nov 2019

23.11.19 MP (MPPCS) Daily Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   MP Govt to introduce SMS service to alert citizens about crimes Madhya Pradesh Government plans to introduce a short message service (SMS) system to alert citizens about crimes like abduction. The project named Shakti would be launched soon in collaboration with a mobile service provider, State. The system will help prevent many crimes and solve them too.   INTERNATIONAL   ·       India, Singapore has agreed to conduct the trilateral maritime exercise   India and Singapore have agreed to conduct the trilateral maritime exercise involving Singapore, India, and Thailand annually from 2020. The agreement was made by the Defence ... Read more

21.11.19 Madhya Pradesh [MPPSC] Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH New mining policy in place for Madhya Pradesh, but operations to begin from next year As per the new mining policy, mining operations in Madhya Pradesh would not start before next year. The state government introduced the new mining policy this year, but after some delay. This pushed back the auction procedure, which is still in process. The successful bidders would deposit money after that within 10 days. Bidders would have to take clearance from environment, mining and pollution departments, besides completing other formalities, which would require at least a month more in the new year to start mining. Till ... Read more

20.11.19 Madhya Pradesh [MPPSC] Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   Madhya Pradesh to have two onion storage units   National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) is developing 11,000 mt storage space for onions in Madhya Pradesh to keep a lid on prices. The storage facilities are likely to be operational by next season and will facilitate local procurement and supply of onions by NAFED. Madhya Pradesh is a leading producer of onions with Indore division producing an average of over 4 lakh tonne but the state lacks basic infrastructure required for storing onions and most produce is stored at farms in temporary arrangements. The facilities are being constructed ... Read more

19.11.19 Madhya Pradesh [MPPSC] Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   Madhya Pradesh’s RERA gets judicial teeth, first in the country   Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) of Madhya Pradesh became the first realty regulator in the country to get judicial teeth.   With the appointment of execution officer it will be legally binding on parties, including realtors and consumers, to follow the directives of the authority. MP government had amended RERA rules for the purpose and issued a gazette notification facilitating appointment of an executing officer. In the present set up, if RERA passes an order and the party concerned is unwilling to accept it, RERA moves the civil ... Read more

17-18.11.19 Madhya Pradesh [MPPSC] Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   MP: Government identifies 250 acre land for airport in Chhindwara The state revenue department has identified 250 acres of land for setting up a new airport in Chhindwara district. Chief minister Kamal Nath has directed officials to execute the project on a priority basis. Currently, there is a small airstrip in Chindwara’s Imlikheda area with facility for small aircraft and helicopters. The land suitable for building a new airport has been identified near Khunajir Khurd, Tikadi and Tiwada Kamath villages which are close to the existing airstrip. The local administration has been asked to complete procedural formalities ... Read more

16.11.19 Madhya Pradesh [MPPSC] Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   Madhya Pradesh: Rs 3,000 crore earmarked for college infrastructure   The state government is planning to provide coaching to government college students for various competitive examinations with the help of teachers of private coaching institutes.   Better higher education facilities will be provided to students in 200 colleges across the state with an expenditure of Rs3,000 crore with the cooperation of the World Bank.   The minister said that Madhya Pradesh is the first state where the government has decided to give 10% reservation to students belonging to economically weaker sections.   Arrangements will be made for sports complexes, auditoriums, ... Read more

15.11.19 Madhya Pradesh [MPPSC] Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH Floating solar plants to power Jalood pumping station soon   Narmada supply system at Jalood will soon be powered by solar energy as Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) plans to set up two floating solar power plants with capacity of 50 megawatt each.   The solar plants will be set up at Jalood and Yeshwant Sagar through fund raised by releasing Masala Bonds. The corporation officials aim to raise Rs 500 crore through these bonds.   Though cost of floating solar system would be a bit high, it would have various other benefits such as high productivity and will also save evaporation loss of ... Read more

14.11.19 Madhya Pradesh [MPPSC] Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kailash Joshi passes away   Former Madhya Pradesh and BJP leader Chief Minister Kailash Joshi died at a private hospital after a prolonged illness. He was 90. The last rites will be at his native Hatpipliya in Dewas district on Monday.Mr. Joshi served as the first Janata Party Chief Minister of the State from 1977 to 1978. He represented the Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency from 2004 to 2014.   He served as a member of the Rajya Sabha from 2000 to 2004. Besides, he served the Bagli Assembly seat from 1962 to 1998.   ... Read more

13.11.19 Madhya Pradesh [MPPSC] Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   Madhya Pradesh: Sportspersons will get 5% reservation in government jobs   The state government of Madhya Pradesh has announced 5% reservation to national and international medalist’s sportspersons in state government jobs.   The announcement in this regard was made by Madhya Pradesh Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare Jitu Patwari while inaugurating the Regional Olympic Games at Kampoo sports complex in Gwalior.   Every year, the Madhya Pradesh government provides government jobs to Vikram awardees. Vikram Award is the highest sports awards for players in state.   Besides this national and international medallists have quota in state ... Read more

12.11.19 Madhya Pradesh [MPPSC] Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   ·       IIM Indore signed MoU with LBSNAA to strengthen technical cooperation ð Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie. The MoU is in line with the vision to remain socially conscious and contribute to the society and nation.   Under the MoU, the institutes can exchange faculty members for various training programmes, joint case study developments, and specially designed modules. ♦ It will strengthen technical cooperation through sharing experiences, knowledge, best practices in the area of capacity building of public officials and public-private education. ... Read more