cent marks will be benefitted under the scheme.   Under this scheme run by Department of Panchayat and Social Justice, vision impaired, hearing impaired, students with bone deformities and mentally retarded students with minimum 50 per cent marks in Class IX and those who have been admitted in Class X or in ITI will be benefitted. On taking ... Read more

21.07.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   56 lakh homeless get land under land rights campaign   Land has been given to 35.56 lakh landless people till July 17 under the Land Rights Campaign launched to provide land for houses to homeless people by the state government.   The state government has also decided that if a person has constructed a building for residence and its related purpose before December 31, 2014, then the land will be allotted to him. In this regard, necessary amendments have been made in the Acts.   This residential land area has been given in the declared area, in ... Read more

20.07.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   Mp ranked 15th with $2.4b in international trade   Presenting the Export Promotion Report of Madhya Pradesh, the Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM) revealed that the International Trade of Madhya Pradesh has been 2.4 billion dollars in 2016-17. It is ranked 15th in the country among states.   The state’s export is 1.6 per cent of the total international exports of the country.   According to the study report of EXIM Bank, Madhya Pradesh can achieve a target of 10 billion dollars by 2021-22. For this, important steps will be taken in many phases with policy decisions. ... Read more