March 2018
15.05.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs
MADHYA PRADESH The ADVOCATE PROTECTION ACT will be implemented SOON Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that Advocate Protection Act will be implemented in the State soon. Government will present the bill in the coming Vidhan Sabha monsoon session. Chouhan announced this at a programme organised by the State Bar Council in the National Law Institute University. Chouhan announced on the occasion that provision of amount for construction of e-library for the advocates will be made in the Budget. Maximum limit of funds for treatment of serious ailments for advocates will be hiked to Rs 5 lakh. ... Read more
29-30.04.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs
MADHYA PRADESH Vocational education scheme in mp for govt school students The vocational education scheme is being run with the help of the Central Government for development of employment-oriented skills of students studying in Government schools in the State. Initially, the School Education Department started two trades in 50 higher secondary schools. After this, vocational education has been expanded in 263 development block level schools. Now students are being provided vocational education in 8 trades in these schools. Presently nearly 63,000 students are being provided vocational education. This vocational education is being provided in Beauty and Wellness, ... Read more
The issue of Schedule caste / Scheduled Tribe act
Note: READ is our New Initiative to cover two Topics (Weekly) of Current Importance in Detail with Specific focus on Prelims and Mains Exam The issue of Schedule caste / Scheduled Tribe act In March 2018, the Supreme Court observed that the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act of 1989 has become an instrument to “blackmail” innocent citizens and public servants. The Supreme Court’s decision to issue guidelines to check the abuse of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, has raised many eyebrows with several political parties and Dalit activists demanding its review. The ... Read more
18.04.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs
MADHYA PRADESH Many schemes to help farmers increase yield introduced: tomar The Madhya Pradesh Government has been implementing a number of schemes to help the farmers in increasing their productivity. This was stated by Narendra Singh Tomar, the Union Minister of Rural Development, Panchayat Raj and Mines during the Kissan Sammelan held at the Export Facilitation Centre of the Gwalior Fair. Addressing a huge gathering of farmers from various parts of the district, the Union Minister said that the government of Shivraj Singh has been initiating various farmer oriented steps, like reducing cost of cultivation and assisting the ... Read more
31.03.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs
MADHYA PRADESH MP chief minister gets Rs 2,000 crore from Union govt for road repairs The Union ministry of surface transport has approved a sum of Rs 2,000 crore under the CRF fund for repair of dilapidated road in Madhya Pradesh. The approval came after chief minister Chouhan met Union minister Nitin Gadkari and apprised him of the poor state of MP roads. Chouhan who was in Delhi, met union ministers Piyush Goyal and Radha Mohan Singh, besides Gadkari and discussed various issues related to their departments. Chouhan also put forth a demand before the Gadkari to declare 13 ... Read more
30.03.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs
MADHYA PRADESH Madhya Pradesh to raise retirement age for govt employees to 62 years Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday announced raising the retirement age of state government employees to 62 years from the current 60 years. The state government had made a provision for reservation for SC/ST employees in promotion, which was set aside by the Madhya Pradesh High Court. The state’s appeal against the order is pending in the SC with the latter ordering a status quo. This, officials said, has kept on hold promotions of state government employees. Chouhan expressed hope that SC would take a ... Read more
29.03.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs
MADHYA PRADESH MP govt to recruit over 89,000 people With an eye on the Assembly elections, due later this year, the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh has announced that it will recruit over 89,000 people in different departments over the next few months. The announcement comes two days after chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the retirement age of state government employees would be raised to 62 years from the current 60 years. However, the move was opposed by the Congress and an outfit of the educated, unemployed youth, which accused Chouhan of “deceiving” 1.5 crore educated, ... Read more
28.03.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs
MADHYA PRADESH Chief minister Shivraj promises Pucca house for all labourers in Madhya Pradesh by 2022 Madhya PradeshChief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan a state-wide campaign will be launched from April 1-14 for registration of unorganized labourers. Also, Pucca houses will be constructed for all laborers registered under Chief Minister’s Unorganized Labourer Welfare Scheme by the year 2022. The landholder laborers with less than 2.5-acre land can also get registered under the Chief Minister’s Unorganized Labourer Welfare Scheme on the condition that they are not income tax payees. He distributed 10 thousand 313 land ownership patterns, 1856 non-intrusive land ownership certificates and ... Read more
27.03.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs
MADHYA PRADESH Illegal colonies to be regularised by August 15 In a major move that would provide relief to lakhs of families, state government is all set to regularize over 5,000 illegal colonies in Madhya Pradesh. An amendment in Madhya Pradesh Coloniser Rules 1998 would place these colonies on a fast track to regularisation. Development fee and other penalties on residents have also been reduced. In another significant change, an ‘illegal’ colony would be deemed legal without attaining building permission completion certificate, as required till now. Urban development department will legalise the colonies by charging 20% development charges for repairing ... Read more
25-26.03.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs
MADHYA PRADESH MP to continue giving loans to farmers at zero interest State cabinet headed by chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan decided to continue with giving agricultural loans to farmers at 0% interest. Government has also decided to increase the deadline for Short term Crop Loan scheme from March 28 to April 27. In yet another decision, government decided to hike the salaries of employees in the Madhya Pradesh law courts with a pay grade of Rs 3600. “Those falling in this pay grade have been approved a scale with two grade increments. A total 1,526 employees will ... Read more