13.12.22 Daily [Madhya Pradesh] MPPSC Current Affairs

The is committed for the all-round development of the cities and providing basic facilities to the citizens. These are not just words, but continuous successful efforts are being made to implement it.

The all-round development of cities continues unabated under the able Leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the guidance of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. In the urban body Elections held this year, 1761 corporators are below 35 years of age. This enthusiasm of the youth will become the pivot of the development of the cities.

Shivraj government has adopted new thinking and innovation from an open platform. Asias biggest Gobar Dhan plant to make CNG from waste in Indore is the result of this thinking. Apart from CNG, 100 tonnes of organic manure will also be manufactured daily. This is a living example of putting the words of Prime Ministers Waste to Best mantra into action.

Urban Development and Housing Department implements various schemes and missions for Infrastructure development, drinking water, sanitation as well as conservation and promotion of lakes and ponds in cities. While the Deendayal Rasoi Yojana is being implemented in the urban bodies for the needy, schemes like AMRUT, Housing for All, Smart City, Swachh Bharat Mission, National Urban Livelihood Mission and PM Self Fund are implemented to change the direction and condition of the cities. Our government has approved an amount of Rs 121 crores for the construction and renovation of about 770 Sanjeevani clinics for public welfare.

Our department is proving its worth across the country. Indore leads for the 6th consecutive time in the National Cleanliness Survey. At the same time, our state is also number one in cleanliness. In the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban, our state has received second place award from the hands of the Prime Minister in the category of Best Performing State Award. This scheme has also received the best state award for convergence with other schemes and for conducting promotional activities.

PMAY Awards-2021: Madhya Pradesh has received awards in total 9 categories on the basis of excellent performance in 150 Days Challenge. In the Swachh Survekshan 2022, Bhopal has been ranked as the cleanest self-sustainable capital of the country with a five-star rating. The state has received 16 national awards in the Swachh Sarvekshan 2022. Madhya Pradesh has got the second position in the India Smart City Contest-2020.

Along with this, the state has received 11 out of 20 awards in various categories. Four cities of Madhya Pradesh Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar and Ujjain were awarded among the first 11 cities in the country in the Eat-Smart Cities Challenge. Madhya Pradesh ranks first in the whole country in the implementation of PM Self Fund Scheme. Loans have been distributed to 6 lakh 87 thousand 192 street vendors under the scheme. Out of these, 2 lakh 26 thousand street vendors are active in digital transactions. As a result, they have received Rs 3 crore 43 lakh as cashback. Indore has been given the most prestigious Award of Excellence by the Government of India for innovative financial management in urban transport.

An Investment of Rs 12 thousand 600 crore has been made in all the bodies of the state (from the year 2005 to 2020) for the supply of drinking water through various schemes. In the last 5 years, 13 lakh 88 thousand water connections have been given. Drinking water and sewerage schemes will be extended to all urban bodies in AMRUT 2.0. About Rs 12 thousand 858 crore 71 lakh will be invested in this in the next 5 years. In the last 5 years, 3 lakh sewage connections have been given.

The Department has commenced the work for creating Agristack in the country. In order to create Agristack, the department has finalized the core concept of India Digital Ecosystem of <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture (IDEA) which lays down a framework for Agristack. For this, a Task Force was constituted and in furtherance, a concept paper on IDEA was prepared and comments were invited from subject experts, farmers, Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) and general public.

Agristack is a federated structure and ownership of data is with the States only.

Access to federated Farmers Database is with Government only. No private company is involved in developing the federated Farmers database. As of now, the federated database is being built by taking the publicly available data as existing in the Department and in various data silos in Government.

The Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, under Rashtriya Gokul Mission has released funds for setting up of 16 Gokul Grams with the aim of conservation and development of indigenous bovine breeds in a scientific and holistic manner.

Setting up of Biogas Plant was also included as one of the component under Gokul Grams and their performance evaluation has not been carried out. They have not been connected with the Gobardhan Yojana as the said scheme was not in place during the inception of Gokul Gram component under RGM.

Due to implementation of the Rashtriya Gokul Mission and other measures taken by Government of India milk production in the country has increased from 146.31Million Tonnes in 2014-15 to 220.78 Million in 2021-22 that is by 6.3% per annum during the last 8 years. Value of output of milk is more than Rs.9.32 lakh crore during 2021-22 which is the highest on all <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture products and is even more than the combined value of Paddy and Wheat. The scheme is the playing an important role in enhancing milk production and productivity of bovines to meet the growing demand of milk and making dairying more remunerative to the rural farmers of the country. The scheme is leading to multiplication of elite animals of indigenous breeds and increased availability of indigenous stock.

A Gender Toolkit based on Enabling gender responsive urban mobility and public spaces was launched by Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner a session conducted by the and the Chennai Urban Metropolitan Transport Authority.

The World Banks toolkit aims at bringing under spotlight the gender issues surrounding mobility and city design. Cities are experienced differently by men, Women and gender minorities and our toolkit provides tools to understand and address gender disaggregated mobility patterns, strengthen policies and develop Infrastructure to meet the needs of women and gender minorities, said Gerard Ollivier, lead transport specialist, India.

A Gender Toolkit based on Enabling gender responsive urban mobility and public spaces was launched on Thursday by Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner Gagandeep Singh Bedi at a session conducted by the World Bank and the Chennai Urban Metropolitan Transport Authority.

The World Banks toolkit aims at bringing under spotlight the gender issues surrounding mobility and city design. Cities are experienced differently by men, women and gender minorities and our toolkit provides tools to understand and address gender disaggregated mobility patterns, strengthen policies and develop infrastructure to meet the needs of women and gender minorities, said Gerard Ollivier, lead transport specialist, India.

The toolkit is a two-volume guide brought out by the World Bank that details a four-pillar implementation framework for urban bodies to design a gender responsive urban mobility and public spaces programme.

Assessing the ground situation is the first pillar and includes understanding gender differences in mobility patterns, safety concerns, gaps in policy and infrastructure.