• Which of the following will not become a smart city in
Madhya Pradesh ?
1. Jabalpur
2. Satna
3. Sagar
4. Katni
Madhya Pradesh launches India’s first Integrated Control and Command Center for its smart cities.
• The Madhya Pradesh government has launched the country’s first cloud- based Integrated Control and Command Centre (ICCC) for all seven of its smart cities.
• The seven smart cities in Madhya Pradesh under this scheme are Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Satna, and Sagar.
• This project will enable the authorities to monitor the status of various smart civic amenities in real-time.
• Overall, 99 cities across the country have been selected under the center’s smart city mission (SCM).
• Madhya Pradesh government has asked the school students to answer their morning roll call with ‘Jai Hind’.
• The directive said the move will infuse the spirit of patriotism among the students.
Commonwealth Games 2018 : Madhya Pradesh 22 medals (9 gold, 6 silver and 7 bronze), Haryana was head and shoulders above the rest with Maharashtra second best with 8
medals (5 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze) and Tamil Nadu third with 11 medals (4 gold, 5 silver and 2 bronze).
Madhya Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Chattisgarh and Jharkhand made no medal contributions.
Varsha Varman is the lone player from Madhya Pradesh was selected for
Commonwealth Games 2018. She represented India in Double Trap Shooting
Competition.
Madhya Pradesh has the highest number of 55770 fully covered tribal habitations with the safe drinking water in the country followed by Odisha 52427, Jharkhand 53476 numbers of habitations.
The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has informed that under the Scheme ‘National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP), 10% of the total allocation of funds is earmarked to be used for the supply of drinking water to Scheduled Tribe (ST) dominated habitations.
Madhya Pradesh power utility starts ‘Pink Electricity Zone’ The Pink Electricity Zone comprises 25 women staffers who would look after the energy maintenance work of 13,000
power connections in Aranya Nagar, Indore inhabited by 60,000 people.
Madhya Pradesh West Power Distribution Company (MPWPDC)
Nitin Gadkari inaugurated 5th Nadi Mahotsava at Bandrabhan in MP
Bandrabhan of Hoshangabad District of Madhya Pradesh.
The two day mahotsava with various sessions of discussion is taking place for the conservation of Narmada river.
PM Modi launches Rashtirya Gramin Swaraj Abhiyan Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan at Ram Nagar on the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day at Mandla in Madhya Pradesh.
The scheme focuses on training, building infrastructure and stepping up initiatives for e-governance under the e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project.
Prime Minister Modi also laid the foundation stone of an LPG bottling plant of Indian Oil Corporation at Maneri in Mandla District.
24 April- The focus on tribal development is a much-needed one: Three of Madhya
Pradesh’s tribes — the Baiga, Bhariya and Sahariya — have been declared
‘backward’ by the Government of India, and they account for nearly 21 percent
of voters in the state.
The Eighth Regional 3R Forum in Asia and Pacific was held in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
It was co-organized by Ministry of Housing and Affairs, Japan’s Environment Ministry, and United Nations Center for Regional Development (UNCRD).
The theme of this edition of forum was “Achieving Clean Water, Clean Land and Clean Air through 3R and Resource Efficiency– A 21st Century Vision for Asia-Pacific Communities”.
The Regional 3R Forum in Asia and Pacific was launched in 2009 in Tokyo, Japan with objective of integrating 3Rs– reduce, reuse and recycle e-Way Bill system for Intra-State movement of goods was implemented from 25th April 2018 in the following States/ Union Territory:-
(i) Arunachal Pradesh
(ii) Madhya Pradesh
(iii) Meghalaya
(iv) Sikkim
(v) Puducherry
value more than Rs. 50,000
Project Signing: Government of India and World Bank Sign Agreement to Improve Rural Road Network in Madhya Pradesh $210 million loan.
The Project will cover 10,510 km stretch of rural roads in Madhya Pradesh that fall under the Chief Minister’s Gram Sadak Yojana (CMGSY) program.
Of this 10,000 km will be upgraded from existing gravel to bituminous surface roads, while 510 km of new roads will be built to the same bituminous surface standard.
State of Madhya Pradesh was conferred the award for the Most Film Friendly State for its efforts towards easing filming in the State by creating a well-structured web site, film friendly infrastructure, offering incentives, maintaining databases, undertaking marketing
and promotional initiatives Chairman of the Jury, Shri Ramesh Sippy presented by Hon’ble President of India on May 3rd, 2018.
Cabinet approves setting up of NIMHR at Bhopal –for persons with disabilities:
Cabinet approves establishment of National Institute of Mental Health
Rehabilitation at Bhopal under the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities,
Union minister Thawarchand Gehlot.
The project will be set up under the Societies Registration Act, is expected to cost Rs Rs 179.54-crore.
The Madhya Pradesh government has allocated 5 acres of land in Bhopal for the purpose and the institute will be established in three years in two phases.
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) would forward a loan of $140 million to improve rural road connectivity in Madhya Pradesh.
The project, co-financed with the World Bank, would help improve mobility of 1.5 million people in about 4,640 villages in the state.
Pune based Yashaswi Academy will provide skill development courses to 1 lakh youth every year in Madhya Pradesh.
The employment centres will be opened in Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Riwa, Gwalior, Sagar, Ujjain, Hoshangabad, Shahdol, Dhaar, Khargone, Devas, Singrauli, Satana and Katni.
The 15 districts were chosen based on their more industrial development compared to other districts 7th Pay Commission: Madhya Pradesh employees to get increased DA An increase of 2 per cent in DA as per the 7th Pay Commission’s recommendation and 3 per cent as per 6th pay panel had been done.
the DA increase as per both the pay panels has been increased with effect from January 2018 and payable from February 2018 onward.
Six tigers will be relocated to Satkosia Tiger Reserve in Odisha’s Angul district from Madhya Pradesh as part of the state government’s plan to revive big cat population in the
protected forest.
2.77 crore cattle in Madhya Pradesh will receive Aadhaar tags within a year Cattle UID is linked to the Aadhaar number of its owner, which in turn would check illegal sale and purchase, smuggling and abandoning of cattle 90 lakh cattle would be tagged with assistance from the Centre, while the cost of tagging the remaining 1.87 crore cattle will be
met by the state government.
Madhya Pradesh to produce organic fertilizer from human hair
The Madhya Pradesh environment department and NGO Sarthak will set up amino acid growth promoter plants in Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur and Gwalior.
The Madhya Pradesh government will soon start production of amino acid from human hair and provide it to farmers at one-third of the market price to be used as organic fertilizer
Human hair is a good source of amino acid and it is estimated that 1 kg hair can produce
20 litres amino acid. The hair is heated up to 400 degree Celsius when it turns into
liquid, which is then mixed with water to prepare the solution. Like other fertilizer,
amino acid solution mixed with water is sprayed on plants.
Independent MLA from Madhya Pradesh’s Seoni district, Dinesh Rai ‘Munmun’ joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Almost five years after his arrest and conviction for trespass, Pakistan government repatriated Madhya Pradesh’s runaway lad Jitendra Arjunwar through Wagah border Jitendra, who is from Seoni in MP, had drifted 25km inside Pakistan in search of water and was arrested on August 12, 2013. His prison term ended in 2014, but he continued to be in Pakistan because the process of his identification dragged on.
Landmarks named after Asaram to be rechristened: Madhya Pradesh
CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan Bhopal has two places named after Asaram — a road crossing and a bus stand, both located near the god man’s ashram near the Raja Bhoj Airport on
the city outskirts.
Virat Gurukul Sammelan in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain.
The state will register gurukuls and treat them equivalent to mainstream schools
Every district will promote the gurukul system and the government will help
trusts to open new gurukuls.
Congress appoints Kamal Nath its Madhya Pradesh party chief.
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