Bihar Food Minister Shyam Rajak called on Food and Civil Supplies Minister Paras Jain at Mantralaya here on Tuesday. Paras Jain apprised him of e-procurement process for wheat, paddy and coarse cereals (jowar, millet, maize) in Madhya Pradesh.
Jain informed him that food grains production in Madhya Pradesh is increasing constantly due to e-procurement and facilities being provided to farmers. last year, 85.07 lakh MT wheat was procured and 115 MT is expected to be procured this year. lauding e-procurement of wheat, paddy etc in Madhya Pradesh, Rajak his State produces more paddy than wheat. GPS equipments have been installed in 14 out of 38 districts of Bihar for transparent implementation of public distribution system. Meetings of monitoring committees for inspection of fair price shops are held regularly and videography of food grains distribution is done. Rajak said that he is impressed by e-procurement system of Madhya Pradesh. Effort will be made to avail benefit of this process in Bihar for removing shortcomings in procurement of wheat and rice there and improve the system. Additional Chief Secretary Food Antony De’sa, Managing Director of State Civil Supplies Corporation Chandrahas Dube and other officers were present on the occasion.
online booking service for plots launched
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated online booking service for plots in new industrial areas here today. Through this service, industrialists can make online booking on the link of Audyogik Kendra Vikas Nigam (AKVN), Bhopal provided on the website. Commerce and Industries Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya, Finance Minister Raghavji and Chief Secretary R Parasuram were present on the occasion. With this facility, allotment of industrial plots will become transparent. Through it, industrial plots can be booked online for Bagroda, Mohasa (Babai), Keeratpur (Hoshangabad) and Jambar-Bagri (Vidisha) industrial areas and special education zone MSME Acharpura Bhopal. For this, applications will have to be moved on the link given on website www.mpakvnbhopal.nic.in Additional Chief Secretary Industries PK Dash, Commissioner Industries T Dharmarao and TRIFAC Managing Director Arun Kumar Bhatt were also present on the occasion.
need to increase honorarium: MAlAiya
Bhopal:Environment Minister and in-charge of Bhopal district Jayant Malaiya has said that the state is proud of army personnel who dedicate their lives for national interests without caring for their own lives and families. He was addressing ex-servicemen’s monthly convention at District Ex-servicemen’s Welfare Office here on Tuesday.
Malaiya said that the State Government is committed to the welfare and rehabilitation of ex-servicemen. He stressed the need to increase monthly honorarium of ex-servicemen and widows from `3000 to `4000. He distributed `3,000 each to 19 persons including 2 ex-servicemen of World War-II. Malaiya also distributed `2,000 cash each from his own pocket to ex-servicemen and widows.
Benefits for widows of Ex-servicemen
Bhopal: District Ex-servicemen’s Welfare Officer Colonel DC Goyal threw light on schemes of Madhya Pradesh and Union Government for ex-servicemen’s welfare. He informed that widows of the ex-servicemen, who were receiving two pensions, will also get two pensions (one of Army and another to be given after retirement from any government instituted following decommissioning from Army). This eligibility criteria have been implemented with effected from September 24, 2012. The Minister also distributed cheques of `4.16 lakh to 64 children of ex-servicemen and widows of deceased army personnel. The programme was conducted by Col AS Dixit. Col Ramesh Bawa proposed a vote of thanks.
283 beneficiaries provided financial aid
Bhopal: As many as 283 beneficiaries have been provided financial assistance worth `1.26 crore under Mukhyamantri Krishak Jeevan Kalyan Yojana during year 2012-13. Under the scheme, next of the kin of deceased farmer are given `1 lakh while `25 assistance is given to a farmer who suffers permanent handicap and `7500 to one who becomes partially disabled by loss of limb in accident. `2000 assistance is given for performing last rites. It is noteworthy that Mukhyamantri Krishak Jeevan Kalyan Yojana has been launched to extend assistance to farmers in the state. Under the scheme, financial assistance worth `36.55 lakh was provided to 93 beneficiaries in year 2009-10, `97 lakh to 248 beneficiaries in 2010-11 and `76.84 lakh to 239 beneficiaries in 2011-12. A sum of `17.76 crore has been provisioned in the budget of PHE Department this year for repair of old and damaged platforms of handpumps in the State. This year, about 30 thousand platforms will be repaired using these funds.