MADHYA PRADESH
CM invites investors, says our policy industry friendly
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that Madhya Pradesh meets the standards of E.S.G. (Environment, Social Responsibility and Governance) of Industrial Development. The State has a clean environment, good work is being done under Corporate Social Responsibility and we are committed to good governance.
Chouhan said that Madhya Pradesh has all facilities and favourable environment for investment. Madhya Pradesh is among the leading States of the country in ‘Ease of Doing Business’. Come, invest in Madhya Pradesh, earn profits for yourself and provide employment opportunities to the people of Madhya Pradesh.
Chouhan said that Madhya Pradesh is number one in the agriculture sector in India. The Basmati rice and Sharbati wheat here are unmatched. Horticulture and medicinal crops are abundant. There is also a huge potential for investment in the pharmaceutical sector.
Madhya Pradesh is a five-time winner of the Krishi Karman Award . The agricultural growth rate of the state is around 20 percent. In Madhya Pradesh, special attention is being paid to value addition, food processing and organic farming of agricultural products.
INTERNATIONAL
First Medal in Tokyo Games
Mirabai Chanu from Imphal won the silver medal and became the first Indian to win an Olympic medal at the Tokyo Games 2020 in the Women’s 49kg category.
Zhihui Hou of China won the gold medal in the women’s 49-kg weightlifting at the Tokyo Olympics, lifting 210 kg, while Windy Cantika Aisah of Indonesia won the bronze medal. Chanu managed to lift 202 kg in the women’s 49kg category to become the second Indian weightlifter after Karnam Malleswari to win an Olympic medal. Mirabai Chanu registered a new Olympic record with a successful lift of 115kg in clean and jerk.
Historic Urban Landscape project of UNESCO
In Madhya Pradesh, Orchha and Gwalior cities have been selected by UNESCO under its Historic Urban Landscape Project.
Highlights:
The project was started in 2011. The historic Urban Landscape project of UNESCO for the cities of Orchha and Gwalior was launched by the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh through video conferencing.Six cities of South Asia, including Varanasi and Ajmer, are already involved in this landscape project. Gwalior and Orchha have been selected as the 7th and 8th cities of South Asia.
NATIONAL
Honey Mission Programme Launched by KVIC
:During 2017-18, the Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC) of the Ministry of MSME launched the Honey Mission programme.
It is being implemented in rural India to promote beekeeping activities and provide self-sustaining employment opportunities for farmers, Adivasis, and unemployed youth.
Beneficiaries receive Bee Boxes, tool kits, live
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