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Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs - January 2017

Ken-Betwa River Linking Project Receives Green Signal from Panel

i. The Ken-Betwa River Linking Project received clearance from the green panel and Tribal
Affairs Ministry on January 13, 2017.
ii. The ambitious Rs. 9,393 crore project aims to transfer surplus water from the Ken River to
the Betwa basin through concrete canals to irrigate India’s worst drought-prone Bundelkhand
region.
iii. The project will benefit Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh in terms of meeting irrigation,
drinking water and electricity needs of people across 6 districts in the two states.

Ministry of Defence to Set up Rs 1500 cr Defence Unit in Madhya Pradesh

i. The Union Minister for Panchayati Raj and Rural Development, Narendra Singh Tomar
announced on January 31, 2017 that the Ministry of Defence is set to open its Defence
Unit in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh.
ii. The unit would be set up in Kailaras and Sabalgarh tehsil areas and span over 969.735
hectare of land at a cost of Rs. 1500 crore.

Madhya Pradesh Announces Total Ban on Polythene Bags from May 1, 2017
i. During the Republic Day address on January 26, 2017 in the state, Chief Minister of Madhya
Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced a complete ban on polythene carry bags from
May 1, 2017 in Madhya Pradesh.
ii. The decision aims to conserve environment, promote cleanliness and protect cows that
generally dies of eating plastic bags.
iii. For the proper implementation of the ban, the CM has given three months time to the
polythene manufacturers.

Anandam Scheme Launched in Madhya Pradesh to Help Poor

i. Madhya Pradesh government lead by Shivraj Singh Chouhan has launched Aanandam
programme of the newly-formed Aanand Department.
ii. Aim : To help the poor and the needed person.
iii. Aanandam scheme will help the poor people to get the daily needs like like jackets,
sarees, blankets, utensils, school bags from the wealthy people. For this particular place is
alloacted in each district to collect this items.

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Madhya Pradesh Launches Digital Dakiya Scheme For Digital Literacy

i. Madhya Pradesh government inaugurated a first of its kind scheme of the country, “Digital
Dakiya” in Indore on January 14, 2017 to encourage cashless transaction in the state.
ii .Under the scheme, a Digital Postman referred as Digital Dakiya would visit door to door in
both urban and rural areas to train households specially women and elderly people about
digitized transactions

Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs - February 2017

Madhya Pradesh government to set up Tourism Board
Shivraj Singh Chouhan lead by Madhya Pradesh government has decided to constitute Madhya
Pradesh Tourism Board for expansion of facilities at tourist spots and draw investment in the
sector.
About the Board :
i. MP Tourism Board would be a non-profit company and will be registered under the Companies
Act
ii. The board will take all responsibilities mentioned under Tourism Policy-2016.
Board Members :
♦ Chairman : Shivraj Singh Chouhan & Deputy chairman: Tourism minister of the state
♦ Directors: Chief Secretary and principal secretaries of finance, forests, urban development,
environment and culture departments

Mil Banche Programme held in all Government Schools of Madhya Pradesh

i. An initiative by the government of Madhya Pradesh, “Mil Banche MP” (Let MP read
together) programme was held in all the primary and middle government schools of the
Madhya Pradesh on February 18, 2017 to increase knowledge and the understanding about
language among students..
ii. 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.
iii .As a part of the programme, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan also
visited the Sanjay Gandhi Middle School in Bhopal where he had studied during his childhood.

The Union Cabinet Approves Establishment of Food Legumes Research Platform (FLRP)
at Amlaha, Sehore, Madhya Pradesh
The Union Government chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on February 15, 2017

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approved setting up of Food Legumes Research Platform (FLRP) at Amlaha, Sehore

in Madhya Pradesh for meeting the emerging food security challenges.
• FLRP would be set up by the by International Center for Agricultural Research in
Dry Areas (ICARDA) with satellite hubs in West Bengal (for pulses) and Rajasthan (for
natural resource management).
• The Cabinet has also approved signing of lease deed with Madhya Pradesh
government for the land provided by them (70.99 hectare, 175.42 acre) at Amlaha
Farm, Sehore on land rent of Re 1 per acre per year for 30 years on lease and to further
lease it to ICARDA to establish the FLRP in the state.
• Besides, 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.

Khajuraho Dance Festival Starts in Madhya Pradesh

i. The Khajuraho Dance Festival kicked off at Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh from February 20,
2017. The seven day festival will conclude on February 26, 2017.
ii. The dance festival is conducted every year by the Madhya Pradesh Kala Parishad.
iii. This cultural festival showcases various Indian classical dance styles such
as Kathak, Bharathanatyam, Odissi, Kuchipudi, Manipuriand Kathakali with performances of some
of the best exponents in the field.

2-Day South Asian Speakers’ Summit Begins In Indore

i. The two-day South Asian Speakers’ Summit was inaugurated by LokSabha
Speaker SumitraMahajan in Indore, Madhya Pradesh on February 18, 2017
ii. Speakers of six countries includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka,
Maldives and Nepal attended the meeting to deliberate on ways to achieve sustainable
development goals.
iii. The summit will have a plenary session on ‘Identifying Resources for SDGs Implementation in
South Asia: Opportunities for Parliamentary Cooperation’
iv. A working session on ‘Gender Equality As A Critical Factor For Sustainable Development’ will
discuss opportunities that the SDGs present to strike a better gender balance and to determine
the gender impact of sustainable development policies.
v. This will conclude with the adoption of an ‘Indore Declaration‘ at a closing ceremony on
February 18, 2017

Former MP Jambuvantrao Dhote passes away

i. Former Nagpur MP and firebrand leader Jambuwantrao Dhote passed away at
Yavatmal, Maharashtra on February 18, 2017. He is 78.

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ii. Dhote is Popularly known as “Lion of Vidarbha” because he always stood for the cause of
separate Vidarbha
iii. He was also a legislator for two terms from Yavatmal district. Ge started his political career
with the Forward Bloc and later moved to the Congress in the late 70s before joining the Shiv
Sena.

Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs - March 2017

Madhya Pradesh Presents 2017-18 Budget, Announces Deendayal Rasoi Yojna for Poor
The Madhya Pradesh Finance Minister Jayant Malaiya presented Rs.1,85,564.27 crore Budget for
2017-2018 in the state Assembly on March 1, 2017.
♦ The minister estimated the net expenditure to be Rs 1,69,954.46 crore with a revenue surplus
of Rs 4596.40 crore for 2017-18.
Deendayal Rasoi Yojna
i. The Minister announced Deendayal Rasoi Yojna and allocated a sum of Rs 10 crore for creating
necessary infrastructure to implement the scheme in order to provide food at subsided rate to the
poor in urban areas.
ii. The Year 2017 is the birth centenary year of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya and will be
celebrated as ‘Garib Kalyan Varsh’.
iii .To mark the occasion, ‘Deendayal Rasoi Yojna’ is being launched in selected urban areas of the
state.
iv. The state Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced to provide the meal to the poor
for Rs 5 initially in four major listed cities.
v. The funds for the scheme will be arranged through the donations received from corporate
sector under Corporate Social Responsibility.
Other Allocations
i. Education: Rs 19,872.89 crore
ii. Energy Sector: Rs 16801.62 crore
iii .Rural Development: Rs 14387.50 crore
iv .Urban Development: Rs 11489.03 crore
v. Public Works Department: Rs 8576.17 crore
vi. Pension to unemployed widows: Rs 1,501 crore
vii. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan; Rs. 600 crore
viii. Subsidy to MP residents for pilgrimage to Kailash Mansarovar hiked from Rs 30,000 to Rs
50,000.

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ix. An amount of Rs 102-crore was allocated for the plantation and horticulture work on the banks
of river Narmada.
x. Rs 10 crore was allocated for setting up a ‘Vedant Peeth’ at Omkareshwar as a mark of respect
to Adiguru Shankaracharya.
xi .In addition, a ‘Vir Bharat Nyas’ will be set up with an initial provision of Rs 9 crore to preserve
the memories of martyrs.
xii. In an effort to improve e-governance infrastructure, Rs 25 crore was assigned for the
expansion of state data centre.

Tribal festival ‘Bhagoria’ Begins in Jhabua

i. Bhagoria Festival, also known as Bhagoria Haat Festival, celebrated by the tribal people of
the Indian state Madhya Pradesh began on March 6, 2017 in Jhabua district
ii. The festival which has been 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.

President Appoints New Chief Justices in MP, Patna, Kerala, Chattisgrah, Jharkhand HCs
The President of India, ShriPranab Mukherjee announced the appointment of new Chief Justices
in the state of Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Patna and Jharkhand High
Courts on March 10, 2017.
Madhya Pradesh High Court: Justice Hemant Gupta, Judge of the Patna High Court appointed
to be the Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.

World’s Oldest Plant-Like Fossils Found In India

i. Scientists from Swedish Museum of Natural History have found two kinds of fossils resembling
red algae in uniquely well-preserved sedimentary in Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh
ii. One type is thread-like, the other one consists of fleshy colonies.This algae is 1.6 billion years
old which will be the oldest evidence of plant-like life found on the Earth.
iii. The Indian fossils are 400 million years older and by far the oldest plant-like fossils

Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs - April 2017

MP govt. to launch Hindu priesthood diploma course Purohityam - religion no bar
The Madhya Pradesh Government-run Maharshi Patanjali Sanskrit Sansthan plans to launch one
year diploma course from July 2017 known as “Diploma in Purohityam “ for teaching
priesthood.

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Madhya Pradesh government DMRC to ink pact to supply power from Rewa Project
Power Purchase agreement (PPA) has signed between Delhi Metro Railways
Corporation (DMRC) & Madhya Pradesh Power Management Company (MPPMC) with Rewa
Ultra Mega Solar Limited, the implementing agency for the ‘world’s largest single site solar power
project’, the Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Power Project (UMSPP, 750MW) in Bhopal on April
17,2017 by Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable
Energy and Mines.
• Rewa UMSPP had achieved historic results with a record low first year tariff of Rs 2.97 per
unit of electricity and a levelised tariff of Rs3.30 over the term of 25 years.

Madhya Pradesh bans plastic/polythene bag from May 1

The Madhya Pradesh government has planned to ban Plastic and Polythene bag from 1st of
May. It has been done because of the numbers of cow death across the state.

Bhopal to have India’s first privately run Railway station

For the first time in Indian Railway’s history Habibganj station in Bhopal has been handed over
to Private firm to be operated by it.
Key Points:
i. The station building will be developed in line with airport terminals but trains at the station will
be run by the Railways.
ii. During 2016-2017 Rs 10,181 crore was earned by Indian railways which Indian railway want
to increase to Rs 14000 crore to this fiscal year.

Deendayal Rasoi Yojana launched in 49 districts of MP

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has launched subsidized meal scheme at
Rs.5 in Gwalior. This scheme helps people to get economical nutritious and good quality food
under the Deendayal Rasoi Yojana at cheaper rates. It is launched in 49 districts across the
state.
i. The scheme includes 49 districts in first phase. Under this scheme the poor people will get four
chapattis, one vegetable curry and dal everyday between 11 am to 3 pm.
ii. Breakfast will be served at Rs 5 and lunch will be served at Rs.8. All these arrangements will be
done by Level Coordination And Monitoring Commiittee in which they will monitor all aspects
of scheme and at least 2000 people will serve every day.
iii. The budget of this scheme is Rs 10 crore and it will be funded by Corporate Sector Under
Corporate Social Responsibility.

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MP E-Nagarpalika APP launched by Madhya Pradesh to provide Municipal Services

Online
The Madhya Pradesh government has launched mobile application MP e-Nagarpalika to provide
various 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.

Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs - May 2017

India opens small arms manufacturing unit in MP in a joint venture with Israel
Punj Lloyd Ltd and JV partner Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) has inaugurated the
country's first private sector small arms manufacturing plant at Malanpur in adhya
Pradesh.
i. It aims to manufacture small arms in the plant for the Indian defence forces and also for
exports.
ii. It is the first time to get its own 'Made in India' small arms.
iii. Total cost of this programme is Rs 200 crore for fabrication and assembly facility for defence
systems, primarily for small arms.

PM Modi launches Narmada Seva Mission in Madhya Pradesh

On May 15, 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched ‘Narmada Seva Mission’, which
enlists steps to be taken for the conservation of the Narmada River in Madhya Pradesh. PM
Modi launched this mission document at the concluding ceremony of the ‘Namami Devi
Narmade Sewa Yatra’ at Amarkantak in Anuppur district of Madhya Pradesh. Amarkantak
is the origin place of River Narmada.
About ‘Namami Devi Narmade Sewa Yatra’:

‘Namami Devi Narmade Sewa Yatra’, an awareness campaign for conservation of River Narmada
was launched by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on December 11,
2016 from Amarkantak.
• 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. Various public functions and events were organised along the course of the
yatra for involving masses in this conservation campaign.
• Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan and spiritual leader Dalai Lama extended
support to this campaign.

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Madhya Pradesh govt announces indefinite ban on sand mining in Narmada river
The Madhya Pradesh government has announced a total ban on sand mining in Narmada
River.
i. The river flows through 18 districts in Madhya Pradesh and the ban will be effective in all 18
districts.
ii. The state government has also imposed a complete ban on use of all kinds of machines for
mining from the remaining rivers in the state.

MP first to switch to Jan-Dec fiscal year

Madhya Pradesh became the first state in India to switch to the January-December financial
year from existing April-March cycle.
i. It will break a 150-year old tradition of adopting the financial year from April to March.
ii. This practice of April-March financial year was adopted by the British Government in 1867.
iii. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan decided to shift the financial year to January-
December.

Indore is India’s cleanest city, UP’s Gonda dirtiest: Swachh Bharat survey
On May 4, 2017 Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu released 3rd edition of the
Swachh Survekshan which ranked 434 Indian cities on various cleanliness parameters. Indore
in Madhya Pradesh emerged as the cleanest city and Gonda in Uttar Pradesh ranked at the
bottom as the dirtiest city.Data for compiling the rankings were provided by municipal
corporations and independent assessors. Quality Council of India deployed 421 assessors for
on the spot assessment of 17,500 locations in 434 cities and towns.

Top 10 Clean Cities - Swachh Survekshan 2017:

Rank Cities
1st Indore – Madhya Pradesh
nd
2 Bhopal – Madhya Pradesh
3rd Visakhapatnam – Andhra Pradesh
4th Surat – Gujarat
th
5 Mysuru – Karnataka
6th Tiruchirapally – Tamil Nadu
7th NDMC – Delhi
8th Navi Mumbai – Maharashtra
th
9 Tirupathi – Andhra Pradesh
10th Vadodara – Gujarat

Bottom 10 Cities – Swachh Survekshan 2017:

Rank Cities
434th Gonda – Uttar Pradesh
433rd Bhusawal – Maharashtra
432nd Bagaha – Bihar
431st Hardoi – Uttar Pradesh
430th Katihar – Bihar
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429th Bahraich – Uttar Pradesh

428th Muktsar – Punjab
427th Abohar – Punjab
426th Shahjahanpur – Uttar Pradesh
425th Khurja – Uttar Pradesh

Highlights of Swachh Survekshan 2017:

Mysuru, which was holding the top spot since past two surveys, slipped to No. 5 position this
time.
• 50 out of 62 cities of Uttar Pradesh in the survey ranked below 300. 5 out of bottom 10
cities are of Uttar Pradesh.
• Varanasi, which is PM Modi’s contituency has registered a meteoric rise in rankings. In
2014, it ranked 418th, in 2016 it ranked 65th and in 2017 it ranked 32nd.
• Cities of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh have been best performers in terms of
improvement in rankings.
• West Bengal State Govt. did not participate in Swachh Sarvekshan 2017, thus its cities
have not been ranked.

IIT Kharagpur Signs MoU with Madhya Pradesh For Measuring Happiness Index
IIT Kharagpur’s Rekhi Centre of Excellence for the Science of Happiness has signed a MoU
with Madhya Pradesh government’s ‘Rajya Anandam Sansthan. It is a Department of
Happiness.
Key Notes:
i. The MoU has been signed to collaborate on the development of a Happiness Index for
measuring the well-being of the residents of the state.
ii. The Happiness index would be developed by IIT-KGP and the data collected by the state
government.

Madhya Pradesh Assembly declares Narmada living entity

Madhya Pradesh government has passed a law in the state to give recognition to Narmada
River.
i. A special session of the state Assembly passed the resolution granting the 1312-km-
long Narmada.
ii. It provides 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”.

Ex-Madhya Pradesh minister Pratap Singh Baghel passes away

Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh minister Pratap Singh Baghel had passed away.
He was 70.
i. He was also elected Member of Parliament from Dhar in 1985.
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ii. Pratap Singh had served as minister in MP twice.

iii. He was elected MLA from Kukshi in 1972, 1977 and 1980.

Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave Passes Away

Union environment minister Anil Madhav Dave has passed away.He was 60.
i. He was born in Barnagar in Madhya Pradesh.
ii. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in August 2009.
iii. He was sworn in as a minister with independent charge of environment, forest and climate
change.
iv. Dave took charge as Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in July 2016.

Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs - June 2017

Indore India's first city to use robot to control unruly traffic
Indore has become the first city in India where a robot is being used on an experimental
basis to control its ever growing and unruly traffic.
i. The traffic police in association with a private engineering college of the city for the first time
installed a metallic robot at a busy MR 9 intersection on an experimental basis to control the
chaotic traffic in the locality.
ii. This robot has been designed and manufactured by two professors of an engineering
college of the city, Prof Rahul Tiwari and Aniruddh Sharma.

India and ADB Sign $275 Million Loan for Upgrading Urban Services in 64 Small Towns
in Madhya Pradesh
The GOI and Asian Development Bank has signed USD 275 million loan for a piped water
supply project for rapidly urbanising small towns. It will cover 3 lakh households in 64 small
towns in Madhya Pradesh.
i. The state government will provide a USD 124 million counterpart support for the project.
ii. As per ADB it will be completed by June 2022.
iii. It will develop sustainable, inclusive and climate resilient water supply in 64 small
and mid-sized towns.

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Madhya Pradesh government launches farmers’debt relief scheme, allocates Rs 1,000

crore
Madhya Pradesh government has launched a new debt relief scheme “Krishi Rin Samadhan
Yojana” for farmers.
i. The cabinet has allocated Rs 1,000 crore for the scheme.
ii. Under this scheme, the interest rate on loans would be less which would in turn also help
defaulting farmers get loan.
iii. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan has announced a compensation of Rs 1 crore for the
kith and the kin of the dead farmers.

Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs - July 2017

Madhya Pradesh sets record with plantation of 6 cr saplings in day

The Madhya Pradesh government has set a record of 6 cr saplings were planted in 24 districts
of Narmada basin in just 12 hours.
i. MP government has undertook a massive plantation drive on 2 July 2017 to save the
environment and for the conservation of the Narmada River.
ii. The plantation drive that started from 7 am continued till 7 pm along the banks of the
river covering 24 districts of the state.
iii. The arrangement for 3 Cr saplings was done by the forest department, while the remaining
3 Cr were provided by other departments and private nurseries.

Foundation stone of country’s biggest Global Skill Park laid by Rajeev Pratap Shivraj
Singh Chouhan in Bhopal
On July 3, 2017, Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Rajeev Pratap Rudi and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan laid the
foundation stone of the India’s biggest Global Skill Park in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
Other Dignitaries present at the ceremony: Former cricketer K Srikanth, Singapore
Embassy’s Councellor Ajit Singh, Uttar Pradesh’s Minister of State for Skill Development
(Independent Charge), Chetan Chouhan.
About Global Skill Park in Bhopal:
Global Skill Park will be constructed on 37 acre land allotted in Narela Shankari area of Bhopal.
• 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.

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Health Ministry holds 4th National Summit on Good, Replicable Practices and
Innovations in Public Health Care Systems
On July 6, 2017, Ms. Sumitra Mahajan - Speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha inaugurated the 4th
National Summit on Good, Replicable Practices and Innovations in Public Health Care
Systems at Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Mr. Faggan Singh Kulaste and Ms. Anupriya Patel -
Ministers of State for Health and Family Welfare and Mr. Rustam Singh, Health Minister (MP) were
also present at the occasion.
• Highlights of 4th National Summit on Good, Replicable Practices and Innovations
in Public Health Care Systems:
• During her address, Ms. SumitraMahajan mentioned that National Health Policy, 2017 is
a landmark step as it commits to comprehensive primary healthcare, effective regulatory
framework and best infrastructure.
• Awards Given to States/Union Territories by Health Ministry:
• During the Summit, the Health Ministry also gave away awards to the States and UTs
on the basis of Health Indicators and Service Delivery.
Category States/Uts
Best performing States in the category of Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat.
indoor services
Best performing UTs in the category of indoor Daman and Diu
services
Best states for out-patient services Gujarat, Punjab and Jharkhand
Best UTs for out-patient services Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Average out of pocket expenditure per delivery Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh
in public health facility – States
Average out of pocket expenditure per delivery Dadra and Nagar Haveli
in public health facility – Uts
Award for decline in Infant Mortality Rate Jammu & Kashmir & West Bengal
(IMR) – Bigger States
Award for decline in Infant Mortality Rate Manipur
(IMR) – Smaller States
Award for decline in Infant Mortality Rate Puducherry
(IMR) – Uts
Best Performance in Revised National TB Assam & Himachal Pradesh
Control Programme

Shala Siddhi Prohatsan Yojana started in 25,000 MP schools

Madhya Pradesh’s school education department is going to start programmes such as
'Hamari Shala Kaisi Ho' and 'Shala Siddhi Karyakram' in all government schools of the state.
i. It aims to provide qualitative education to the government school students.
ii. The State Education Centre has also started Shala Siddhi Prohatsan Yojana under the
programme in 25 thousand schools of the state to encourage best works.
iii. A time table has also been fixed for the award process going by the time table, the district
core committees would be required to form block-level selection committees by 22nd July.

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MP CM Chouhan launches RSS website

The Madhya Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has launched the RSS website on 10th of
July 2017.
i. At a programmeorganized in Bhopal on 10th of July for the dedication of Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh’sSewaPrabhag website "Sewagatha" has been launched.
ii. It will highlight the good work done by citizens and the information about it will
encourage people.

Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs - August 2017

Vijaya Bank opens self-employment training institute in Indore
Vijaya Bank has disbursed loan sanction letters to beneficiaries who were trained at the Vijaya
Bank Self Employment Training Institute (VIBSETI) in Bhenslay Village, Indore, Madhya
Pradesh.
i. VIBSETI trains youth for starting their own enterprises.
ii. Kishore Sansi, Managing Director and CEO, Vijaya Bank, inaugurated the new premises
recently.
iii. The bank has sponsored three VIBSETIs at Mandya and Haveri in Karnataka and Indore
in Madhya Pradesh, where free residential training is provided to low-income groups/rural
youth.
iv. So far, more than 50,000 candidates have been trained, 70 per cent of whom have set
up their own micro enterprises.

Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs – September 2017

The New Development Bank approved $470 million loan for Madhya Pradesh’s Multi-
Village Rural Drinking Water Supply Scheme Project
1. The New Development Bank (NDB) of the five nations has approved $1.4 billion loans for
sustainable development projects in China, India and Russia.
2. For India, the bank has approved $470 million loan for Madhya Pradesh’s Multi-Village
Rural Drinking Water Supply Scheme Project

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Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs – October 2017

Madhya Pradesh launches ‘Single Click Pension Delivery’ scheme

On October 1, 2017, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh
Chouhan launched ‘Single Click Pension Delivery’ scheme. Under this scheme, the money will
go directly into the account of the beneficiaries.
‘Single Click Pension Delivery’ scheme and “Shataayu Award” by Madhya Pradesh Government:
• ‘Single Click Pension Delivery’ scheme will benefit 35 lakh people in Madhya Pradesh.
• On October 1, 2017, Mr. Chouhan also honoured the elderly who completed the age of
100 years with the “Shataayu” award.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister launches BhavantarBhugtanYojana

On October 16, 2017 Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched the
ambitious ‘Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojna’ in the presence of the farmers at the Krishi Upaj Mandi
in Khurai, Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh.
Under this scheme, farmers will be compensated the difference between Minimum
Support Price (declared by Union Government) and the actual sale price or Model Price,
whichever is higher.
• Currently, compensation under this scheme will be provided for 8 crops including
oilseed and pulses.
• Registration is compulsory to avail benefits under this scheme. Besides, farmers are
required to sell their crops only in mandis and obtain a receipt for the same.
• The difference amount will be deposited in the bank account within a period of
2 months.

Madhya Pradesh govt shelves plan to shift to Jan-Dec fiscal format

Madhya Pradesh State Government has shelved off its plan to switch to January-December
financial year format from 2018.
i. In May 2017, Madhya Pradesh was the first state to announce that starting from 2018,
it will switch to January-December financial from the existing April-March cycle.
ii. It was also announced that current fiscal works will be completed by December 2017 and next
year’s budget will be presented by end of December 2017 or in beginning of January 2017.
iii. This decision by MP state government was inspired from PM NarednraModi’s speech at
NITI Aayog’s governing council meet in April 2017, in which he mentioned that there
have been suggestions to change the financial year.

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1st community toilet for third gender inaugurated in Bhopal

On 2nd October 2017, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr.Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated a
community toilet for third gender, in the Mangalwara area, Bhopal.

Madhya Pradesh tops in digital initiatives: Report by Coeus Age Consulting

As per a report by Coeus Age Consulting, Madhya Pradesh has emerged as the top state in
terms of digital initiatives undertaken by State Government. Coeus Age Consulting is an
organisation which provides consultancy services on various aspects of digital economy.
Digital Initiatives – Top 5 State
State Score
Madhya Pradesh 100.1
Maharashtra 99.9
Andhra Pradesh 99.8
Chhattisgarh 97.4
Karnataka 95.3

Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan to get LataMangeshkar Award

The very popular playback singers Alka Yagnikand Udit Narayan and the music
composers Usha Khanna, Bappi Lahiri, Anu Malik and have been selected for the Madhya
Pradesh state government’s prestigious National Lata Mangeshkar award

Naresh Kumar Gupta appointed as Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta

On 16th October 2017, the Madhya Pradesh government appointed Naresh Kumar Gupta as the
Lokayukta (Ombudsman) of the state.

Congress MLA Ram Singh Yadav passes away

Mr. Ram Singh Yadav, Congress MLA of Shivpuri (Madhya Pradesh) passed away on 18thoct
2017 after a sudden heart attack.
i. The 74 years old, was living with his wife and two children.
ii. He was also popularly known as “Dadaji” among his supporters, was also holding the post
of Shivpuri District Congress president.

Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs - November 2017

Madhya Pradesh launches Ek Bharat-Shreshtha Bharat Yojana
Madhya Pradesh is the partner state of Manipur and Nagaland under ‘Ek Bharat-
Shreshtha Bharat’ Yojana. Thus, Madhya Pradesh State Government has assigned the task of
implementing this scheme to Higher Education Department of State.
i. An 8-member team from Madhya Pradesh has already toured Manipur and Nagaland in this
regard.
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ii. It has been decided that Madhya Pradesh will participate in Manipur’s SangaiMahotsav from
21st – 30th November, 2017 and teams of Manipur and Nagaland will take part in Madhya
Pradesh’s Lok Rang and Bal Rang programmes.

Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs – DECEMBER 2017

Madhya Pradesh passes bill awarding death for rape of girls aged 12 or less
On December 4, 2017, Madhya Pradesh State Assembly unanimously passed ‘DandVidhi
(Madhya Pradesh Sanshodhan) Vidheyak, 2017’, a bill that proposes ‘hanged till death’
sentence for convicts of rape and gang-rape cases involving girls below 12 years of age. i. This bill
is Madhya Pradesh State Government’s response to National Crime Records Bureau’s
(NCRB’s) latest report which revealed that Madhya Pradesh recorded the highest
number of rape cases in India.
ii. This bill was introduced in the house by Madhya Pradesh Law and
Legislative Affairs Minister Rampal Singh.

Madhya Pradesh approves Rs 7546 crore Narmada, Parvati river linking project
Madhya Pradesh State Government has approved Rs 7546-crore project for linking Narmada
River with Parvati River. This project aims to create irrigation facilities on two lakh hectares
of agriculture land in Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh.
i. Approval in this regard was given by Narmada Control Board (NCB), at a meeting chaired
by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
ii. The project is to be implemented in four phases, wherein each phase will create irrigation
facilities on at least 50000 hectares of agricultural land.

Phase I, II of Ken-Betwa link project to be merged

Union Water Resources Ministry is planning to merge phase-I and II of Ken-Betwa inter-
linking of rivers (ILR) project.
i. This project aims to link the rivers Ken in Madhya Pradesh and Betwa in Uttar
Pradesh. Estimated cost for the first phase was Rs 18000 crore while second phase would cost Rs
8000 crore.
ii. Merging Phase – I and Phase – II is being considered on insistence of Madhya Pradesh State
Government, which is one of the beneficiary state of this project. Other beneficiary state is Uttar
Pradesh.

International herbal fair held in Bhopal

On 14th December 2017, the seven-day International Herbal Fair started in Bhopal, Madhya
Pradesh
i. Union Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Dr Harsh Vardhan
inaugurated the International herbal fair at the Lal Parade Ground.
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ii. Delegations from Bhutan, Nepal, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and other countries are taking part in the
fair. 300 stalls of rare herbs collected from various districts of Madhya Pradesh is put up in the fair

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