March 2020

19.03.20 Madhya Pradesh (MPPCS) Daily Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   MoCA flagged off first-ever Indore-Kishangarh flight under UDAN   The tender for the Indore-Kishangarh route during the UDAN 3 bidding process was awarded to Star Air. The aim is to connect the unconnected regions. The distance between Indore and Kishangarh is around 550 km (approx.). The time taken for the people to reach Kishangarh from Indore by road is more than 10 hours. The flight operations on this route will make the travel easy for the people and visit the famous Nine Planets Temple, Pushkar Lake, Phool Mahal Palace, Roopangarh Fort, Ajmer Sharif Dargah, etc. Kishangarh is famously known as the ‘Marble City ... Read more

18.03.20 Madhya Pradesh (MPPCS) Daily Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   Indore: Chana output may drop by 15% this rabi season Chana output in Indore division is estimated to drop by over 15 per cent owing to lower acreage and unfavourable weather, according to industry players, scientists and officials. Chana output in the state is estimated at around 35 lakh tonnes, of which a major chunk comes from Malwa and Nimar region, said industry experts. Indore division produces an estimated 4.5 lakh tonnes of chana.   According to the data from the agriculture department, the area under chana this rabi season is estimated at around 3.92 lakh hectares as against ... Read more

17.03.20 Madhya Pradesh (MPPCS) Daily Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH BJP parades 106 MLAs before Guv, demands floor test in House The political turmoil in Madhya Pradesh reached its climax, when the BJP MLAs called on Governor Lalji Tandon following the adjournment of the assembly by Speaker NP Prajapati till March 26, which led to the postponement of the floor test. The BJP led by former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, paraded 106 MLAs before the Governor claiming for majority in the house and demanded immediate floor test in the assembly saying that Kamal Nath led government has been reduced to minority. They also handed over a list, duly signed by 106 BJP MLAs to ... Read more

15-16.03.20 Madhya Pradesh (MPPCS) Daily Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   Indore: Smart control centre to make power supply network smarter   Smart solutions for Smart Indore — going high-tech, discom has set up its first control centre for live feed and monitoring of smart meters. This master control and command centre, which has been set up at discom’s meter testing building an estimate cost of Rs45 lakh was inaugurated recently.   There are plans to replace around 3.5 lakh conventional meters in Mhow, Dewas, Ujjain, Ratlam, and Khargone with smart meters. These meters would also be connected with this new control and command centre.   Smart meter works on radio frequency technology ... Read more

14.03.20 Madhya Pradesh (MPPCS) Daily Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH     Bhopal labs prepare for swab test of netas   The Union ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) is keeping a close watch on the Covid-19 testing facilities in Madhya Pradesh, according to highly placed sources. The ministry is anticipating that state government could send swab samples of suspected politicians for Covid-19.   There are two authorised laboratories in Madhya Pradesh, one is at AIIMS Bhopal and another at ICMR facility in Jabalpur. The average turnaround time for the Covid-19 report is about five hours. These labs have been instructed to carry out the tests as per set protocol, ... Read more

13.03.20 Madhya Pradesh (MPPCS) Daily Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   MP health department’s response moves from containment to ‘mitigation’   For the first time, MP’s health department has used the term ‘mitigation’ instead of ‘containment’ in relation to measures being taken to slow down the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19).   Since January, in MP, 664 travellers from COVID-19-affected countries have been identified and 265 are under home isolation while 356 have completed their observation period.   District chief medical and health officer and civil surgeons have now been vested with all authority to ensure control of the COVID-19 outbreak, under the Public Health ACT 1949 under Section 71 ... Read more

12.03.20 Madhya Pradesh (MPPCS) Daily Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   MP Government moots law to make construction on private land legal Dealing with haphazard diversion of land and growth of illegal colonies over the past 15-years, Madhya Pradesh government is mooting a legislation that would provide relief and legalise constructions on private land that was not in planned area. Sources said that this order would be applicable only for individual constructions and not illegal colonisers. The new proposal would be a tight walk as similar measures have been struck down by court. Under the new proposal to be tabled in Vidhan Sabha, illegal encroachments or development on government land would ... Read more

11.03.20 Madhya Pradesh (MPPCS) Daily Current Affairs

  MADHYA PRADESH   World Pangolin Day Madhya Pradesh radio-tags first-ever Indian Pangolin Madhya Pradesh forest department radio-tagged an Indian Pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) for the first time to know its ecology and develop an effective conservation plan for it. The team successfully rehabilitated two Indian pangolins in the wild. This is the first-ever case of successful rehabilitation effort of the species where the released individuals are monitored in the wild using telemetry to ensure a better success rate. The measure comes as the world gets ready to observe the ninth ‘World Pangolin Day’ on February 15, 2020. It is an international attempt to raise awareness ... Read more

10.03.20 Madhya Pradesh (MPPCS) Daily Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   Indore to host 21st edition of IIFA Awards from March 27-29 The 21st edition of the International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA Awards) will be held in Indore from March 27-29, while Bhopal will host a function in run up to the mega Bollywood event. This was announced by IIFA organisers in the presence of Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Jacqueline Fernandez and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath at a press conference. An event related to the IIFA Awards will be held in Bhopal on March 21, while the main function spanning over three days will ... Read more

08-09.03.20 Madhya Pradesh (MPPCS) Daily Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   MP govt to use drones for mapping villages In Madhya Pradesh, the state government has decided to use drones for mapping villages. So far, land survey work is being done either manually or with the help of satellite images in Madhya Pradesh.   55 thousand villages of the state have been selected for mapping.   The map of the population area will be made on a scale of 1: 500, which will give a clearer picture of the population area.   INTERNATIONAL Covid-2019 is official name for disease caused by new coronavirus says WHO The World Health ... Read more