Cabinet committee for land allotment formed
Bhopal: The State Government has constituted a Cabinet committee to chalk out a clear-cut policy for allotment of land to non-governmental organisations for various purposes. The committee comprises Finance Minister Jayant Malaiya, Public Health and Family Welfare Minister Narottam Mishra, Higher Education Minister Umashankar Gupta and Minister of State for Revenue Rampal Singh. Principal Secretary Revenue will be its Member-Secretary
British Home Minister meet Babulal Gaur
Bhopal: British Home Minister (Crime Prevention) lynne Featherstone called on State Home Minister Babulal Gaur at his residence here on Tuesday. Principal Secretary Home BP Singh and DGP Surendra Sinh were also present on the occasion. Featherstone lauded the efforts for women’s security and empowerment in the State. Minister Gaur informed here about programmes in the state to curb crimes against women and women’s empowerment.
Total ban on Govt purchases after Jan 15
Bhopal: like every year, the State Government has put total ban on Government purchases after January 15, 2015, to prevent hasty Government purchases and any possible error for fiscal discipline. As a result, powers for Government purchases at various levels will remain superseded till the end of financial year 2014-15. This ban will also apply to materials purchased from laghu Udyog Nigam and public undertakings. It will not be applicable to foreign assistance-funded projects, projects funded with additional Centre assistance, Central Sector Projects, Centrally-sponsored projects, drinking water projects and Central grant received under non-plan head of Home Department. The ban will also not apply to cases in which purchase orders have been issued with sanction of competent authority before January 15. The ban will also not be applicable to cases in which materials has to be purchased for hostels, ashrams, hospitals, jails, animal husbandry and purchase of necessary medicines and food grains for Anganwadis. Besides, it will also not apply to implementation of action plan approved by high-level committee under assistance from 13th Finance Commission, postal stamps worth upto Rs 5000, contingency purchases and government diary and calendar.
Panel formed to probe fire at powerhouse
Bhopal: The State Government has constituted a committee to enquire the cause of fire in unit no. 3 of 120 MW of Amarkantak Thermal Powerhouse of Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Company at Chachai. Convener of the committee is Managing Director of Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Company. SN Ganguly, Regional Executive Director NTPC and one representative nominated by Central Electricity Authority have been included as members. The committee will analyse and identify causes of fire apart from identifying officer-employee responsible for it. The committee will also suggest ways to prevent such incidents in future. The committee will submit its report within a fortnight.
BHEl donates `25,000 to SOS village
Bhopal: Shashi Ranjan Prasad, Executive Director, BHEl Bhopal, on Tuesday handed over a cheque of `25,000 to Sanjeev Singh, Director, SOS Village, Bhopal. Sanjeev Gupta, General Manager (P&D, IT), was present on this occasion. A sum of `1, 00,000 was presented to the BHEl team led by Vivek Pathak, Sr Manager, ITS and Debasish Mandal, Sr Manager, TXM on winning the regional round of the Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz, held at Indore. The team on winning had declared to donate `25,000 to a charitable organization and selected SOS village, Bhopal for the contribution.
BJP spokespersons congratulate chouhan
Bhopal: BJP spokespersons Vijendra Singh Sisodia along with Rakesh Sharma and Prakash Mirchandani called on Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday and congratulated him for being awarded ‘Ideal Chief Minister’ and wished him long life. Vijendra Singh Sisodia said that the honour conferred to the Chief Minister was an honour of ideology of BJP which was development and good governance, which had been embraced by the people of the State. This had given the country a new direction to the politics. Madhya Pradesh had made a different image across the country, he added.