2.57 fold increase in pension of employees:CM
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that 2.57 fold increase will be made in the pension of employees, who have retired from the government services before January 1, 2016 and family pensioners. Cash benefit of this raise will be payable with immediate effect.Chouhan made an announcement to form a Pensioners Board to provide medical facility to the pensioners and family pensioners and to redress their other grievances. He was addressing the delegation of Pensioners Association at CM House on Tuesday.Chouhan urged the pensioners that they should utilise their experience, capabilities and energy to work for swachhta, environment conservation and Beti Bachao Abhiyan besides eliminating social evils. He hoped that the government will get creative and active cooperation of the pensioners always.Minister for Finance Jayant Malaiya and Additional Chief Secretary Finance AK Shrivastava were present on the occasion.
Chouhan reaches Hoshangabad
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan reached Hoshangabad on the first anniversary of “Namami Devi Narmade” Seva Yatra on Tuesday. He participated in Shramdaan in beautification work undertaken at the Post Office ghat. Shri Chouhan painted the stairs of the ghat and created an image of Namami Devi Narmade on wall. Moreover, he planted a sapling of banyan and peepal tree and placed dustbin on the ghat.Vidhan Sabha Speaker Sitasaran Sharma, Minister District In-Charge Jalam Singh Patel, Member of Parliament Shri Rao Uday Pratap Singh, MlAs Vijaypal Singh and Thakur Das Nagvanshi, Vice President of Jan-Abhiyan Parishad Pradeep Pandey, Raghvendra Gautam, DK Pandey, Public Representatives and school students were present on the occasion.
Govt engineering colleges should adopt 5 villages each to spread awareness: Joshi
Bhopal: All the Government engineering colleges should spread awareness about sanitation, social evils and education etc. among the people with the help of the students by visiting house to house after adopting 5 villages each. Minister of State for Technical Education (Independent Charge) Deepak Joshi gave these directives in a review meeting of Engineering Colleges at Mantralaya today.Joshi has said that design centres should be set up in all the engineering colleges within the stipulated time limit. Work related to purchase of necessary equipments for design centres should be completed at the earliest. Facilities like potable water and other basic facilities should be developed with the available funds in the colleges. Wi-fi facility should be provided in the entire campus. Moreover, centre of excellence and cultural centre should be established in each college. He told that he should be informed directly, in case of any problem.Director of Technical education Virendra Kumar apprised about the works being undertaken till now in connection to establishment of design centres.
Rs 11559.94 Cr for infrastructure in 2018-19: Maya
Bhopal: Minister for Housing and Urban Development Maya Singh has said that a budget of Rs 807 crore was fixed in the year 2003-04 for infrastructure development in urban areas, which has been increased to Rs 11559.94 crore in the year 2018-19. She mentioned that an increase of 15 fold has been made in the budget amount in the past for complete development of urban areas. Smt. Maya Singh informed that in addition to the departmental budget, a target of Rs 87,500 crore investment during the next 5 years has been set by the Urban Development and Housing Department through external financial sponsored organisations and PPP projects.Singh further said that total one third population of the state ie 2.59 crore people reside in 378 urban areas. State has 33 cities with population of more than one lakh and 4 cities with population of over 10 lakh. Madhya Pradesh government is committed to provide basic amenities to the people residing in these cities.
BHEl ladies Society distributes uniforms
Bhopal: In a simple program held at Technical Centre of Helping Hands run by BHEl ladies Welfare Society, Pratibha Thakur President BHEl ladies Welfare Society distributed uniform to the employees of the Technical Centre. On this occasion Pushpalata Mishra, Vice-President (Technical Centre), Archana Sharma, Treasurer and all vice-president of various centres run by the club were present.
International museum day at IGRMS
Bhopal: Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya is organizing a ‘Treasure Hunt competition, Exhibition, lecture and Friends of IGRMS (Museum Membership Scheme) on the occasion of International Museum Day on May 18.The International Council of Museums (ICOM) established International Museum Day in 1977 to increase public awareness of the role of museums in the development of society, and it has been steadily gaining momentum ever since.