Madhya Pardesh Current Affairs Jan to July

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4 Swacch Sarveskshan 2017 Gujarat has maximum of 12 cities among the top 50 cleanest, followed by Madhya Pradesh with 11 and Andhra Pradesh with eight.

5 Bhoorsingh the Barasingha : Kanha tiger reserve becomes first in India get official mascot Barasingha, or swamp deer, is the state animal of Madhya Pradesh. The Kanha tiger reserve, spread over Mandla and Balaghat districts, is the only place in the world where the species exists.

6 In 2016, world s first White Tiger Safari was inaugurated at Mukundpur in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh

7 qdigital Dakiya Scheme also known as (Digital Postman) launched by state government of Madhya Pradesh to encourage cashless transactions. qit is first of its kind scheme in the country and started by State Finance Minister Jayant Malliya in Indore on 14 January qunder this scheme, Digital Dakiya or Digital Postman visit door to door for train and teach the households people specially women and elderly people about digital transactions.

8 qthe scheme implemented at urban as well as rural areas and state government has provided Identity cards to the volunteers engaged in this programme. The main objectives of the scheme is to encourage and create awareness about the cashless transactions amongst people. qdigital Dakiya Scheme is promoting Digital India which is an initiative by the government of India. The Digital Dakiya Scheme is promoting the cashless transaction and online payment system.

9 qunder this scheme, the people who are economic sound can donate items for the needed person. The state government of Madhya Pradesh has fixed the places in each district of the state where the people can donate items for the poor people. q People can donate items like jackets, sarees, blankets, utensils, school bags for the poor people under Anandam Scheme. qanyone who wishes to please others can visit the official website to become Anandak under Anandam Scheme. Non-Government Organizations, Government employees, cultural and business organizations can participate in this program.

10 Ministry of Defence has decided to set up Defence Unit in Madhya Pradesh. qit was announced by Narendra Tomar, Union Minister for Panchayati Raj and Rural Development & Urban development qthis unit will be opened in Kailaras & Sabalgarh in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh. q The MP government has allocated total land of hectare worth Rs 1500 Crore.

11 Madhya Pradesh Government banned on Polythene bags. qeffective from 1 ST May q3 months duration has been given to the manufacturers for proper implementation of the ban. qthis step will conserve the environment, promote cleanliness and to protect cows. qhowever, this ban would not be meant for bucket and other plastic materials only Polythene bags

12 17 states and Union territories have imposed complete ban on manufacture, sale and use of plastic carrybags Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan The government has notified the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 The use of carry bags made from conventional plastic with thickness less than 50 micron is prohibited The use of plastic for packaging gutkha, tobacco and pan masala is also prohibited

13 Madhya Pradesh Government to set up a Tourism Board. TO PROMOTE TOURISM It will be a non profit company and would be registered under the Companies Act. The board will take all the responsibilities mentioned under Tourism Policy Chairman : CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan. Deputy Chairman : Tourism Minister of the state.

14 Mil Banche MP Programme - (Let MP read together) To increase knowledge and the understanding about language among students. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the participation of the society will be ensured to create inclination of children towards reading books. For this Mil Banche programme will be given the form of public campaign. Let MP read together (Mil Banche ) programme was held in primary and middle govt schools. Under the programme, all the district administrators, government officials, public representatives, college students, retired officials, businessmen, media persons, doctors, engineers, sports persons and including common man will teach and interact with students of all government schools of the state.

15 The Union Cabinet Approved establishment of Food Legumes Research Platform (FLRP). It will be established at Amla, Sehore District, MP Will be set up by International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) with satellite hubs in West Bengal (for pulses) and Rajasthan (for natural resource management).

16 q The Cabinet approved signing of lease deed with Madhya Pradesh government for the land provided by them (70.99 hectare, acre) at Amlaha Farm, Sehore on land rent of Re 1 per acre per year for 30 years on lease q The cabinet gave in principle approval for conferring an international status on the Food Legume Research Platform of ICARDA as contemplated in Clause 3 of the United Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act, 1947

17 Madhya Pradesh celebrated its famous Khajuraho Dance Festival (43 rd ) Guest country Bangladesh Go Heritage Run was also organised 7-day long festival started on 20 th Feb and concluded on 26 th Feb Khajuraho temples in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh. (UNESCO World heritage site) The Khajuraho Group of Monuments (1986) Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi (1989) The Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka (2003)

18 Two day South Asian Speakers Summit took place In Indore. Inaugurated by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan. Speakers of six countries Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Nepal took participation. Pakistan + Myanmar did not attend Identifying Resources for SDGs Implementation in South Asia: Opportunities for Parliamentary Cooperation was discussed.

19 q A session on Gender Equality As A Critical Factor For Sustainable Development discuss the opportunities to strike a better gender balance. q This was concluded with the adoption of an Indore Declaration at a closing ceremony on February

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24 Former Nagpur MP JambuwantraoDhote passed away q He Died at Yavatmal, Maharashtra on February 18, qhe was aged 78 at the time of death qdhote is Popularly known as Lion of Vidarbha because he always stood for the cause of separate Vidarbha. q He was also a legislator for two terms from Yavatmal district. q Started his political career with the Forward Bloc and later moved to the Congress in the late 70s before joining the Shiv Sena.

25 Tribal festival Bhagoria took place in Jhabua, MP. Organized at 34 places in the state is celebrated in the month of March before the Holi Festival by the local tribes called Bhils and Bhilalas. In this festival a haat is organized in the form of a Swayamvar where young boys and girls are allowed to choose their partner. The boy puts a red powder on the face of the girl he want to marry, and if the girl want to marry the same guy, she puts the red powder on him too

26 President Appointed New Chief Justice in MP. Hemant Gupta is the new Chief Justice of MP High Court. He was the judge of Patna High Court. He succeeds Justice Rajendra Menon Was administered the oath of office by Madhya Pradesh Governor O P Kohli

27 1.6-Billion-Year-Old Fossils Found in Chitrakoot May Represent Earliest-Known Plants

28 1.6-Billion-Year-Old Fossils Found in Chitrakoot May Represent Earliest-Known Plants Until now, the oldest-known plants were 1.2-billion-year-old red algae fossils from the Canadian Arctic Unearthed by Swedish Museum of Natural History geobiologists The fossils were found in phosphate-rich sedimentary rocks from Chitrakoot in central India Earth formed about 4.5 billion years ago.

29 MP government to launched Hindu priesthood diploma course Purohityam. This course is launched by Maharshi Patanjali Sanskrit Sansthan Course is called Diploma in Purohityam for teaching Duration of the course : 1 year This course will be open for all irrespective of religion, caste, or gender. The basic qualification needed for enrolling this course is class X.

30 Madhya Pradesh current affairs Jan to July 2017 by Study IQ

31 Delhi metro signs power purchase agreement with Madhya Pradesh Power Management Company for Rewa project The project in Madhya Pradesh achieved one of the lowest bids in auctions Rs 3.3 per unit DMRC will get 24 per cent of the electricity generated from 750 Megawatt Rewa ultra mega power project One of the world s largest single site solar power project, the Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Power Project (750MW) in Bhopal The Rewa project is a 50:50 joint venture of Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Ltd and Solar Energy Corp of India

32 Habibganj will be India's first private railway station This is the first case in India Railway History. Local company Bansal Group has been given contract to develop the station. This group has been given the responsibility of building, maintaining and operating the station for 8 years. The company has got the lease of 45 years on the station ground. Rs 450 crore worth overhaul

33 MP government starts ambitious Rs 5 thali under Deendayal Rasoi Yojana Its aim is to provide quality and nutritional food to poors at cheaper rates was the birth centenary year of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya the scheme would be inaugurated in 49 district headquarters

34 MP E-Nagarpalika APP launched by Madhya Pradesh to provide Municipal Services Online. The App was launched by Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The mobile app is the part of Rs 225- crore e-nagarpalika project, under which all municipal services would be made available online on a unified web platform

35 Punj Lloyd & Israel's Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) open small arms production plant in MP Country's first private sector small arms manufacturing plant at Malanpur in Madhya Pradesh Aims to manufacture small arms in the plant for the Indian defence forces and also for exports. Total cost of this programme is Rs 200 crore

36 Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Narmada Seva Mission in Madhya Pradesh. Aims to conserve Narmada River. Launched at the concluding ceremony of the Namami Devi Narmade Sewa Yatra at Amarkantak in Anupur district of Madhya Pradesh. Amarkantak is the origin place of River Narmada

37 Namami Devi Narmade Sewa Yatra: An awareness campaign for conservation of River Narmada was launched by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan on December 11, 2016 from Amarkantak & concluded on May 15, 2017 A core team of 50 sevaks covered a distance of 1831 km on the southern bank of the river and 1513 km on the northern bank passing through nearly 1100 villages and towns. Amitabh Bacchan and Dalai Lama extended support to this campaign.

38 The Madhya Pradesh government has announced a total ban on sand mining in Narmada River. The river flows through 18 districts in Madhya Pradesh and the ban will be effective in all 18 districts. The state government has also banned the use of machines for mining in all rivers across Madhya Pradesh.

39 Madhya Pradesh became the first state in India to switch to the January-December financial year from existing April-March cycle. Broke a 150-year old tradition of adopting the financial year from April to March. This practice of April-March financial year was adopted by the British Government in Jharkhand 2 nd state

40 IIT Kharagpur Signs MoU with Madhya Pradesh For Measuring Happiness Index. It has been signed between IIT Kharagpur s Rekhi Centre of Excellence for the Science of Happiness and with Madhya Pradesh government s Rajya Anandam Sansthan, department of happinesss. India has been ranked 122 out of 155 countries in the 2017 UN World Happiness Index Madhya Pradesh - First State to have Happiness Department Andhra Pradesh 2 nd State to have Happiness Department

41 Narmada River is declared as Living Entity by MP Assembly. The resolution passed provided all legal rights of a person or a living entity to ensure conservation of aquatic bio-diversity linked with the purity and continual flow of the river. Uttarakhand High Court declared Ganga and Yamuna and their tributaries as living entities having the status of a legal person 1st river Wanghanui River in New Zealand 1st in India - Ganga

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43 Ex-Madhya Pradesh Minister Pratap Singh Baghel passesd away He was a congress leader and also elected Member of Parliament from Dhar in He had served as minister in MP twice. He was elected MLA from Kukshi in 1972, 1977 and 1980.

44 Union environment minister Anil Madhav Dave has passed away at the age of 60. He was born in Barnagar, Ujjain district in Madhya Pradesh. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in August 2009.

45 Indore - first city in India to use robot to control traffic Robot has been designed and manufactured by two professors Prof Rahul Tiwari and Aniruddh Sharma

46 The world's first operational police robot stands to attention near the Burj Khalifa in Downtown Dubai

47 Indian government and Asian Development Bank have signed USD 275 million loan for a piped water supply project for rapidly urbanizing small towns in MP The state government will provide a USD 124 million counterpart support for the project. As per ADB it will be completed by June Will cover cover 3 lakh households in 64 small towns.

48 India-NDB signs $350 mn loan agreement to upgrade roads in MP The project, which is to be implemented over 5 years, is expected to improve transport connectivity to the interior regions and resultant boost to economic activity The project would include upgradation, rehabilitation or reconstruction of 1,500 km of district roads to intermediate lane, all-weather standards, with road safety features and improved road asset maintenance and management

49 Krishi Rin Samadhan Yojana for farmers. New debt relief scheme Violent clashes between farmers and the police at Pipliya in Mandsaur district. The farmers have been protesting for a week demanding loan waiver and fair price for their produce The cabinet has allocated Rs 1,000 crore for the scheme. Under this scheme, the interest rate on loans would be less which would in turn also help defaulting farmers get loan

50 The Madhya Pradesh government has set a record By planting 6 crore saplings in 24 districts of Narmada basin in just 12 hours. The arrangement for 3 Crore saplings was done by the forest department, while the remaining 3 Crore were provided by other departments and private nurseries. Uttar Pradesh held the record of planting five Crore saplings in 24-hours in 2016

51 India s biggest Global Skill Park will set be up in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. The foundation stone for this was led by Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajeev Pratap Rudi and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The park will be spread in 37 acre land, which has been allotted in Narela Shankari area of Bhopal Training will be imparted to 1000 students every year by trainers of international standard & will function on the spirit of 'With Industry-For Industry' Trained students will be given placement in India and outside India at international level. Provision of international joint certification will also be there The park will be established with the support of Singapore s Institute of Technical Education and Education Services (ITEES) with an estimated cost of Rs. 645 crore

52 Hamari Shala Kaisi Ho and Shala Siddhi Karyakram Yojana started in Madhya Pradesh. Started in schools. Aims to provide quality education to the government school students Frame work Shala Siddhi has been prepared for evaluation and improvement of government schools by National University of Education Planning and Administration New Delhi under the Human Resources Development Ministry, Government of India.

53 4 th National Summit on Good, Replicable Practices and Innovations in Public Health Care Systems was conducted in Indore, MP Inaugurated by Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan. She also discussed on National Health Policy 2017 and how to achieve SDGs in Health SDG 3 Good Health and Well Being

54 Awards Given to States/Union Territories by Health Ministry during this summit : Category Best performing States in the category of indoor services Best performing UTs in the category of indoor services Best states for out-patient services Average out of pocket expenditure per delivery in public health facility States Average out of pocket expenditure per delivery in public health facility UTs States/UT Best performing States in the category of indoor services Daman and Diu Gujarat, Punjab and Jharkhand Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh Dadra and Nagar Haveli

55 Category Award for decline in Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) Bigger States Award for decline in Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) Smaller States Award for decline in Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) UTs Best Performance in Revised National TB Control Programme States/UT Jammu & Kashmir & West Bengal Manipur Puducherry Assam & Himachal Pradesh

56 Madhya Pradesh Presents Budget. Finance Minister Jayant Malaiya presented Rs.1,85, crore Budget for in the state Assembly on March 1, The minister estimated the net expenditure to be Rs 1,69, crore with a revenue surplus of Rs crore for

57 Highlights : Deel Dayal Rasao Yojana, amount allocated Rs 10 crore. Deendayal Rasoi Yojna Was launched to mark the birth centenary year of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya and will be celebrated as Garib Kalyan Varsh. An amount of Rs 102-crore was allocated for the plantation and horticulture work on the banks of river Narmada. Rs 10 crore was allocated for setting up a Vedant Peeth at Omkareshwar as a mark of respect to Adiguru Shankaracharya.

58 5) Also, Vir Bharat Nyas will be set up with an initial provision of Rs 9 crore to preserve the memories of martyrs. 6) In an effort to improve e-governance infrastructure, Rs 25 crore was assigned for the expansion of state data centre.

59 Other Allocations Education: Rs 19, crore. Energy Sector: Rs crore Rural Development: Rs crore Urban Development: Rs crore Public Works Department: Rs crore Pension to unemployed widows: Rs 1,501 crore Swachh Bharat Abhiyan; Rs. 600 crore Subsidy to MP residents for pilgrimage to Kailash Mansarovar hiked from Rs 30,000 to Rs 50,000

60 MP became the first state to start e-scholarships to around 80 lakh students from class 1 to 12 across the state The school education department has embarked on 'Mission One Click' (e-scholarships) Scholarship should be transferred directly into student's bank accounts. "A data bank of over 82 lakh students has been made available on an online portal of education department. The mission one click aims to bring transparency in the system,

61 Madhya Pradesh s first cashless village Badjhiri is a small roadside village on Bhopal- Sehore road with about 300 to 400 households

62 Madhya Pradesh Celebrated Its First Gay Pride Parade in Bhopal in July 2017

63 NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog announced its partnership with six states to bring transformative change in Health & Education sectors under its 'Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital (SATH) ' initiative. Uttar Pradesh, Assam and Karnataka were shortlisted under SATH initiative to transform their health sector. On the other hand, three states namely - Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Odisha were selected to transform their education sector under its SATH initiative.

64 Madhya Pradesh Government constitutes Food Commission The state government of Madhya Pradesh has appointed a four-member food commission headed by IAS (retd.) Rajkishore Swain. The commission was appointed in accordance with the National Food Security Act (NFSA) The commission will be responsible for monitoring implementation of the provisions of the National Food Security Act 2013 in the state. It will be responsible for monitoring Distribution of the food grains under Public Distribution System (PDS). Implementation of the Midday Meal Scheme and Integrated Child Development Services scheme in the state. For distribution of food items that are provided under maternity entitlements to women.

65 Madhya Pradesh government s prestigious Rashtriya Kalidas Samman will be given to eminent theatre artists Raj Bisaria and Banshi Kaul. Raj Bisaria and Banshi Kaul: Mr. Bisaria will receive the award for while Mr. Kaul will be given the award for

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67 The expert forest panel of the environment ministry cleared the Ken-Betwa project, India s first river-linking project, ignoring environmental concerns, including the diversion of around 5,500 hectares from the famous Panna National Park. Under this, the Ken in Madhya Pradesh will be linked with the Betwa in Uttar Pradesh. The first phase of the project will cost around Rs10,000 crore and is expected to help irrigate about 600,000 hectares of land species such as tiger, vultures and gharial are key flagship species that are likely to be impacted by the project

68 It also envisages a dam on the Ken river near Daudhan village in Chhattarpur district of Madhya Pradesh which, apart from helping in diversion of water, will also generate 60 megawatts (MW) power. This will provide relief to the people of Bundelkhand region of UP. The surplus water of Ken river (MP) will transfer to irrigate this region through concrete canals.

69 The government has announced the expansion of rotavirus vaccine in five additional states under its Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP). Assam, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu The announcement came after 38 lakh children were vaccinated in four states - Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, AP and Odisha when the vaccine was first introduced. Diarrhoea is one of the biggest killers in children and rotavirus is one of the most common causes of severe Diarrhoea in children less than 2 years of age.

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