MP trade board formed to boost business
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Trade Promotion Board has been constituted to promote business in Madhya Pradesh and to establish the State as a business hub. The board headed by the Chief Minister will have Commerce & Industries Minister, Finance Minister, Food & Civil Supplies Minister and Chief Secretary as members while Additional Chief Secretary Commerce, Industries and Employment will be its Member-Secretary. Trade Promotion Board’s members will also include Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary Finance, Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary Commercial Taxes, Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary Food & Civil Supplies, Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary labour and Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary Urban Administration and Development. Other members of the board will include one representative each of MPCCI/CII /FICCI/ASSOCHAM and PHDCC and 4 prominent members nominated by the state government.
The Trade Promotion Board will have a standing committee. It will be headed by Commerce, Industries and Employment Minister while Additional Chief Secretary Commerce, Industries and Employment will be its Member-Secretary
warm welcome for Chouhan in Indore basti
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan took meal at a shanty of Malti Kunhare at Pancham Ki Phel basti in Indore on Tuesday.
MlAs Kailash Vijayvargiya and Mahendra Hardia and other public representatives were present on the occasion. large number of people especially women and children accorded a warm welcome to Chief Minister Chouhan with shower of flower petals when he reached the basti. Malti Kunhare also enthusiastically greeted the Chief Minister and other guests. She and her daughters Puja, Neha and Manisha had cooked pulses, rice, makka ki roti, methi ki sabzi and puri and she served these dishes to the guests with great affection. Chief Minister Chouhan said that this food is tastier than any other meal. He said that “our government is committed to provide food, clothing and houses to dalits, poor and other needy persons. It is our effort to ensure that no one has to struggle for progress”. Malti, her daughters Puja, Neha, Manisha and son Nikhil’s happiness knew no bounds after serving food cooked by them to the Chief Minister. They said, “This is the most memorable day of our life. We will never forget this day”. Malti Kunhare said, “This is our good fortune that head of the state arrived to take meal in shanty of a poor person. We had never dreamt of it. It is still very incredible for us that we have served food to the Chief Minister”.
Naresh Mehta Prasang to be held on Dec 22
Bhopal: Naresh Mehta Prasang will be held at Datia on December 22-23. It will be organised by Sahitya Academy, Madhya Pradesh Sanskriti Parishad at Saraswati Vidya Mandir, Bundela Nagar, Datia. During the Prasang, a lecture will be held on “Naresh Mehta Ka Rachna Sansar” on December 22 from 6 pm. KBl Pandey, Nutan Pandey, Dr. Nilay Goswami, Neeraj Jain, Alpana Sharma, Vinod Mishra, Jagat Sharma and Preeti Gupta will participate. Poetic session will be held on the second day December 23, from 6 pm in which Ravindra Kumar, Roop Narayan, Adeesh Kumar, Shafiullah Quraishi and Alpana Sharma will recite their poems. The state government has returned services of Indian Forest Service Ashish Verma to his parent department (Forest Department). After promotion as Chief Conservator of Forests, Verma was posted on deputation at Narmada Valley Development Authority, Bhopal.
jan Sunwai to be held every tuesday
Bhopal: Jan Sunwai will resume and will be held every Tuesday after revocation of model code of conduct for Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Election. General Administration Department has issued an order to this effect.
Computer facility increased at CEO’s office
Bhopal: Computer facility at State Voter Assistance Centre in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer has been increased further. Now, voters will not have to wait for long at this fully equipped centre. They will get information regarding EPIC immediately. Additional Chief Electoral Officer Vl Kanta Rao took stock of the facilities at the centre on Tuesday. Centre’s in-charge DK Chaure and Hansraj Banafar informed that about 15 thousand voters have availed benefit of the centre from January 2013 till date. About 10 thousand voters got their names added in electoral rolls and 4500 voters were provided duplicate voter identity cards. Earlier, only one computer was available at the centre on which information regarding EPIC and voters was received. The work will be easier with increase in facility. It is noteworthy that State Voter Assistance Centre was opened in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Arera Hill, Bhopal along with Voter Facilitation Centres in all 230 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in the state before Vidhan Sabha elections. At these centres, applications are received for addition of new names in electoral rolls in form-6, deletion of name in form-7, rectification of error in EPIC in form-8 and change of place in the same constituency in form 8-A while Rs 200 fee is charged for issuance of duplicate form.
white tigress lalita’s condition critical
Bhopal: Condition of white tigress lalita is very critical. The tigress at Van Vihar National Park is suffering from cancer in the eye for last 2 years. lalita is being treated for last 20 years. Her eye and face have developed much swelling. Despite this, it is good that lalita took about 1 kg meal today. The 14 years old lalita was brought to Bhopal from Nandan Kanan Zoological Park, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha in April 2009.
three types of inputs to be compiled
Bhopal: Three types of information will be compiled in the first phase including data regarding e-Cooperative, agriculture credit and agricultural inputs. A high-level committee headed by the Commissioner Cooperatives has been set up in the department to implement this policy. Additional Commissioner Information Technology, Cooperative Headquarters, Bhopal has been appointed as the nodal officer. Technical experts and officers of National Informatics Centre have been appointed its members. District-level committees have also been constituted to compile data at the district level and pass it on to the state level committee.
three ruffians loot cotton Businessman
Badwani: A cotton businessman hailing from Manjarpur village in Maharashtra's Aurangabad District was looted of Rs 3.41 lakh at Bijasan Ghat on the Madhya Pradesh-Maharashtra border by three ruffians who were on a two-wheeler and brandished a pistol, police said. The accused stopped a truck last evening and targeted Aziz Khan who had brought cotton on the lorry and was returning after selling it in Sendhwa.
DSP caught red-handed accepting bribe
Satna: A deputy superintendent of police (DSP) was on Tuesday caught red-handed by Madhya Pradesh's lokayukta Special Police Establishment while accepting a bribe of `20,000, police said. DSP Sitaram Mali, who was posted at the Scheduled Caste Welfare Police Station, had demanded a bribe of `1 lakh from Ram Prahlad Patidar for closing a criminal case against his son Vikas. The deal was settled for `45,000. He was arrested while accepting a bribe of `20,000. Dilip, a labourer who worked in Vikas' farm, owed him `10,000. When Vikas sought his money back, Dilip lodged a police complaint alleging Vikas eve teased his wife.
Chhattisgarh’s tech demonstrated at IGRMS
Bhopal: Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya organized a demonstration programme where artists from Rajwar community of Chhattisgarh used traditional technology for extracting oil from mustard seeds. For extracting oil from mustard seeds artists firstly grinded the seeds and roasted it slightly. The grinded and roasted mustard seeds are filled in small packets made up of ‘siyadi’ ropes. later 3-4 packets of mustard were kept in the equipment ‘Tirihi’ established in traditional technology park of Manav Sangrahalaya. ‘Tirihi’ is made of heavy wooden planks and the mustard packets are kept between the two planks joint through another plank. The artists slowly stared pressing the planks and oil started extracting. later the pressing planks were fixed at a point and oil kept on extracting. The artists told that the leftover of the mustard is fed to cattle during childbirth.