cm performs govardhan puja at residence
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday performed Govardhan Puja along with his wife at his residence. He said Govardhan puja is the worship of nature, the basis of Indian culture. Chouhan said that tradition has been observed. Govardhan puja is a festival celebrated to express gratitude and respect towards nature. He said that in our country we follow the tradition of worshipping mountains, rivers, trees and plants. Without this, one cannot even imagine good health and long life. The Chief Minister said that our rishis had propagated environmental conservation. lord Sri Krishna gave the message of environment conservation to the world. Chouhan called upon the people to tap nature not exploit it. He said that exploitation imbalances nature and creates problems like climatic changes. Chouhan stressed on saving the earth and rivers for the coming generations.
mp supplied 7% more power on diwali
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh supplied 7 per cent more power on Diwali on Thursday compared to last year on the festival day. On Diwali yesterday, the Madhya Power Management Company limited supplied 20.49 crore units of power, which is seven per cent more when compared to last year's supply of 19.21 crore units, the company's chairman and managing director, Sanjay Kumar Shukla, said on Friday. On Diwali this year, the maximum demand for electricity load was registered at 9,249 MW, while it was 8,733 MW on the day of Diwali last year, he said. On the day of ‘Narak Choudas’ (observed on October 18 this year), the State consumed 20.69 crore units of power, which is also six per cent more as compared to last year's supply of 19.44 crore units on that day, Shukla said. The electricity consumed on the day of ‘Dhanteras' (October 17) was 20.76 crore units, he said. The demand was met by drawing power from thermal, hydro, central sector, independent power producers (IPP) and other sources, he added.
tax depts form anti-profiteering committee
Bhopal: The Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax Commissionerate has constituted a State-level ‘anti-profiteering screening committee' in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to ensure that the benefits of GST reduction are passed on to the consumers. An officer each from the state government and Central Government has been included in committee. "The anti-profiteering screening committees are being constituted to ensure that any reduction in the tax (GST) rates on supply of goods and services or the benefits of input tax credit, should be passed on to the recipient by way of commensurate reduction in prices," an official release from the office of principal commissioner (Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh) of Central Tax, Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax, said. It said that the anti-profiteering screening committee of Madhya Pradesh included CGST, Bhopal (audit), commissioner Atul Saxena, and special commissioner, State tax, Rajesh Bahuguna. Similarly, the Chhattisgarh's committee included commissioner (appeals), CGST, Raipur, Upendra Singh Yadav, and commissioner (SGST), Raipur, Sangeeta P. These committees are being constituted at the State/UTs level under section 171 of the CGST/SGST Act, which provides for the anti-profiteering measures, the release said.
cultural events to be held in bhadbhada
Bhopal: Various Cultural Programmes are being organised in Sair Sapata located at Bhadbhada Road, Bhopal under the ‘Paryatan Parva’ on October 21 and 22. Regional Manager of MP Tourism Development Corporation has informed that entry is free for the visitors during these two days.